Facial Tattooes

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Would you/ do you have one?

They’re not for me, they’re not part of my heritage but they are for some people. There’s a fella near me with a full face tottoo and I do find myself staring, cos I can’t quite make out the design and I’m being nosey. But then I can’t stare too much cos it’s his face, it’s tricky!
I have tattoos and so do many of my colleagues, mine are hidden unless I roll my sleeves right up which I do do sometimes. Frontline nhs worker.

It's also only Brits that have loads. Been to Asia AND Southern Europe this past 2 years, and 95% of people who I met with tats were British..

It's a European thing- French, Belgian, German etc. But I take your point as it's definitely a (dare I say it?) white person thing.

@whyhaveidonethis You think having a facial tattoo means you're unemployed for the rest of your life?

You have tattoos yet say something so silly? Most tattoo artists/piercers have facial tattoos. Yet somehow they still have jobs? Strange.

A Parent in my reception class has one on their face, they are a tattoo artist by profession. It’s very striking and looks fantastic.

Well I read the Sun piece. The word 'jail' and 'murder' certainly came up a lot. They were pretty extreme tattoos and I didnt see much going on behind their eyes in the photos.

I love kat Von ds facial tattoos, the suit her and match well with her line of work.
I used to work in the performing arts (theatre daaaarling) and I met quite a few performance artists with facial tattoos and some extreme body modification. Again, it suited their job role and them as a person. None were claiming benefits, they all worked! Outside of performing (some had other jobs) they worked as software developers, marketing execs etc so not really customer facing.

I would just look like a Wally with facial tattoos. I love my tattoos but even I forget they're there sometimes

I don't ever look at someone with one and think 'hey YOU seem like an upper class professional on £200k a year!'

That’s ok, you do know we get paid whether you think we deserve or not .

I know two people with facial tattoos, one a tattooist themself, one in a creative industry.

He's Māori and it's tā moko

Very few people have these for cultural reasons.

I think they look terrible and scary.

I think its a v odd fashion as, when they fade and skin ages etc, they lose the dramatic impact they had when they were first done. You can throw out old dated clothing but stuck with the tattoos. Facial tattoos more so. Not a great look.

I love tattoos but hate facial ones....why do it?

"Very few people have these for cultural reasons."

Actually there's been a revival of the moko. I think they look beautiful.

But tears, swastikas, basically anything else... no.

I have a visible tattoo, not on my face, but one that's not covered by my clothes 7/10 days. I work in a professional environment, and I interview and hire for my team as part of my duties. Couldn't give a shit if someone has a tattoo, to be honest I'm not superficial enough to do a full body scan in the first place checking. Rather judge them on their experience and interview. I'd say anyone only employing tattoo free people because of their incorrect misconceptions about those that have chosen to get them, would be awful to work for so they've probably had a lucky escape. Imagine working for someone that narrow minded and focused on the way someone looks rather than their abilities.

By the way, I'm neither 'chavvy', common nor scruffy. How offensive. To those throwing out these insults you must lead very sheltered lives with small social circles.

I do wonder how owners of tattoos will feel about them in 10/20/30 years time.
Other than that, each to his own.

I do wonder how owners of tattoos will feel about them in 10/20/30 years time

Well I got my first almost 20 years ago and I’m still a fan, so I’m pretty happy with that!

I have my eyebrows and lips tattooed

I wouldn't say tattoos are a white person thing either. My black boyfriend has tattoos

Most tattoo artists/piercers have facial tattoos. Yet somehow they still have jobs? Strange.

Top logic going on there. Feel free to go out and get facial tattoos, everyone - tattoo artists have them so they clearly don't impact your career prospects.

A tattoo does not stop you working/thinking or anything else.

Its other people's attitudes that may stop you getting employment. If we worked on changing people's attitudes to all kinds of 'differentness' and to embrace diversity personally I think we would have a far nicer kinder world.

Top logic going on there
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The only acceptable face tatoos are ones associated with your culture aka moal face tatoos or some tribal ones from Africa or south America ( i mean in there culture not simply someone deciding they look cool and copying it.) Otherwise no face tatoos or tatoos you cannot cover up are bad

Not everyone likes the same things, that’s fine.

You can’t judge how successful someone is by whether they have tattoos or not though. Not to mention everyone’s idea of “successful” is different anyway!

As with all tattoos, some I like, some I don't. Very much depends on the design, placement and the skill of the tattooist. I've seen some very well done tattoos that are terribly placed and thus look ridiculous to me, for example.

I couldn't have a face tattoo in my line of work but maybe I will when I'm retired! Tattoos in general are becoming so much more widespread now that they will become completely uncontroversial in a few years - just a matter of aesthetic judgement like any other optional aspect of one's appearance that one can change. .

A tattoo does not stop you working/thinking or anything else.

No it doesnt but as I said some colleagues who have hidden tats are brilliant and thoughtful at work. The one with visible one thinks he can do anything because he's so special. 99% of tats ive seen are chavvy, the 1% are work of art. I like Japanese tattoos, British ones are usually so cliche and shit. Just my opinion.

No it doesnt but as I said some colleagues who have hidden tats are brilliant and thoughtful at work. The one with visible one thinks he can do anything because he's so special

So you have ONE colleague with tattoos who is a dick and that means...?

The biggest twat I know (think abusive to women etc) has no tattoos. That doesn't mean anything apart from he's a twat.

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