Fear of Tattoos

Tattoos don't scare me. In fact, they rather fascinate me. Part of the fascination is what a tattoo reveals about the owner. But I've never gotten a tattoo myself.

Part of it is the pain. I'm pretty good at handling pain. I had four wisdom teeth taken out at once with just a local. But I try not to subject myself to pain unnecessarily.

The biggest factor that keeps me from getting a tattoo is having to decide on what to have permanently inked into my skin. I try to be kind to my future selves by not doing anything that they might disapprove of. I guess you could say it's commitment phobia. Hey, I'm male.

I do occasionally draw a design on myself with henna. A week or two and it's gone. Nobody needs to know. Do you have a tattoo? What and where? Would you be more apt to get one if it could be removed easily? What would you get? (And where?)

There's a tattoo ink that can be erased easily with a single laser treatment. But I'd still have trouble deciding what tattoo to get, and trusting the artist.


Posted by Dave    Blog Tag: News
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