Dd tattoo removal

[OctaviaH]

Dd got a tattoo (without my knowledge and illegally) get a tattoo at the age of 16. Tattoo parlour did not ask to see id.

It was the spur of the moment thing and she has regretted it ever since. She is now 21.

She has student debt and wants to do pg study and travel. Currently working for a very low wage. She hates the tattoo so much that she avoids looking at it (it is in a concealed area of the body) and has not gone swimming in 5 years because that means exposing it.

What is the likelihood of having it removed on the nhs?I do know that this is a long shot but her life is being affected by this stupid decision forever.

I agree with Moondog - I dont see why the NHS should pay for tatto removal when its a persons choice to have it done in the first place.

I am saying that as a person who also got a tattoo at 16 and regrets it. I hate seeing my first one (I have others which I love). Even if I hated it as much as your DD does I wouldnt ask the NHS to remove it. She will have to graft to get rid of it, its a mistake, albeit a very costly one, which she should be responsible for resolving.

But isnt that just like some one who chooses to smoke and gets asthma and then lung cancer and then expects the NHS to pay for their treatment? or an alcoholic who gets kidney failure and expects dialysis to keep them alive or a fat person stuffing themselves with dohnuts and cake then getting diabetes and expecting the NHS to sort them out with a gastric band???
Its human nature to do stupid things, we then all expect the good old NHS to sorts things out, the NHS is routinely abused by everyone, we all demand treatment for free and think its our right to let the government foot the bill with total disregard for the cost. I recently lost my hearing in one of my ears and had to attend an NHS audiology clinic. There were dozens of people sat waiting for hearing aid help, mostly lost or broken hearing aids. One chap got really stroppy when told his hearing aid would be another 2 weeks befor eit was ready. I asked during my fiting how much hearing aids cost. They are around £1000 each?????? And people have no idea of the cost and lose them 'willy nilly' and then expect and Demand a replacement. The drain on our NHS is vast.
So no I dont agree with tatoo removal on the NHS, but I also dont agree with free facilities for many things, and I dont agree with people taking the p* !!!!

"But isnt that just like some one who chooses to smoke and gets asthma and then lung cancer and then expects the NHS to pay for their treatment? or an alcoholic who gets kidney failure and expects dialysis to keep them alive or a fat person stuffing themselves with dohnuts and cake then getting diabetes and expecting the NHS to sort them out with a gastric band???"

No, it isn't.

If someone got a tattoo, and then got hepatitis from the needle, that would be the same.

But I don't think many here would have an issue with the NHS treating the virus.

The difference is that this is a purely cosmetic procedure that resulted from another cosmetic procedure.

And it's a very complicated issue to begin denying publically funded treatment to those members of the public who "indulge" in risky behaviours.

Driving a car, for example, is much more dangerous per mile than taking the train.

Does that mean people involved in car accidents should be denied medical treatment?

No I think tattoos, smoking and drinking alcohol are all purely recreational indulgence's, they are all proven to be high risk pursuits, and the resulting medical treatments directly linked to them demanded on the NHS should not be free.
Eating, however is not a recreational pursuit! ( although some make it so!) and driving is an evolved mode of transport, so neither of these things can be classed as a recreational indulgence, and anyway injury or illness caused by driving would be an accident, so n/a.

So now we're down to where we draw the line on risk.

Skiing, skydiving, cycling, swimming (for the under 5s) etc etc are all recreational high risk activites.

As is driving on holiday.
Surely accidents are as part of the risk of an activity as addiction or chronic health damage.

LIfe is full of risk. We can legislate on how risky activities are allowed to be but once the damage is done care should be given.

I've got a tat (16 when it was done too - Oh, silly days!) on my tummy, as my pregnant belly grows it looks more & more ridiculous. Am defo going to have to get it removed as it will look all squished & weird after being pregnant. Not sure I'd have the gall to get the NHS to pay for though...