Tattoos.

We have seen in the last couple of years how tattoos have become more popular and  acceptable. This is due in the main by high profile "celebrities" adorning various parts of their bodies with all manner of messages, designs and images. I read a good article in today's Express by Simon Edge who describes tattoos as "fashion's ugly accessories". I could not agree more. When you get the likes of David Beckham and his wife, Robbie Williams and numerous others sporting tattoos, you will always get an army of followers doing the same. I always remember my dad saying to me when I was young, whatever you do don't ever get a tattoo. He always regretted getting some in his youth, because he said "what might look good now, will look stupid when you get older". The trouble with tattoos, despite what some people say, is that you cannot get rid of them. Laser treatment is expensive and will leave you with scars. That is why I cannot understand anybody having tattoos on their face. In the Express article, fashion expert Hannah Sandling said ­“Tattoos are like bad clothes and having a tattoo stuck to my body for the rest of my life is like going round with the same jumper on for ever. What looks good on one person may not ­necessarily look good on another. Some rock stars may pull them off with style but for others that same tattoo may end up looking like a bad-taste Seventies carpet and what happens when your skin loses its youth? Do you honestly think the grubby-looking carpet you’ve been carrying around for the past 40 years is going to look any better?” What I want to know is, what happens when tattoos lose their appeal and become a fashion faux pas. Are we going to see masses of people bombarding their GP's or local NHS hospitals demanding that their body markings be removed at tax-payers expense? Unlike the celebrities, who no doubt will be able to afford to make their own arrangements, whereas the ordinary punter will have to put up with it. The tattoo artists should make the most of their current popularity, because I can see in the not to far distant future, the emergence of the "no win, no fee" personal injury lawyers championing their client's claims that they were drunk or drugged and not in control of their senses, as an excuse to claim compensation. They will argue that their client's have suffered emotional and psychological damage as a result of having their bodies desecrated. I say, if you chose to have one/some done, then you have no one else to blame but yourself. End of.