Too old and fat for new tattoos?

I'm a bit old and fat and if anything it's the perfect situation to get a tattoo. What's the worst that can happen? Not like I'm going to lose my modeling career or my TV contract, is it.

You do your thing.

Other people will love or hate them, judge or not judge you, regardless of your age and weight. They may be wrong to judge, but that is a consequence you choose to bear.

Personally I am not a fan of anything that isn't discrete, but each to their own.

I'm old and fat and love my tattoos. I regularly get complimented on the one on my forearm and it's always women who say they admire it.

Go and get inked and enjoy!

Totally agree with this. It's summer so you can see the tattoos on all the exposed flesh, none of them look good, no one's body looks nicer with tattoos. People who have them thinking they're cool or unusual or somehow expressing themselves are deluding themselves, so many people have them it's more unusual not to. Last summer on UK beaches it was really refreshing to see the occasional untattooed body, especially men. I'm so glad my adult children never had one. I know it's sexist but in my opinion women look even worse with tattoos than men.
But of course if you want one you shouldn't be afraid to have one.

I say go for it!

The only thing I'd recommend is planning (from my own personal experience of my tattoos)

E.G:
Placement: If you want to see it but put on or lose weight is that impacted so you can't see it.

Will you still love the design?: My second tattoo I dislike the design now not enough to get it removed but enough to consider a cover up. So plan accordingly.

These are just two things to think of as you've been wanting this a while so I'm suggesting these so you get a design and placement you love rather than rushing into it.

But never too old and there's no sizing issues x

I got one done at 17 in a fairly discrete place and whilst I thought it was cool and rebellious at the time, by the time I'd turned 20 I hated it. Luckily it is covered most of the time unless I'm in a bikini.

I'd always wanted a couple of small ones elsewhere but felt I couldn't get them after my younger mistake.

I turned 45 recently and decided to fuck it and got 2 small ones I'd wanted for years.

I've now planned about another 4, all fairly small and not in massively obvious places and all with a meaning behind them.

Am very much of the your body your choice mindset.

Plus you can always get them removed if you really really hate them, just know that the removal laser hurts a million times more than the tattoo itself!!!

Nearly 50 here and just finished a gorgeous huge rose on my lower back ( I am corporate so I put them to places not many people can see)

So gorgeously artistic it made me start loving my body all over again.. I lost 5kgs since May when I started it (huge tattoo needed two sessions )

Start designing it and go for it!!!

I agree that it’s your body and you should do whatever you want.

However, I also think they’re grotesque. Sorry.

Not mine! Not really my style. I'm going for something much more boring!

I wanted tattoos for as long as I can remember, but got with exdp at age 16 so obviously too young to get one. He strongly dislikes them so I didn't get one until after we split just over 2 years ago.

I currently only have one but I absolutely love it, getting my next one in August and can't wait!

I was 32 when I got my first and I don't think I'll stop now until I either run out of space or ill health stops me

I will say though do your research and you really do get what you pay for

That's stunning 👏👏

Just a different style from all the black work I think. A colour tattoo won't magically turn black!

@IDontFeelItAnymore fair enough, I've never seen a really colourful sleeve like that.

Is it a new thing? Or do they just go darker/blurry over a few years?

@WonderfulUsername this a work by the guy I'm going back to this week, it's very far from a dark blur!

Get it done op! I'm in my 40's and have a full sleeve on one arm and a blackout on the other. Have saved a fortune on fake tan 😬 am currently deciding what to have next and where.

The Buffalo Bills will be here soon to say clean skin looks better 😂

Im 57 and had my first tattoo at 56. I now have 8 and am planning for another one when i reach halfway to my goal weight.
Tattoos made me feel good about my body when I was at my heaviest. I love mine and am too old to give a shit about other people's opinions 😀

But that's still going to be a dark blur if lets say for example you're sitting opposite someone on a train?

You'd have to get uncomfortably close to that stranger (unless you happened to be sitting next to them anyway) to see the details.

I just wondered how close the PP was getting to strangers 😁

I could understand DP stance if it was an impulse decision, but you've clearly thought about it long and hard so go for it, if it's something you want.

I feel parents love throwing passive aggressive opinions in whether it's potential baby names, colour of car you intend to go for etc. What's important is you make choices that are right for you, and to appease parents.

Disagree - there are huge variations in designs, skills and colours.

This guy for example, is absolutely bloody incredible:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CuXSiavNNZ6/?igsh=MXg2ZHFwbXJvZTVobQ==

Or
https://www.instagram.com/p/CcnnEYqDoOS/?igsh=aWxyZ2NlOHl1bW5q (I want this so badly, but I REALLY don't suit a sleeve. Maybe I'll get him to do my other thigh 😂

Do it! I’ve been pregnant/breastfeeding for over 4 years and have a list of tattoos I’m planning to get when my daughter stops breastfeeding!

Yes do it!
They are for you, it matters not what anyone thinks, although if it's a face tattoo perhaps have a proper think and be sure.

I had one at 16, my very conservative parents didn't speak to me for weeks after. I'm now in my 40s, it doesn't look like it did on my young body but it's another part of my story, I'd like a few more, but like you have been sputtering back and forth about whether I'm too old and or chunky but realised that I don't care.

I would also say they are much much more mainstream and acceptable socially now, I go to the gym, beach, pool daily and it's more unusual to see someone without a tattoo.

I had a tiny tattoo aged 18, hidden by my knickers so no one really sees it! I then had a massive tattoo on my thigh aged 37 and size 22.

I'm not getting younger, and I'm probably not going to lose a shit load of weight, so it was time to get on with it!

Go do it!

Surely the fatter you are the more tattoos you can have.

Unless I'm missing something.

But all full sleeves are just a dark blur

No they aren't. You can have a full sleeve of any style of tattoo. You're thinking of black and grey realism. You can also have a full sleeve of very clear, bold colour. You can also have a full sleeve that still leaves a lot of bare skin. All 'full sleeve' means is that the tattoo goes from shoulder to wrist. It doesn't mean every part of the skin is covered in ink.

Good for you, OP!