If you think the world does not judge people, IN PART, because of their appearance then you are in complete denial.
In a professional environment, poor choices in appearance are not tolerated as the PC moronic enablers are not meeting with our customers or paying our bills.
I would not accept a messy resume nor would I accept a person who violated their body with low class body art.
So you need to find a better and more up to date cliche than judging a book by its cover. This is the real world with real people making informed decisions based on all the available information and appearance is information.
Even if you completely disagree with me as I believe you do, you must realize there are many more like me who have to interview people for professional positions and we make these decisions based upon the stated criteria every day of the week.
Be in denial at your own risk. West Coast Choppers (Jessie James) may be hiring. Seems he has no problem with full body tattoos.