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So I'm thinking of getting my first tattoo and was wondering where the best tattoo shop in Swansea and the surrounding area is. It's a relatively simple design (I think so anyway, it's based on concentric circles) but I've seen people that have had simple designs absolutely butchered so I'm obviously keen to avoid that.
Best tattoo Artist around the Swansea area has got to be the lad in Morriston his name is Craig Holmes ,Google him you want be disappointed with is work.
Best tattoo Artist around the Swansea area has got to be the lad in Morriston his name is Craig Holmes ,Google him you want be disappointed with is work.
And soon to be in a minority probably. Laser surgery is going to be a very lucrative business as people get older and realise their voluntary mutilations are really for life.
Each to their own though. I would have probably followed the herd myself had it been the rage when I was young. Forces only in those days thank god.
Advice? Ok, if you're going to do it, don't pick something you'll tire of or that is based on 'fashion', and don't go near your face!
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If you are going to have one make sure it's somewhere that you can cover it up, tattoos on the hands, neck, face can't be covered and you will most likely regret it for ever.
Guy I worked with had previously been in the army and had a tattoo on each hand. He was a great bloke, ex RSM and he always regretted having the tattoo as whenever went to shake someone's hand it was just about the first thing people would see. They say First impressions count and lots of people initially had the wrong one about him.
If you are going to have one make sure it's somewhere that you can cover it up, tattoos on the hands, neck, face can't be covered and you will most likely regret it for ever.
Guy I worked with had previously been in the army and had a tattoo on each hand. He was a great bloke, ex RSM and he always regretted having the tattoo as whenever went to shake someone's hand it was just about the first thing people would see. They say First impressions count and lots of people initially had the wrong one about him.
Some people who have a tattoo have it done because they genuinely like them and will be happy to keep them. But I imagine most are having it done because it's fashionable.
In the 70's the fashion was brightly coloured platform boots and flairs. Imagine 5 million blokes walking around now dressed like that (if they were not removeable like tattoos). That's what people with tattoos are going to look like in the future.
Another point. Having tattoos is a personal choice, a lifestyle choice. Well, eating, drinking and smoking too much is a lifestyle choice and the NHS is awash with people needing help with their health and looks because of that choice. Will all those millions of people be asking their GP's in 10/20 years time for an operation on the NHS to get rid of them ?
Some people who have a tattoo have it done because they genuinely like them and will be happy to keep them. But I imagine most are having it done because it's fashionable.
In the 70's the fashion was brightly coloured platform boots and flairs. Imagine 5 million blokes walking around now dressed like that (if they were not removeable like tattoos). That's what people with tattoos are going to look like in the future.
Another point. Having tattoos is a personal choice, a lifestyle choice. Well, eating, drinking and smoking too much is a lifestyle choice and the NHS is awash with people needing help with their health and looks because of that choice. Will all those millions of people be asking their GP's in 10/20 years time for an operation on the NHS to get rid of them ?
Some people who have a tattoo have it done because they genuinely like them and will be happy to keep them. But I imagine most are having it done because it's fashionable.
In the 70's the fashion was brightly coloured platform boots and flairs. Imagine 5 million blokes walking around now dressed like that (if they were not removeable like tattoos). That's what people with tattoos are going to look like in the future.
Another point. Having tattoos is a personal choice, a lifestyle choice. Well, eating, drinking and smoking too much is a lifestyle choice and the NHS is awash with people needing help with their health and looks because of that choice. Will all those millions of people be asking their GP's in 10/20 years time for an operation on the NHS to get rid of them ?
Good point.
If someone claims that the tattoo is the cause of their mental illness/depression etc, would they be entitled to have the tattoo removed for free I wonder?
Don't do it, but if you really must, do it on a part of the body that's easy to cover up.
But then again, that spoils the whole point of it, doesn't it? You want it to say "look at me, I'm cool, look at me, I've got no self esteem or self respect so I think I can gain some by drawing silly designs indelibly on my body".
Nothing signals thick bast*rd to an employer as well as a tattoo.
What about those daft nutters that have beards and tattoos.
Whatcha think Paul?
Haha, I have had mine for years and years, beard and tattoos. I guess now they are a part of society. I don't regret a single one, a will still be proud of them when I'm a pensioner, had my frst one in 83, in them days they were the preserve of sailors and wrong uns mainly, as was beards for sailors, so every f*cker has copied me lol.
As it is, I don't have a hipster beard, just a plain old grey one!
The hair and the beard have gone I am now conforming to society, tis a sad day
The b*stards are coming back though
Haha, I have had mine for years and years, beard and tattoos. I guess now they are a part of society. I don't regret a single one, a will still be proud of them when I'm a pensioner, had my frst one in 83, in them days they were the preserve of sailors and wrong uns mainly, as was beards for sailors, so every f*cker has copied me lol.
As it is, I don't have a hipster beard, just a plain old grey one!
S'ok none taken, some like them some don't, in fairness they are now more a part of society than ever and employers are being urged to relook at hw they view their policy on people with tattoos
The hair and the beard have gone I am now conforming to society, tis a sad day
The b*stards are coming back though
Haha, I have had mine for years and years, beard and tattoos. I guess now they are a part of society. I don't regret a single one, a will still be proud of them when I'm a pensioner, had my frst one in 83, in them days they were the preserve of sailors and wrong uns mainly, as was beards for sailors, so every f*cker has copied me lol.
As it is, I don't have a hipster beard, just a plain old grey one!
83 you say, Thanks for that it wasn't in November was it
If someone claims that the tattoo is the cause of their mental illness/depression etc, would they be entitled to have the tattoo removed for free I wonder?
Exactly my point. They'll say what they need to say to persuade a doctor that they need it done.
Some people who have a tattoo have it done because they genuinely like them and will be happy to keep them. But I imagine most are having it done because it's fashionable.
In the 70's the fashion was brightly coloured platform boots and flairs. Imagine 5 million blokes walking around now dressed like that (if they were not removeable like tattoos). That's what people with tattoos are going to look like in the future.
Another point. Having tattoos is a personal choice, a lifestyle choice. Well, eating, drinking and smoking too much is a lifestyle choice and the NHS is awash with people needing help with their health and looks because of that choice. Will all those millions of people be asking their GP's in 10/20 years time for an operation on the NHS to get rid of them ?
IMO women in particular could be the biggest losers with this? They are generally more inclined to want to keep-up-with-the-latest-trend. Perhaps tatoos on women will be viewed by themselves to be sooooooo out of date, just like 80's shoulder pads and o.t.t. frizzy perms? Looking a decade or more out of date?
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