[miss marmelstein]

Hey, pal! I wonder if they “bleed” like they used to in the old days. I remember when sailors had anchors and by the time they were 70, it just looked like a large smear on their arms.

[little jeremiah]

I would think so, unless they use different inks now. I have seen old hippies and others (felons?) with old tattoos and they do look a bit smeary, but the shrivelling is also extreme hideous.

[boop]

"I remember when sailors had anchors and by the time they were 70, it just looked like a large smear on their arms."

Yep. When I was beginning in practice I had a fair number of WWII vets as patients. Those old timey tattoos did smear, because of age, and the growth of new skin cells.

I remember one old Navy guy with a tattoo of a bulldog smoking a cigar. Pretty cool, I thought, but the bulldog was quite "weathered".