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kpow · Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:44 pm Post subject: underage and tattooed.....

am despratly trying to start a conversation so....underage KIDS getting tattoos....what do we think?
i think obiously its stupid...they are going to grow and its going to look sh*te by the time they're old enough to get one....i supose if your 17 and afew weeks off or something that wouldnt matter, but be patient.
why is it that people are in such a hurry to do everything.
i refused to drink in pubs underage as i wanted to have things to look forward too....same with tattoos.

annnnnd GO:

mgray767 · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 9:49 am Post subject:

I agree with you some but not totally. I think that it depends on the individual, maturity level, and the place on the body that they want to get the tattoo. Of course a 14 or 15 year old shouldn't get a tattoo on the upper part of their arm or something because it is going to grow and stretch. However if they are mature enough to understand that the tattoo is forever and they get it in a place that won't change terribly. I got my first tattoo at the age of 16, and I put it on the top of my foot because it was an easy place to cover if needed and that was an area that I thought wouldn't change or grow much more over time.

I hope that made some sense.

~Melissa

kpow · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:02 am Post subject:

yes i supose i see you point there abit, but MOST 16 year olds are just finding themsleves and arnt mature enough to get a tattoo IMHO.

ive noticed myself mature in the last 2 years or so, when i was younger i was a total pot head and a complete idiot, taking extacsy at 14 and speed ect on the verge of being alcoholic by the time i was 17....18 i wasnt much better.
im only 19 now but i feel like an adult(well i am but you know i feel mature now) and have got myself off drugs, quit smoke ciggys and hardly drink now Laughing

maybe once a week.
also in complete contrast to what i was like when i was younger id like to get a job in the police force or as a prison warden....i can see the stupidity of drugs and drinking too much, as well as at the time i was fun but im glad im out of that now Smile

sorry about the rant there Laughing

i just go off on one about carp sometimes Laughing

so i am very glad that i look so young i would never have been able to blag getting a tattoo underage Laughing

otherwise i feel i would have alot of regets now about what i would have chosen......

p.s a reconise your avatar do you use any other tattoo forums? Cool

kpow · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:23 am Post subject:

in answer to my own question, yes you do and you have the same username over there too same as me Wink

sinherencia · Tattoo lover Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 34

well like he said before, i think it depends on the individual. and not neccessarily even their maturity level. just the tattoo. because i admit that, as a 16 year old girl, i am not the most mature person on the face of the planet, but i also know that if you ar getting a tattoo that is important to you, and will always be important to you, then age doesn't matter. for example if you are getting a boyfriend's initals on you, you may in the future regret that. but if you are getting something extremely meaningful in memory of a dead relative or something... that's different to me.

and what other tattoo forum are you guys talking about bbecause i realize that this one is a LittLE tEENSiE Bit slow lol

kpow · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 3:49 pm Post subject:

yes it is....lets speed it up and get some converstations flowing Smile

sinherencia · Tattoo lover Joined: 08 Dec 2006 Posts: 34

where are you guys getting underaged tattooing done? or are you talking about parents' permission and stuff?

kpow · Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject:

i dont have underage tattoos Laughing

so i dont really know but....

some people do tattoos at home, i think they get called 'scratchers' they
do a sh*tty job and dont do it in clean places like kitchens at home and stuff...re-use needles....
i dont know of any REAL tattooist who would tattoo someone without asking for id.....so i assume these are the kind of places underage kids go....dodgey underground places..... Confused

mgray767 · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 10:54 am Post subject:

Yep I am a member of several other tattoo boards, and its nice to see this one picking up a little!!!

As for where I got my first tattoo, I had my parents sign for me at a regular shop. I had to get the form notorized and everything, so no scratchers here.

kpow · Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject:

yes not many posts going on here, but hopfully it will pick up more in the new year, anyway im here now Laughing

so ill be talking to myself atleast Wink