Posted on 11/08/2016 11:50:17 AM PST by nickcarraway
Regret, job searches and changing rules within the military are fueling tattoo removals.
The industry has grown at faster pace than ever before and it's estimated to be worth $83 billion within two-years.
According to the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 46-percent of millennials have removed tattoos before entering the job market.
The technology to remove tattoos has also come a long way since the 1990's.
La Mesa doctor Ellyn Levine said she has been removing more tattoos than ever before, and uses the most most effective method there is today.
"I think the technology has advanced literally in months. Some of them are coming to an age where they are regretting that decision," she said.
In June the Marine Corps changed its tattoo regulations banning tattoos on the head and neck, single tattoos that cannot covered on the hand and limited the size and numbers.
People like 33-year-old Melanie Besseck just want to make room for something new. "When I walk around I am my own canvas and I can tell you a story just by looking at my tattoos," she said.
By using a California made machine, Dr. Levine removed the first tattoo Besseck ever got.
The lasers on the machine blast energy through the skin - shattering the ink.
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Every single time I was required to make a hiring decision on a person I found that those with visible tattoos to be unsuitable (for reasons other than the tattoo) and,as a result,they weren’t hired.
So, the tatoo is not the problem. The problem is that they are the type of person that would get a tatoo?
I wonder how one gets into this lucrative line of work with substantial growth potential.
On the other hand, I can imagine a person putting up the capital to get today’s latest technology, only to find that something hand-held and personally-operable is invented before the investment starts to pay off
If they regret them now, just wait ‘till the canvas gets older and wrinkled. Splotch city!
From a Catholic perspective I was taught that there is no reason to change God's own "painting" on His palette, our skin. We have freckles, moles, warts, hair, lines and "beauty marks" on our skin already. Some folks temporarily get rashes, poison oak/ivy and other maladies. Enough already.
With sun tans and sun burns, we further add decoration to our skin. Why add a tat?
About 15 years ago I worked with a secretary who had a HUGE tramp stamp of her ex. Her biggest wish was to save enough money to get it removed. Sounds like the technology is much better today, so I imagine she got it removed.
Sat for a long time trying to come up with a witty and pithy remark...I got nothing, I’m just...sad
One woman had a beautiful eagle on her back. When she got old the eagle sagged and looked like an old vulture. Lol.
About 15 years ago I worked with a secretary who had a HUGE tramp stamp of her ex. Her biggest wish was to save enough money to get it removed. Sounds like the technology is much better today, so I imagine she got it removed.
Pussies. The Sons of Anarchy knew how to do it—with a belt sander or a blowtorch.
Personal opinion,for what its worth, never have I seen a person who looks better with a tattoo.
Boy I have NEVER understood the motivation to deface your body with those hideous things! This from someone who spent 8 years in the Navy and saw numerous friends and acquaintances tattoo up. Even the so-called ‘tasteful’ ones are horrible, and the bad ones are frightful; bad enough on men, they are an abomination on women, especially good-looking ones! Why anyone would want to do that is beyond me.
I take tattoos as Gods warning sign to stay away.
Lasers ...
Reminds me of the piece Dave Barry wrote about electronics, and how lasers could vaporize a bulldozer at 200 yards, or be used for delicate eye surgery. Provided, of course, that you remembered to switch the machine from “bulldozer” to “eyeball”.
I think tattoos are creepy. It’s like defacing your body and putting graffiti on it.
The proliferation of tattoos is one reason I find American women singularly unattractive. Unfortunately, that is also true about their slovenly dress, foul mouths, and obnoxious princess/feminist entitlement mentalities.
I don't know that there is any one judgment that might appropriately apply to all. My take on tatoos is that the person's priorities are in the wrong place and that they lack foresight.
That’s what I mean. :-)
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