#tattoo regret

[beautifulheartandspirit]

[roaldamundsen]

when I was getting all these tattoos I was trying real hard to rationalise it. thinking things like "they'll hide my scars, I want to die anyway so soon it won't even matter, if I get just one more tattoo everything will finally be balanced and my ocd will be soothed and I'll be happy with myself". and I was NOT well and acknowledging that I was not well helps me feel less guilty, it helps me rationalise being stuck with them now. and I have to keep telling myself that every day to keep myself strong enough to even get out of the house at all

[kjpurplepineapple]

For anyone caught up in the trans discourse in America, especially those who have been poisoned by the media and fed fear mongering anti-trans propaganda, I have a message and a proposition for you:

Think of it like getting a tattoo.

Both involve a person altering their body in order to make it more what they want it to be.

Both have a life changing effect (some jobs won't accept people with visible tattoos, or certain tattoos may make people not like you)

It is a fairly complicated process that also may change you forever, but both are reversible despite being typically seen as permanent.

The difference is:

There are far more people in the world who regret getting tattoos than there are trans people who regret transitioning (and even then only a miniscule percentage regret it because they find they're not actually trans)

You can walk into any tattoo shop and get a tattoo as long as you're an adult. No counseling needed. No need to prove that you actually want the tattoo and won't regret it later.

Tattoos are becoming more socially acceptable. Being trans is becoming less so.

Children are usually allowed to be around people with tattoos and to know what a tattoo is. You can get fired/sued for showing any sort of gender nonconforming representation to children.

Telling your 16-year-old they can get a tattoo might be seen as irresponsible, but is allowed. Helping your 16-year-old trans kid get gender affirming care (especially if they've known they were trans since they were young) is seen as child abuse.

In conclusion:

Why should it be taboo or even illegal to just exist as a trans person when people are allowed to flaunt their tattoos (even offensive ones) and hardly anybody bats an eye?

Why is it so easy to go get your body "permanently" altered with artwork, when even getting hormones (not even surgery!) can be nearly impossible in some places? Why do you have to prove, sometimes over several years, that you won't regret transitioning by being held to extremely overexaggerated gender stereotype standard when you can go to a tattoo shop and walk out the same day with pretty (or stupid) artwork on your skin?

Why is the ~1% of detransitioners more important than the 99% who don't regret a thing? And why aren't there more restrictions on tattoos, when 12% regret getting at least one of theirs?

Why should trans people be required to jump through a million hoops to prove they are trans before they can get the care they need?

If getting a tattoo is that easy, recieving gender affirming care should be too.

Anyone 18+ should be allowed to make their own decisions and be able to trust their own judgement

Under 18 should require parental consent, but should still be legal.

Let Trans people live their lives the way they want. Because in the end, their decisions probably don't affect you anyway.

(Tattoos are cool too btw)

[she-is-the-blackbird]

To cover up my tattoo... Or to keep getting tattoo removal because I am afraid of regretting any more decisions?

That is the question...

[biggest-gaudiest-patronuses]

finally at that age where i'm thinking i should get a tattoo. not bc i feel strongly about it, just seems like a waste not to. i've got so much skin i'm not using

[illiaccrest]

Bullseye 🎯

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[charlotte-family-apologist]

I would like to request some Johnshi please, I love them so much, thank you.

🚬 Johnshi... I haven't drawn that in months...

Can't even use the bathroom in peace 😔

[smoothbrainofficial]

oh yeah i also recently got a new tattoo :]

[sunriozz]

powerpuff girls but everything's wrong with it

(they should've teamed up and idk serve cunt together)

TW// bloodier ver under cut

[beautifulheartandspirit]

Post tattoo removal 2nd session

Genuinely more painful than I remember 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[stanford--pines]

It says wise one in a foreign language! My muse recommended I get it, but I'm unsure if I'm fully on board with getting a tattoo at all.

[escyn]

offering: suki with a kyoshi back tattoo + alt hair (primarly as a ref for me)

[isbergillustration]

Two commission concept thumbnails that were not chosen but I still enjoyed a lot

[housecow]

Kirkland logo on your fat tits, bulk sized udders

this may be my fav ask ever. HEB brand on my flank bc it’s their tres leches’ fault i’m almost 300lbs 🤭