[tattood1]

oky doky. i got my first tattoo at 21 & just covered it uumm 25 years later. it was on my ankle. most people still thought it looked "ok". i knew it was getting fuzzy. i just covered stuff on my back that was about 15 years old. i covered it mostly because it didn't mean anything to me anymore. having said that the lower tattoo had been stretched some due to weight gain.

i do think placement matters. for example an arm or leg is not usually going to bulk up like say a stomach area would. i do think my tattoos on my ankles still look fairly fresh for that reason.

my main reason for not doing my arms is cause they get the most sun exporsure. the #1 thing that will ruin tattoos is sun damage. SO wear sleeves or sun screen.

you're what mid 30's?? you might feel in uuh 10 years they aren't as crisp & get then re-line. that's common to do.

all tattoos will settle & they don't look perfect for ever but just in the last few years equipment & technique has improved so much a tattoo done today will last longer than the ones done 20 years ago.

i have pix of the recent cover job in the bod mod group. tina