What do guys/girls think of tattooed girls?

[Springsummer]

Holy smoke. so it's a turn off for men? I have been considering getting a big tattoo oh my hip to cover up my big birthmark.

 

I think I will go ahead with it. because tattoo will look better than my birthmark.

[Happy Lemming]

I think I will go ahead with it. because tattoo will look better than my birthmark.

 

Instead of covering your birthmark, can you ask the tattoo artist to lighten the actual birthmark skin, so it matches the rest of your skin.

 

I knew one tattoo artist that was able to "almost" make scars disappear. He would mix up a custom ink that matched the person's natural skin color and tattoo that ink into the scar tissue. It made the scars disappear. Unless you got two inches from the scar with a magnifying glass, you couldn't tell the person ever had the scar. Perhaps you could ask the tattoo artist if something like that is possible with your birthmark??

[LuckyM]

I don't like them, but it doesn't matter what most men think anyway. It only matters what your BF or husband think. Unless you go swimming.

 

 

Long ago, only rough kinds of men had tattoos. Such as sailors, convicts, lower class. I never saw one when I was young. It was considered not gentlemanly nor ladylike.

 

 

All that has changed, so now it is considered cool, but a man wants to caress your original skin, not a graphic picture. Some ladies do not apprerciate the natural beauty of their own skin.

[mark clemson]

Holy smoke. so it's a turn off for men?

 

 

Judging from the replies on this thread, a turn on for some (if well done and the woman is otherwise attractive) while a turn off for others (in some cases only sometimes, in other cases most all the time). To me it's a wash overall.

 

There seems to be a lot of variation in the male opinions.

[Springsummer]

Instead of covering your birthmark, can you ask the tattoo artist to lighten the actual birthmark skin, so it matches the rest of your skin.

 

I knew one tattoo artist that was able to "almost" make scars disappear. He would mix up a custom ink that matched the person's natural skin color and tattoo that ink into the scar tissue. It made the scars disappear. Unless you got two inches from the scar with a magnifying glass, you couldn't tell the person ever had the scar. Perhaps you could ask the tattoo artist if something like that is possible with your birthmark??

 

Thanks for the info. something to consider.

[Springsummer]

I don't like them, but it doesn't matter what most men think anyway. It only matters what your BF or husband think. Unless you go swimming.

 

 

Long ago, only rough kinds of men had tattoos. Such as sailors, convicts, lower class. I never saw one when I was young. It was considered not gentlemanly nor ladylike.

 

 

All that has changed, so now it is considered cool, but a man wants to caress your original skin, not a graphic picture. Some ladies do not apprerciate the natural beauty of their own skin.

 

How to be well done though? I have been thinking about a design for YEARS and still haven't made up my mind.

[LivingWaterPlease]

Instead of covering your birthmark, can you ask the tattoo artist to lighten the actual birthmark skin, so it matches the rest of your skin.

 

I knew one tattoo artist that was able to "almost" make scars disappear. He would mix up a custom ink that matched the person's natural skin color and tattoo that ink into the scar tissue. It made the scars disappear. Unless you got two inches from the scar with a magnifying glass, you couldn't tell the person ever had the scar. Perhaps you could ask the tattoo artist if something like that is possible with your birthmark??

 

Also, an esthetician or physician who specializes in laser treatments can do it. A friend of mine who has an anti aging clinic has a physician on staff who removes tattoos using lasers. Evidently there are quite a few people who get them and decide for whatever reason they don't want them anymore.

[basil67]

Springsummer, if you want that tattoo over your birthmark, go do it. A guy who can't understand why a woman would want a discreet tattoo over a birthmark isn't the kind of guy worth bothering with.

[LivingWaterPlease]

Also, an esthetician or physician who specializes in laser treatments can do it. A friend of mine who has an anti aging clinic has a physician on staff who removes tattoos using lasers. Evidently there are quite a few people who get them and decide for whatever reason they don't want them anymore.

 

Ooops, this is off the mark (no pun intended), sorry!

 

I meant to write that you can have your birthmark removed with laser, too, if you decide not to tattoo over it.

 

A friend's son had a strawberry-colored birthmark covering the side of his face and one would never know it now!

[basil67]

A guy who thinks a woman looks bad for having tattoos is probably too conservative for her liking anyway. Even if she was clean skin, it wouldn't work out.

 

Likewise, if someone is described as sophisticated and elegant, I tend to see them as uptight and pretentious.

[some_username1]

I had a browse of Tinder in the UK today and it certainly isn't a good advert for tattoo'ed women at all. The profiles of the visibly heavily tattoo'ed women (breasts, neck, biceps, forearms) seemed needlessly aggressive and contained very poor spelling and grammar ("wot u see is wot u get" etc.) which certainly plays up to the stereotypes that they indicate a low socio-economic/intellectual status. You could go further and wonder if that low intellectual status is indicative of a certain 'live in the moment' hedonism whereby they might regret getting them the older they get and the more they have the chance to think about what it is they have done to their appearance.

 

What is striking though is how many have visible tattoos. It's so rare to see women with unblemished arms. Even a back tattoo or whatever I could try and cope with but so many have them in what I would call masculine, visible parts of the body like the bicep, forearm and knuckles. When the ink is closely condensed together (as it typically is) is just makes them look like they need a good wash.

 

Fair play to anyone who finds that attractive. I don't and that's my own conditioning to deal with- I just wish there was just as many non-tattoo'ed women but I am finding my dating pool is ridiculously small unless I move abroad or suddenly find tattoos appealing (which isn't going to happen)

[billybomber]

i usually like to lurk and read things only, but had to create an account after reading this thread in today's binge-reading instead of working session.

 

i love tattoos, man. I think they're sexy. ANd for those who don't, cool. But the sheer number of people and comments about tattoos being trashy? come on.

 

it's one thing to say u don't like it, another thing to label and judge people so irrationally. I know plenty of peeps with tattoos who're classy and smart as hell. trashy? well, i think OP did herself a favor, her tatts probably weeded out a lot of judgmental dudes.

[The Outlaw]

It doesn't bother me.

[Springsummer]

Actually it seems quite trendy now.

 

The top IT person in the public sector just gave a speech in an event and I noticed the big tattoo on his arm.

[schlumpy]

I could be a good friend, good neighbor, or a reliable co-worker but romantic partner? Never.

[mark clemson]

@mopa5600 Is there any particular reason you duplicated my post #2 from this thread?

[outwithpeterpan]

I've been with a few girls with tattoos before sexually, but never dated one. Not my type.

 

As long as your crowd appreciates you the way you are, that's what matters. You don't have to please everyone. Hell, you can't please everyone.

 

I think you shouldn't be afraid to make a controversial choice about your presentation, because if anything.... it productively rules out people. The people who'll decide not to date you because you got a prominent tattoo? You're not a fit for each other anyway. And the people who like it will really like it.

[DrReplyInRhymes]

Incredibly attractive.

 

I don't prefer with or without tattoos, but I find some of the tattoos to be an extension and expression of their personality coupled with their already intrinsic beauty.

[todreaminblue]

my daughter has a tattoo that was done by a specialist who covers self harm marks on her forearm..we found the tattoist on the internet she does reduced tattoos for peopel wantign to cover self harm up with something beautiful...in stead of apologetic regrets........the tatt is a large lion with flowers in the mane.....so a gay lion.....im kidding.....its a beautiful lion and much better than people staring at her deep scars and judging her......i guess they can judge the tattoo instead and call her trashy......instead of mentally ill...

 

in my day dream world op...no one judges anyone for their skin everyone respects everybody there is no name calling or shame games..........and i wish i could stay there forever...be proud of everything about you never feel less than another......and dont worry what others think.....

 

that is what i told my daughter......even though she didnt listen then.....now i still tell her the same thing over and over....try to motivate her into believe in who she is as a person and its hard when dickheads stare at her.....and judge her and snicker.....for her curves....her tatts or her hang head way...yep she hangs her head........... i am hoping one day she believes...she is beautiful and not trash for others to judge on their own bias on tattoos scars or depression.....and no less special than anyone else walking the planet or less deserving of respect........

 

over all i feel that in many instances people with tattoos are though of as rough and of low class especially women...thats not fair....

 

be you op and feel beautiful as you should......peace out...deb

Edited May 21, 2019 by todreaminblue

[JulieDtd]

I'm so glad to read all these comments! I mean, I get that some people don't like tattoos, and i'm good with that, I'm just glad people pointed out that having tattoos shouldn't be equivalent to being trashy or low class. I find that ridiculous too!

 

Anyway, I love my tattoo, and yes, I guess I've met mostly similar-minded people, perhaps cos it filtered out people who wouldn't have been a match anyway.

 

[BikerAccnt]

I've always like tattoo's on women, but then again I come from the biker community and men and women have had tattoo's as long as I can remember. It's only been the past decade or so that they've really come to force in the main of society.

 

I am particularly fond of half sleeves on women. Depending on the sleeve, they can be very attractive, to me.

[Just Write]

Totally hot, in my opinion. I wish I could meet a woman with tattoos that was into me. Unfortunately, though, I think I project "boy scout" too much (short hair, clean cut, no tattoos of my own), so I haven't faired very well with this type of woman.

[major_merrick]

Most of the tattoos I see on women are ugly. That isn't so much about the fact that it is a tattoo - the quality of the art is terrible! There's just some things that shouldn't be done in tattoo art. Colors don't work well, for example.

 

Personally, I wouldn't get a tattoo, and none of my partners have them. But I am very judgemental about the artwork. It has to be top-notch, and most of what I see is....not.

[JulieDtd]

Seems to me like tattoos are like some kind of physical attribute that helps people in filtering out at first glance the type of people they wanna date. Kind of like people who are attracted to tanned girls if they like the outdoors and whatnot.

 

I'm in a conservative profession, but am admittedly also not the type of girl that men who want very proper, conservative and mainstream women would want.

 

And while my current boyfriend is a super decent, down-to-earth and lovably geeky man, he's also kind of extraordinary in terms of his ability to accept and be non-judgmental of others, and we are both super into similar interests, like philosophy, weird conspiracy theories, etc.

 

He never really had a thing for tattoos, but he didn't judge me at all based on my tattoos, and he loves mine. Meanwhile, tonnes of men who would not have liked my personality anyway had probably taken one look at my tattoo and stayed away.

 

Anyway in short, I'm glad my tattoo is in line with who I am as a person. I think if I were really a very typically sweet and conservative girl, who wanted to date a conservative man, but somehow had a tattoo for some reason, I'd probably be very distressed.

[crispytoast]

A woman with well done tattoos comes off to me as someone who is self-confident, intelligent, appreciates the finer things in life, knows what she wants, and doesn't take bullsh*t from people. In other words I find it incredibly sexy.

 

A woman with poorly done tattoos comes off to me as someone who has poor decision making abilities. May be sexy depending on my level of intoxication and subsequently the quality of my own decision making abilities in that moment.