Diamonds, cockroaches, and tattoos are forever. But wait a minute - that's no longer true of the latter. These days, a tattoo can be here today and gone over the course of several painful tomorrows.
For many regretful men and women, what used to be a permanent reminder of a passing fad is now written in erasable ink. Tattoo removal surgeries, involving multiple laser treatments that destroy the pigments beneath the skin, have become increasingly common.
Over the past twenty years, tattoos have exploded in popularity. The explosion is thanks to better health and safety standards, including single-use needles, protective gloves, and sterilisation, as well as a surge of ink in popular culture. Together, these factors have encouraged a generation who otherwise could have lived without the Chinese symbol for Mouthwash etched in its skin. A newly tattooed tribe was born, and it thrives to this day.
While the techniques had become safer and more common, the classic dangerous appeal of the tattoo remained. Regardless of their relative safety, tattoos were no less painful or permanent. Somehow, even the promise of individuality persevered. But with more and more skin going under the needle, more and more people began to realise that forever is a long, long time.
The most comment argument against the tattoo is regret, and that regret falls into three basic categories. One, your sensibilities may change: You may eventually decide that you do not feel as strongly about Megadeth, or the Tasmanian Devil, or Jason, Sharon or Steve. Two, your circumstances may change: You may find it difficult to acquire gainful employment with exposed tattoos, even if they include WORD and EXCL across the knuckles.
All the more common is reason three: you, physically, will change. Thousands of years ago, before the first tattoo was performed on an early Eurasian ancestor, his ancient Eurasian mother asked him how it was going to look when he was old and wrinkly. This, however, is the easiest argument to refute. After all, nobody's modelling swimsuits when they're old and wrinkly.
The common theme of these arguments is time. Time passes, things change, yet (with occasional retouching) tattoos stay the same. For many, committing to a tattoo used to mean coming to terms with and accepting your regret. That, strangely, was yet another part of the appeal.
But today, for a few thousand dollars and a few weeks of appointments, that permanence and regret is no more.
Soon, a new type of tattoo ink will be available that is designed for laser surgery. Only one treatment will be necessary to remove the ink from the skin, making this the tattoo equivalent of non-alcoholic beer.
Meanwhile, the fringe will continue to get - and keep - their tattoos, even while the tribe who sought their tattooed individuality together seeks removal together as well. Like any other youthful fad, ink is now readily tossed aside for family, career, and adulthood.
Tattoos aren't forever, but some things never change.
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For many regretful men and women, what used to be a permanent reminder of a passing fad is now written in erasable ink. Tattoo removal surgeries, involving multiple laser treatments that destroy the pigments beneath the skin, have become increasingly common.
Over the past twenty years, tattoos have exploded in popularity. The explosion is thanks to better health and safety standards, including single-use needles, protective gloves, and sterilisation, as well as a surge of ink in popular culture. Together, these factors have encouraged a generation who otherwise could have lived without the Chinese symbol for Mouthwash etched in its skin. A newly tattooed tribe was born, and it thrives to this day.
While the techniques had become safer and more common, the classic dangerous appeal of the tattoo remained. Regardless of their relative safety, tattoos were no less painful or permanent. Somehow, even the promise of individuality persevered. But with more and more skin going under the needle, more and more people began to realise that forever is a long, long time.
The most comment argument against the tattoo is regret, and that regret falls into three basic categories. One, your sensibilities may change: You may eventually decide that you do not feel as strongly about Megadeth, or the Tasmanian Devil, or Jason, Sharon or Steve. Two, your circumstances may change: You may find it difficult to acquire gainful employment with exposed tattoos, even if they include WORD and EXCL across the knuckles.
All the more common is reason three: you, physically, will change. Thousands of years ago, before the first tattoo was performed on an early Eurasian ancestor, his ancient Eurasian mother asked him how it was going to look when he was old and wrinkly. This, however, is the easiest argument to refute. After all, nobody's modelling swimsuits when they're old and wrinkly.
The common theme of these arguments is time. Time passes, things change, yet (with occasional retouching) tattoos stay the same. For many, committing to a tattoo used to mean coming to terms with and accepting your regret. That, strangely, was yet another part of the appeal.
But today, for a few thousand dollars and a few weeks of appointments, that permanence and regret is no more.
Soon, a new type of tattoo ink will be available that is designed for laser surgery. Only one treatment will be necessary to remove the ink from the skin, making this the tattoo equivalent of non-alcoholic beer.
Meanwhile, the fringe will continue to get - and keep - their tattoos, even while the tribe who sought their tattooed individuality together seeks removal together as well. Like any other youthful fad, ink is now readily tossed aside for family, career, and adulthood.
Tattoos aren't forever, but some things never change.
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