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Forever ... Maybe
Aug 13, 2007 | 4:30 PM
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I'm amused by the story that later this year a new tattoo ink will be available in this country. It's semi-permanent.  The maker says it can be removed with one laser treatment, instead of as many as 10 now required to remove a traditional tattoo.  Those treatments, I hear, are excruciatingly painful.

Personally, I'm not a tattoo guy. I can think of much better ways to spend my money.  But if you are, you are in good company. An estimated 36% of Americans, between 18 and 29 get them. Many regret it when that "forever" relationship ends.

Some tattoo parlors say they will not carry the new ink. They consider it heresy.  They say getting "inked" should be painful and permanent. 

Now, along comes another idea for those with commitment issues: temporary tattoos you can create at home and "test drive" before you make a decision.  The maker of this product says it will wash off with baby oil. 

Heresy?  Maybe. Then again maybe Angelina wishes she'd taken a "test drive" before having Billy Bob Thornton's name inked on her arm.

 

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NORTHTX read my blog view my photos
Aug 13, 2007 | 4:57 PM

Tim, I am with you. I think if these young folks were paying more attention and would look at tattoos on someone in their 70s, they wouldn't have one either.

Looking at some of those people you could pay for a trip to Hawaii for they spent on ink.
ted-mania read my blog view my photos
Aug 13, 2007 | 5:22 PM

i've got two and i regret both of them....
Showdog read my blog view my photos
Aug 13, 2007 | 5:52 PM

Don't know if you saw the article in "D" Magazine a while back . . . but it featured all the TV lady reporters who have tattoos. I was surprised to see that almost all of the lady news and weather reporters on TV have tattoos, including several from Fox 4. There was one whose entire back was tattooed.
TexasTruBlu read my blog view my photos
Aug 13, 2007 | 9:52 PM

I have never liked tattoos. I always liked the way Phyllis Diller refused to have a rosebud tattooed over her heart because she didn't want to see her rosebud over the years become a long stemmed rose.

As for the back being tattooed, I went to a wedding where the bride had a huge tattoo of a shark on her back. Why? I haven't a clue. But it was pretty scary peeking out of the back of her dress as she walked down the aisle.
Dallas47_Rocks read my blog view my photos
Aug 14, 2007 | 12:21 AM

Tim,there's also talk now of an ink that tattoo artists will begin using early next year that is injected and the ink is made up of capsules.These capsules can be desolved by a laser in one sitting.

I've seen many people that have been tattooed and also know that both of my younger brother's are now suffering from the ill effects of Hepititis A from dirty needles.
leegrimsley read my blog view my photos
Aug 14, 2007 | 12:43 AM

In my impetuous youth I have been very inebriated -- but I have never ever had a desire for a tattoo
jg0721 read my blog
Aug 15, 2007 | 11:25 AM

I have a tattoo... and I don't regret it... then again... one was enough... and getting someone's name on you is just down right stupid...
coleminer1959 view my photos
Aug 15, 2007 | 1:21 PM

Hey Tim, please don't have Mark Davis back on the show anymore. I want someone that is honest, not DISHONEST.
signpilot
Sep 2, 2007 | 11:29 AM

Temporary tattoos are par for the course and go along with the "temporary" mentality that seems to inspire relationships and everything else nowadays.
Wow, did I just write that??? I am getting old!
signpilot
Sep 2, 2007 | 11:37 AM

Temporary tattoos are par for the course and go along with the "temporary" mentality that seems to inspire relationships and everything else nowadays.
Wow, did I just write that??? I am getting old!
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