Misconceptions about people with tattoos and piercings

This is a subject I would like to touch on its about tattoos, body piercings, etc. (Mainly tattoos) but it can relate also to piercings and anybody modifications in general.

If you have a tattoos or piercings you can most likely relate to this. There are some close minded people out there that like to talk negative towards people with tattoos and piercings or just tattoos in general. Some people like to say it is a phase, sure, there is some teenagers that do get body piercings and within a few years take them out. But there is people like me, I got my first body piercing when I was 13 years old and I still have it to this day and I am now 18. And I went through a phase? If I went through a phase I believe I would have taken them out by now. Or maybe I'm just too immature and like to go against society's standards. Yep, I got piercings just to piss society off. NO, I didn't I got them because I have an interest in them and I actually like them. 

Here are some main misconceptions about people with tattoos, piercings, etc.

Its Phase Its Phase (I already touched on that subject in the paragraph above)

You want attention

I for one HATE attention of people. I didn't get my piercings and tattoos to get people to look at me, I got them because I like them. I have always had an interest in tattoos and body piercings I think they are both amazing ways to express who you are.

People that have tattoos/piercings are considered rebels, bikers, degenerates etc.
This is far from true. Have you ever been on pintrest? There is tons of random girls and guys who don't fit the stereotype of any of those and they have tattoos.

This is the main thing that really irritates the living  shit out of me when people say this is

"Those are going to look terrible when you're older and you're going to regret them."

Really? Having tattoos is going to make me look terrible when I am older? What's it going to do make me look even worse when having saggy wrinkly skin looks amazing by itself?  To me its going to be something to look back at and think of the times when I got it in my life or it'll be just like another story to tell someone.

You're going to regret it...

How do you know what I am going to regret? How do you not know this tattoo could resemble something special in my life that I want to commemorate with having it as an art piece on my body. I don't see any tattoo something to regret if you have taken enough time to think about what it'll mean to you in the future and how it will resemble when you get older. Now drunken tattoos are another story. 

It even shows in this poll of 80% of people don't regret getting a tattoo or tattoos that they have

Tattoo Poll stats

So before you ever judge someone who has tattoos or a single tattoo, think to yourself, maybe that has something that means a lot to them, and maybe it doesn't mean they're rebelling against society. There is no need to to state your opinion to someone with tattoos, piercings, etc if they don't ask for it. If you don't like it, that's fine, don't get one.

That's my rant of the day lol. 

xoxo lacey :3