thoughts about piercings? (other than ears)

I have 6 piercings in my ears and a tattoo on my shoulder. The tattoo is an original work that symbolizes the memory of my late grandmother. My boyfriend has a piercing below the belt and I love it! He has zero tattoos though. I am a veteran teacher and he runs his own respectable trucking company. Piercings and tattoos (when done right) do NOT define a person.

Non-ear piercings and tattoos are ugly and look trashy. That's just my opinion.

I have three tattoos and for the moment just the normal ear lobe piercings. I also have two friends who have six figure incomes and IQs that qualify them for Mensa who have many many tattoos and a few non-ear piercings. I have yet to met anyone that agrees with your opinion of them look ugly and trashy. I'm a college graduate with an art degree who designed all three of my tattoos and describing my tattoos as ugly makes me twitch. I don't have some black line, misspelled ex-boyfriends name written across my forehead. Just because tattoos and piercings may not be for you doesn't not by default make them ugly or trashy. This isn't the 1950's.

One of the businesses that didn't sink during the recent recessions were tattoo removal services. It is still an exploding business. That should be enough said. But.... having grown up in San Diego with all the navy personnel, old tattoos are frankly ugly and some are outdated and will date you. In addition, my husband won't hire anyone with a visible tattoo. He has had many moms say, "You are the person, I am telling my kids about".

To each their own right? But I do know telling someone they aren't qualified for a job based on apperance is kind of... petty.

I mean I was told that i would never find a job and I have found 2 (one I was at for 8 years) and the one I am currently at. I have had piercings and tattoos for at least that long and my employers have all seen me as an added value to their staff. But then again some people look at the resume and skills and not the outwards apperance.

Would you elect a president of the US with sleeves? Give him your retirement savings to invest? Trust him to deliver your baby? If you honestly say yes, you are truly an open-minded individual - more so than 95% or more of our country.

I would. What he or she has on their body doesn't affect me at all. As long as they don't have anything offenseive, I don't have a problem with it. For all you know, that banker sitting across from you rocking the suit could have sleeves, but you'd have no idea because of the dress code.

Absolutely...although being Canadian I am sure my vote wouldn't count. If the person is able to do his or her job what business is it of mine? I know many professionals who are tattooed, pierced, modified in someway and not one has ever had a problem. It's a matter of action, maturity, and the ability to do a competent job in their field that got them there, not how they look.

I would put money on the fact that you deal with a tattooed person in a professional position and you don't know it, and never will because they take the time to adhere to the dress code of their company. To look at me on the street in work clothes you would have no idea I have tattoos, piercings well only my lip and that is easily removed when required.

What you wanna do on your personal time is your thing...

I had my monroe done and I took it out... It was a spell I went through as a teenager and now I have the scar for the rest of my life.

Allot of piercings look trashy....jmo

You should never get a tattoo somewhere it can't be covered. There is no reason to go to work with all your things hanging out. I don't want to go to Mcdonalds and be trying to eat looking at your tatted up knuckles and ten rings hanging out of your face....Nor do I want to go to a law firm or anywhere else and see the same thing.

I spend my money places that are professional and i don't think having a wild apperance at work is very professional.