20 Problems Only People With Tattoos Will Understand
11. Having To Wait A Decade To Get An Appointment With A Popular Artist
There's tattooists, and then there's tattoo artists. You don't want to be going to someone who calls themselves the latter, yet traces an outline from Google images before whacking out a half-assed piece in 15 minutes. If you're not a "straight-off-the-wall" type, and actually want a skilfully designed piece unique to you, you're gonna have to wait half a year or so. Awesome artists often have awfully long waiting lists.
10. Feeling Like You Have Flu Post-Tattoo Session
The bodies natural reaction to the infliction of a huge wound is to pump you full of adrenaline; so when it wears off, you're left a shivering wreck with chattering teeth, in need of a huge sugary cup of tea. Or a pint. Probably just a pint.
9. "So, Are You A Tattooist?"
It's astounding how people assume you must actually be a tattooist to have tattoos.
"Are you a hairdresser?" "No, why?" "Oh I just thought, you know, with you having hair and all that..."
8. The Infuriating Choice Of Cover Girls On Modern Tattoo Mags
Tattoo magazines will always have half naked ladies on the cover. Often, their state of undress is to aid the visibility of the tattoos, but, let's be honest, it's usually just for boobs. If you pick up any tattoo magazine today you'll see glamour models stripped to the minimum, often just to show off a tattoo on their ankle. If we wanted to read Nuts or Zoo magazine, we'd buy it - but shouldnt a tattoo magazine showcase, erm, tattoos on the cover?
Tattoos are massively popular now, but are they actually more accepting towards tattooed women, or are they just accepting of pretty/ sexy/ stereotypically feminine tattooed women? Looking at the difference between the older and newer front covers above, we'd say the latter.
"Alternative culture" is a highly cliche market now: it's not actually alternative at all, and it certainly doesn't seem to be about tattoos. What it looks like is some kind of "sexy tattooed rebellion" rather than being about a genuine love of awesome body art. But, as the old saying goes, sex certainly does sell.