Why people tattoo on their bodies?

I don't know what people find "attractive" in tattoo; in fact I find tattoo disgusting and a way of making oneself uglier and paying someone for it at the same time!

If you ask many persons who have tattoo on their bodies the reason they had it done, most of them will answer you that "it's cool". What's the meaning of "cool"? I've come to the conclusion that people easily use the phrase: "it's cool" to justify any action they don't have any plausible argument to defend. A good number of those who have tattoo on their bodies just had it done because their small heroes and heroines and celebrities have tattoo on their bodies.

As far as I am concerned, I'm old school. Tattoo is senseless.

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Tattoo's! I don't mind seeing someone with a tattoo here or there on their bodies. I might be old fashion or something but I think that a woman who has tattoos all over her body is right down ugly. My son has one small tattoo on the bottom of his leg. To me that is okay. But my daughter-in-law on my husband side has the tattoo going all the way down both arms and up her neck. And she wonders why she cant get a good job..I have none and have no desire to have one at all..Good discussion..

before people that only had tattoes are from jail..but nowadays people do it as fashion and art in there body....:)

I don't really mind looking at people with tattoos on their body. Its their own personal choice on what they want to add to their body. I personally wouldn't like to have a tattoo. I think people with tattoos see it as displaying their art or there is a story behind the tattoo (like to remember a friend or family member).

I think some tattoos are beautiful and some are ugly. It depends on the artwork and the placement and if they truly reflective of the person wearing them.

Some people will never like tattoos and that's okay because it's not for everyone. I don't have one myself, I'd like to get one but I can't think of anything I'd like drawn on me forever so I'm okay with that.

Some people may do it because it's cool, but a lot just like the art form and their tattoos mean something to them.

I think more people judge you negatively for having a tattoo than positively.

I use to think the same until I got one.Now that I have one I would like to get more but the tattoos have to mean something. I would not just get a tattoo just for the sake of getting one.I don't mind tattoos on women as long as they are tastefull and in a discrete place ie. shoulder,ankle small of the back. I am against tattoos on boobs,neck,face. Tattoos can be classy and are more mainstream then they use to be.

People tattoo themselves for the same reasons they do other foolish and self-destructive things, like smoke, drink, drug, etc. - they simply do not THINK of the consequences, or think at all! News reports have documented nerve damage, cancer, hepatitis C and other tattoo related disorders over and over again.
Some may feel peer pressure and think they need to do what everyone else does in order to be popular or "cool".
My personal opinion is that they look ugly, even freaky. I cannot for the life of me understand why anyone would inject dyes into their body. The skin is our largest organ; why compromise and defile it?
Some people actually grow up and say "What was I thinking?" Some tattoos can be removed, but not all, and the damage is already done.
One thing that I believe is a precurser to marking one's body up is something that really offends me. Teachers put ink stamps on children's hands and encourage them to think it's cute and just fine. I insist my grandchild not be marked, but have made her a stamp book, a creative way to remember a job well done, not destructive.
Clubs put marks on people, even doctors do. I once asked my determatologist what is in the markers they use to mark up their patients and she said she didn't know!
People with tattoos all over their bodies look like lizards.
Scripture, in the old testament, cautions against tattooing our bodies, and who should know, if not the God who made us? That's also why he invented paper.

I don't think tattoos are attractive or beautiful! People do it for alot of different reasons! I have heard people do it on a dare. I know a woman who had one done because she was drunk and stupid! Some people call tattoos act. I don't! Some peole get tattoos to remember a lost one,like a parent or child. There have been tattoos to show support to a person's favorite team or teams.Other tattoos are to remember things that happen in someones life. I have seen tattoos that are tribute to ones heritage. Nicknames,too! Some people put their loved one on their body! I had heard alot of stories of the relatioship not working out and the person is stuck with a tattoo they wish they never had! In the NBA and the NFL I see tons of players with multi tattoos! Like all over arms,legs,shoulders,backs and even on necks! I don't know why some people go nuts on tattoos! I even hate seeing a women with ankle and foot tattoos! It just look right! On the arm is even worse or having alot of them! I will never understand this! I wouldn't and right know no one who crazy to do that! I really think tattoos are ugly! The more there are the more I hate tattoos!

some people see it as expression of themselves.they see their tattoos as symbols of who they are.I personally would like to get a tattoo on my lower left leg,not because of art,but because of a hideous circular scar I got when I was a kid.it didn't disappear.I see a tattoo can cover it up.if I would get a tattoo for art's sake I will get a small one on my back,on a part where it is not visible except when I wear backless.

I don't find it attractive. . .not at all...it's just wastage of money . .