Do you think tattoos are just a fad?

Question

Many more people are getting tattoos nowadays, but I'm curious to see if you think it's a fad that will fizzle out. I personally think that it's a trend that's just starting to take off and that eventually, a large majority of people ill have at least one tattoo. Your thoughts?

Answer 1

yeah I think that it is a fad, many people regret them because one of the fastest growing industries is tattoo removal... people don't realize its permanent

Answer 2

yes!!! thank you sister!!!

i think tattos came out in the late 80s because that is when people i know got them. now everyone does! not only are they crude, they are just plain ugly mugly!@

Answer 3

my mums a tatt artist and im an apprentice tatt artist, so h**l yeh for you!!

i think tattoos are a "fad" for many young and immature people, who get them simly to be cool.. they go through a stage where they get really inked, then either regret it, or dont care anymore.. this goes for all generations.

but tattoos have been around for tousands of years..

but the majority of people who have them get them for a special meaning, and love collecting them. i myself am heavily inked and think that they are most def a trend, i totally agree with you that at least everyone will have 1 tattoo in the future. thats just the way our society has turned.

people have become more accepting of tattoos, and dont seem to judge them so harsh..

xo good luck with your career, it really is rewarding

Answer 4

Uh--no. People have been getting tattoos for thousands of years, it's only recently become acceptable in western culture, thus why it may seem like a "fad". Much like piercings, tattoos are an art form deeply ingrained in culture/sub-culture that won't die out until that culture does.

Answer 5

They have been around years, but more recently girls have taken up the trend. I think its silly tho to be concerned how they will look when your old and wrinkely tho, yes the tatt will be old and wrinkely, but are you seriously gonna wear a bikini to the beach when your 70+ ???

Answer 6

are you crazy? a fad?

tattoos have been around forever...people have been getting tattoos for like 5000 years...

Answer 7

I have tattoos. I personally feel like tattoos are a form of art. Most people who have them look at it this way. Most people who have them get a tattoo that is significant to them in one way or another. For example, I have 6 stars ranging from large to small down my side in a semi-circle kind of shape with one in the middle. They are black and pink in color. Black and Pink because to me, the colors signify good and bad for me. Each one of the stars signifies a major life changing event for me. The bottom 2 are for each of my children. The one in the middle is marriage then you get back in line (lol) with my divorce. The next one is for starting nursing school and the last one is becoming an RN. Hope this maybe helps you understand other peoples views and thoughts about tattoos.  

Answer 8

I don't know, to be honest. I'm from The Netherlands and I spent my summer in Arizona... I don't think there's that many people with tattoos in my own country, but there are in the US.

Answer 9

Tattoos were introduced to the west in 1771. It was the early 1900's when many people of different socio-economic statuses began receiving them.  

Answer 10

na tattoos arent a fad....theve been present since native american times...people are just getting it alot it will never die down

Answer 11

not at all, tattoos have been around for thousands of years, and for the people who think they are ugly when you get old, who cares? are you seriously gunna be going out looking for a honey when your 80? everyone is gunna get ugly anyways, why should it matter

Answer 12

tattoos arent a fad, they have been around for thousands of years

Answer 13

People have been getting tattoos since biblical times (the egyptians honoured their dead with tattoo markings) so no, it's certainly not a new thing.  i think that too many people get them because their favourite celebrity has one, or all their friends have one, but it's not a fad that will pass out of fashion, people will always get tattoos.

Answer 14

do i think tattoos are a fad in general? no.

do i think specific tattoos are fad? yes.

if you look back there are so many tattoos that have been "the fad"

roses, the "tramp stamp", dolphins, tribal/barb-wire tats

and now to me the "fads" of today are peace signs,

hearts, stars, the wrist is a really popular place to get tattoos, sparrows, koi fish, rib cage pieces, words and phrases.

i think people will continue to get tattoos.... its something that wont ever go away... if anything its becoming more popular.

its wearable art.  

Answer 15

i think tattoos are stupid honetly. i think its so dumb that so many ppl are getting them. they are going to have them when theyre all wrinkly! ewww. but ya i think that pretty much everyone will have 1 soon.