When Considering A Tattoo, Put Some Real Thought Into Your Decisions

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When Considering A Tattoo, Put Some Real Thought Into Your Decisions

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The story of my first tattoo is not an exciting one: no one

was drunk, nothing was misspelled, and it didn't happen in

jail. Personally, I think tattoos are awesome. I have one,

and I plan to get more. However, your decision to get a

tattoo can be permanent, so make sure that you consider the

negatives of a tattoo alongside the positives of a tattoo.

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When Considering A Tattoo, Put Some Real Thought Into Your Decisions

Copyright © 2009 Bree Levine

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The story of my first tattoo is not an exciting one: no one was

drunk, nothing was misspelled, and it didn't happen in jail.

I was 21 years old, living away from my parents for the first

time, in college in New York. I had wanted a tattoo since I was

16 but waited for 5 years for fear that I would change my mind,

that it would hurt, that I would get a disease, or that it would

anger my parents.

As a 21-year-old, I thought I was old enough to make this

decision for myself. I got my tattoo (an all-black silhouette of

a crow on my right shoulder) at a small parlor, by this very

attractive lady who came in carrying her child. She put her

little boy in a nearby chair, put on some gloves and took me on

my first tattoo experience.

I was hooked from the minute I got up from the chair. Tattoos can

represent a wide range of experiences, emotions and reasoning.

Mine was a product of my love for the animal, its representation

in different myths throughout ancient and modern cultures, and it

was COOL!

I am a definite fan of tattooing in general. However, I don't

really understand the fad of getting Celtic knots when you're

not Irish, or pictures of Pooh, or flowers/butterflies just for

the heck of it.

A tattoo should mean something, at least in my opinion.

Something I didn't expect from getting a tattoo was how it

brought me into a completely different community than I was in

before. People with tattoos share a bond, even if they have no

other similarities. It's a bond of pain, of endurance and

permanence that speaks to the depth of feeling that you have for

something or someone, except if that something is Pooh or Tweety

Bird. Sorry, those tattoos do not apply to this situation.

I was pretty scared my tattoo would get messed up, but good

tattoo artists are really professional people. They take their

art seriously, both as a passion and a business.

I did a lot of research before I got my tattoo, so I could pick

the right place, know the right price and take care of my new

purchase with care so it would last a long time. By the way, be

sure to tip your tattoo artist!

My tattoo is only the first of several I intend to get. It's

been 6 years since I got my crow, so it's time to refresh it

with some more black ink and to place another memento of my life

on my body.

This time, I'll be getting two knitting needles on my left calf.

The hobby has changed my life, so why not? Knitters also share a

bond of pain and endurance. And both knitting and tattooing is

done with needles - it's a perfect match.

Personally, I can't wait to get it, for people to see it, and

remember as vividly as the first time, the first stroke all the

way to the last.

I gave a lot of thought and consideration to my first tattoo, as

I will also give to my future tattoos.

An older friend of mine got a tattoo on her left breast. Her

tattoo has proven to me something that I always instinctively

knew... Don't put a tattoo on something that will sag when you

get older. ;-) If you do, chances are that ten or twenty years

down the road, your tattoo will not look as awesome as it does

right now.

Another thing I don't get is the people who put a name of a

boyfriend or girlfriend on their body. Maybe they believe that

somehow by permanently affixing someone's name to their body

will help encourage a more permanent relationship with their

significant other, but doing so may also reflect the uncertainty

in the relationship rather than its permanence.

Some tattoos might seem wise at the time of the inking, but down

the road, some tattoos are best removed or covered over.

All I am saying is that if you get inked, make a wise decision

about what tattoo you should get and where you want to put your

tattoo. If you make these decisions willy-nilly, the tattooing

decision you make today, could be something you regret for a long

time to come.

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Bree Levine is a full-time, freelance writer. She loves tattoos,

but she also understands that some people may need to have one

removed. If you have a tattoo that needs to be removed, you can

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