[haleemachandani]

I have an upper arm tattoo that has faded somewhat but I still love it, I just need to get it touched up one of these days. I got it when I was 24 and I'm 38 now and, as of yet, I don't see any detrimental effects of aging upon it. Keeping it out of the sun will help avoid fading. I think others have mentioned that already. It sounds like you have a design picked out that you're happy with which is good. Initially I let some yahoo free-hand a phoenix on me and it turned out looking like Woody Woodpecker dancing in a bed of tulips...not good. So then I had to go find a talented artist to do a nice cover-up job on it. Lesson learned.