It looks like all those Chinese symbols and tribal designs are about to make me millions. Well, not really, unless I become a dermatologist, trained in the use of lasers. CHECK IT.
Tattoo removal is supposedly booming, and I am all about jumping on that bandwagon. I don't have a tattoo, and thats not to say I wouldn't ever get one, I have just never really been inspired to mark my body with something I really don't care too much about. Besides, I have enough bruises and war wounds as it is. This whole tattoo removal thing might just change my mind though.
There are pros and cons. One pays hundreds of dollars to get a beautiful memorable mark on their body. One pays thousands of dollars to get it off. - One used to be in love with Rob. One can now stop focus on dating people with the names Robert, Bob, Bobby, Richard, or Dick. - etc...
My friend Beau and I were having a similar discussion about this recently (at 3am in the middle of the god damn desert, aka. satans asshole) and him and I both would like to get them (tattoo's) if the ink disappeared after a year or two. We do understand this is somewhat of a cop out, and kind of a pussy move. But coming from two people who can barely commit to what socks to wear in the morning, branding our bodies, for life, just can't be justified. But fcuk, now do we really have a choice?
If you do the math. A medium sized tattoo (lets say 1inch X 1inch), on my left shoulder (b/c the experts say the closer to the heart the easier for the tat to come off), gotten at 23, and taken off at 43. The cost of experiencing a tattoo, for a good 20 years of my life would be about $3/ day. $3/day is nothing really when you think about the latte that costs $5/day. But is it worth the pain. The initial tattooing doesn't seem that bad. But the removal. Even if it isn't that painful, is it worth the time? And on that note, is it worth the time for me to blog about it? Probably not.
And on that note, I guess my point, is that it's all fcuking relative.