Dr. Bill Thomas wrote about aging’s effects on tattoos as Scaring the Grandkids, commenting that “time changes everything.” Skin art in your twenties doesn’t look the same as skin art in your sixties. This was clear to me even as a child, seeing my friend’s father’s forearms as one green blob of old ink. I’m not sure what the original tattoos were, or original tattoo was, but it wasn’t anything by the time he was in his fifties.
For the daring, racy, edgy elder looking to make a statement, however; there are temporary tattoos available for that special night out. Here are some examples as found on Trend Hunter:
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Good point! Whenever I see someone with an excessive number of tatoos or even a small tatoo in a very visable location, I wonder…. what will that look like when they are 50, 60 or 70?
That being said, I love the daring, racy, edgy examples!