Unfortunately, tattoos have been getting a bad rap lately in the media. Statistics are showing us that a high percentage of people are eager to get rid of at least one of their tattoos. And Hollywood stars like Mark Wahlberg are loudly telling their fans and anyone that will listen how he wants them gone.
I also believe that the large percentages of people that are saying that they would like to remove at least one of their tattoos, is due to the fact that a certain amount years have passed since tattooing took off in a big way. I’m sure part of it is the people that did not plan out their tattoo experience. They may have gotten a poorly done tattoo or picked out a tattoo design that they later regretted. That’s an understandable conclusion if no forethought and planning went into the tattoo prior to the first appointment. I just imagine the tattoo artist chuckling in his mind when he encounters clients insisting on a tattoo that day when they barely know what they want. He can foresee a cover-up or laser removal sometime in their future.
Wahlberg is taking his children along to his appointments at the laser tattoo removal clinic. He said he never wants them to get tattoos (why not?). It’s one thing to decide you want to remove them for your own personal reasons, but I don’t understand not wanting the kids to get them – eventually.
In my opinion, scaring kids as an educational tool is wrong and not the way to teach kids to think for themselves. I would approach it completely differently. I might explain my reasons for wanting to remove my tattoos and teach a lesson that way. Explain that you are removing a tattoo because you didn’t think out the process when you got the tattoo years ago. I would also think it would be okay to tell them how much pain the laser removal is causing you and the amount of money you are spending on laser treatments.
I truly believe that an explanation of your mistake in the first place would be more educational and constructive rather than just associating fear with the process. Showing them that you have regrets about an action you took without planning it out ahead of time, would teach them not to act impetuously.
