Tattoos and piercings

Brett_Alan
Brett_Alan Posts: 63
edited September 26 in Health and Weight Loss
as ive lost more an more weight I've come to discover that I use my ink and piercings as a way to hide myself. Sure it brings more attention but I feel that is what they look at and then it was the fat not that I don't enjoy my ink and piercings because I love them! I'm just curious if anyone else has hidden themselves like I did oh fwiw I have both sleeves and my Lower legs are done. Piercings I've stretched out my ears to 1 1/4 inches
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  • HelenTheKitchen
    HelenTheKitchen Posts: 383
    HAWT!!

    I bet your new bod actually makes the tattoos and piercings look even better!!!
  • hchandler0823
    hchandler0823 Posts: 46 Member
    I only have 2 tattoos so I can't same the same.

    But, I do plan on getting more. It's such an addiction! [and an expensive one at that!]

    Good luck to you and congrats on the 31lbs you've already lost!
  • Ashley_Panda
    Ashley_Panda Posts: 1,404 Member
    Just to be honest, I don't think I'm a pretty girl and I think my ink makes me prettier.
  • astovey
    astovey Posts: 578 Member
    10 more pounds and I'm getting a nose ring, 15, I'm getting a tattoo!
  • RachVR6
    RachVR6 Posts: 3,688 Member
    I feel like I was just always meant to be tattooed. With every new addition I feel even more comfortable in my own skin. I'd rather wear my art on my body than on my t-shirt. :wink:
  • Brett_Alan
    Brett_Alan Posts: 63
    They look awesome right now and eating healthy is giving me that healthy glow which makes them stand out even more ;-) when I hit my goal weight and then maintain for 1 yr I'm starting my back piece
  • jesseBYAH
    jesseBYAH Posts: 446 Member
    Just to be honest, I don't think I'm a pretty girl and I think my ink makes me prettier.

    Seriously?! You are beautiful...
  • HelenTheKitchen
    HelenTheKitchen Posts: 383
    Just to be honest, I don't think I'm a pretty girl and I think my ink makes me prettier.

    Seriously?! You are beautiful...

    I agree, you're stunning!
  • RoseKatet
    RoseKatet Posts: 149 Member
    That was something I thought of when I was getting them done...I have short sleves on both arms, a large piece on my chest, several on my back and leg, and a very large one covering most of my right thigh..from knee to hip...I think it is kind of a distraction of my weight, makes me feel confident and they are definitely conversation starters lol That is the only thing that will get me any attention at a bar lol:drinker:
  • mishelnkiki
    mishelnkiki Posts: 775 Member
    i LOVE tats! i have 6 myself. hopefully much more here soon!! i used to have more piercings, but i had to take them out per jobs or when i had my kids before that. i might have to pierce my tongue again sometime tho. already had it done twice. lol. i must say, i miss it!
  • mishelnkiki
    mishelnkiki Posts: 775 Member
    Just to be honest, I don't think I'm a pretty girl and I think my ink makes me prettier.

    Seriously?! You are beautiful...

    I agree, you're stunning!
    GORGEOUS!!!
  • chasekilgannon
    chasekilgannon Posts: 123
    I have a different take, I won't get my second tattoo finished until I'm at goal weight because I believe the art needs to be accentuated by a healthy body. I don't think anyone wants to see my rolls as the art frame.
  • Ashley_Panda
    Ashley_Panda Posts: 1,404 Member
    Thanks. :blushing:

    I want sleeves and hoping to get at least one more when we go to my parents for Easter. I only have my nose pierced. I had my lip done too but was allergic to the ring they put in and pulled it out with a pair of pliers. Ouch.
  • Brett_Alan
    Brett_Alan Posts: 63
    Yeah I've taken out my piercings for work just have my ears left and it's funny 90% of strangers ask if I'm a tattoo artist lol
  • hush7hush
    hush7hush Posts: 2,273 Member
    Yeah, my piercings boost my confidence.
    I have my belly button, my nose, my cartilidge, and I'm about to get my lip.
    No tattoos yet.
  • Kolohe71
    Kolohe71 Posts: 613 Member
    Tattoo will be my reward for reaching my Goal Weight.
  • DoReMiFaSoLaTiDo
    DoReMiFaSoLaTiDo Posts: 296
    I didnt get the Tat I wanted years ago because I didnt want gravity to affect its shape and/or location...
  • Brett_Alan
    Brett_Alan Posts: 63
    Oh yeah I have my cartilage stretched out to a 0 gauge that hurt just a teensy bit I always forget about it cause I leave It naked to
    Mess with people lol
  • Kolohe71
    Kolohe71 Posts: 613 Member
    I didnt get the Tat I wanted years ago because I didnt want gravity to affect its shape and/or location...
    LMAO... I dated a girl who had a tattoo of Tweety Bird. I saw her a while back... Two kids and 50 lbs later Tweety Bird now resembles Big Bird!
  • wolfchild59
    wolfchild59 Posts: 2,608 Member
    What's funny is that I always told myself that if I got to a healthy weight from where I was at I'd get another tattoo (I currently have three). But after losing almost 50 pounds that I'd been carrying for most of my adult life and seeing what it's done to my skin and body, I can't even imagine finding a place to put a tattoo anymore due to saggy skin and my stretch marks being so much more visible now. Plus my brain is just imaging how any tattoo would end up looking as I got older and time ravaged my body even more.

    I'm thankful that my current ink is all in spots where the skin is thin and wasn't fatty areas so none of them were affected by the weight loss. (which was actually part of the thought process when those locations were chosen initially and why I stopped at just filling those areas. lol)
  • dfresh926
    dfresh926 Posts: 48
    tattoos make you who you are. i dont think i hide behind them, just cant wait to get more. with a better bod of course!
  • Ashley_Panda
    Ashley_Panda Posts: 1,404 Member
    I didnt get the Tat I wanted years ago because I didnt want gravity to affect its shape and/or location...
    LMAO... I dated a girl who had a tattoo of Tweety Bird. I saw her a while back... Two kids and 50 lbs later Tweety Bird now resembles Big Bird!

    ROFL. My father in law's ex girlfriend/baby mama has her ex(or maybe still) husband's name tattooed on her shoulder and my father in law's name tattooed on her neck. He told her if her trashy *kitten* got anymore names she'd look like she'd be NASCAR racecar.
  • mrsblair84
    mrsblair84 Posts: 62
    i have mine on my hip. its pretty much on the bone so hopefully not too much damage will ever come from having a kid or two. i got my belly button pierced when i was 19. had it in for almost 6 years and it randomly decided to get infected. its been about a year or so since and i'd like to get it redone once i lose some more weight. i only want one more tattoo..angel wings around the shoulder blade area.
  • mrsblair84
    mrsblair84 Posts: 62
    i have mine on my hip. its pretty much on the bone so hopefully not too much damage will ever come from having a kid or two. i got my belly button pierced when i was 19. had it in for almost 6 years and it randomly decided to get infected. its been about a year or so since and i'd like to get it redone once i lose some more weight. i only want one more tattoo..angel wings around the shoulder blade area.
  • mrsblair84
    mrsblair84 Posts: 62
    oops...didn't mean to post twice. computer didn't register the first time so i hit post again. :ohwell:
  • LaDiablesse
    LaDiablesse Posts: 862 Member
    I don't feel that I've gotten my tattoos or my piercings to hide. It's just part of who I am. I do plan on getting more, but want to fix the work I currently have before starting anything new. Need to get down to the weight I want first....then it's new ink time! Yay!
  • Woodman725
    Woodman725 Posts: 288 Member
    I never get a chance to get a good tan and always end up with the farmer tan, so my goal is to just cover my upper body from my elbows up and down to my waist. I have one half sleeve done and the other is on its way and starting a back piece later this year. I feel like I haven't really been comfortable showing my tattoos until recently so kinda the opposite it guess. I don't feel like I'm hiding behind them, but I will feel better about showing them because of the weight loss, almost like being heavy was making me hide or not show my tattoos. I also have my chest pierced and I'll be more excited to take my shirt off when I put some muscle on. I dig the gauges, but wouldn't have them myself, just not my thing. I actually have been making them out of wood for a bunch of tattoo artists lately. The biggest ones were 1-7/8".
  • geri25
    geri25 Posts: 43 Member
    10 more pounds and I'm getting a nose ring, 15, I'm getting a tattoo!


    i got my nose done this past weekend had it done about 5 years ago took it out for sinus surgery and it closed but have it again love it
  • HelenTheKitchen
    HelenTheKitchen Posts: 383
    I didnt get the Tat I wanted years ago because I didnt want gravity to affect its shape and/or location...
    LMAO... I dated a girl who had a tattoo of Tweety Bird. I saw her a while back... Two kids and 50 lbs later Tweety Bird now resembles Big Bird!

    ROFL. My father in law's ex girlfriend/baby mama has her ex(or maybe still) husband's name tattooed on her shoulder and my father in law's name tattooed on her neck. He told her if her trashy *kitten* got anymore names she'd look like she'd be NASCAR racecar.

    Unless it's your kids I just don't get the name thing. I love my husband and I think I'll be with him forever, but I really honestly believe if I get his name tattooed on me (or vice-versa) it will inevitably end in disaster. I used to date a tattoo artist and one day I was in his shop and an 18 year old kid came in to get his girlfriends name tattooed on him. The ENTIRE staff was trying to talk him out of it with the girl standing right there. One of the artists even offered to draw it on him everyday with a sharpy if he wanted it. He still got it. She had some really long name too, like Natasha. I wonder how that's going.
  • gog427
    gog427 Posts: 82
    HAha only you Brett...
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