Tattoos, body piercings and plastic surgery: a poll

Tattoos: Other people, okay. Sometimes it’s very sexy. Take a look at the Suicide Girls webpage for some hot tattooed chicks. On the other hand, it doesn’t make anyone who wasn’t already good looking look any better. If you’re hot, it adds an adornment, something to catch the eye and make you stand out among the other hotties. If you’re not, it just makes you look like you’re trying to attract attention. And you get the wrong kind of attention from that.

I don’t like facial tattoos unless they’re tribal, and you belong to that tribe. If you’re not Maori and you get Maori-style face patterns, you look like a pathetic wannabe. Unless, of course, you can recite traditional teaching-songs telling the story of your tattoos. You’re redeemed then, because you’ve become an honorary member, in my eyes at least.

Myself, not my style and I don’t like doing anything permanent to my body. Plus, it’s just one more identifying mark for The Man to track me with :slight_smile: If I ever did get a tattoo, I’d go for one of those full-back Japanese style tattoos. No little wussy barbed-wire armlet for me. The tattoo on Yeoh in the Crying Freeman manga is pretty darn cool.

I’m a little old now to go for that kind of thing. I personally think that tattoos should be marks of a rite of passage or something similar. I wouldn’t want to get one unless it actually commemorated something personally important or was something earned. I’ve got no problems with other people getting them “just 'cuz” but that’s not for me.

Piercings: On other people, in moderation. I don’t find eyebrow, lip, cheek, chin, etc. piercings very attractive. I also don’t like septum piercings. One or two genital piercings can be kind of cool. Course, you don’t see those until you unwrap your present, but it could be fun to play with.

On me, I wouldn’t mind, but I don’t think I want to jeopardize my equipment. Man-bits seem to be complicated enough that they have multiple failure points already, I don’t want to take chances on increasing the odds of failure to achieve liftoff, if you know what I mean. Nipple piercings on men just look funny. That basically leaves me with ears, tongue, or nose as places I’d be willing to be pierced, and none of those really fits my style.

Plastic surgery: Why? My sister got her tits done. I think they look weird. I’ve never been with a plastic girl, but I doubt I’d really like it. I like natural better. I broke my nose a few years ago. I might get the bend corrected one day, but more to restore normal breathing than to get my sizable schnoz reduced. I probably wouldn’t even ask them to do more than fix the damage. There are some people who need some facial reconstruction, but other than that, I think it’s dumb.

She let you see them? That* is * weird.

Because all fake tits look real until they’re naked.

You act like I had any choice in the matter.

If I remember correctly, right after I came to her apartment for a visit what she said was, “I got new tits. Wanna see?” and then flashed me without waiting for an answer.

My reactions were: apparently the new techniques don’t leave very visible scars; going from an A cup to a C cup is possible, and doesn’t stretch the skin too much; shit, my sister just frigging flashed me! They don’t jiggle the right way and they’re too perky, that’s what’s weird. Well, that and she’s about 5’2", a size 0-1, with boobs that on that frame are tig-o-bitties.

Keep in mind that she’d been stripping for a while, and the new boobs were partially because of that. She’d always wanted bigger ones, she had the money now, and the new fun-bags would probably pay for themselves in “tips.”

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Tattoos: I love 'em. I have three, myself and would like to get more. All my ink is under clothing btw. I do agree that a lot of people get too carried away with it. The drummer from Greenday comes to mind.

Piercings: I have my ears pierced, but anything else is out. As for other people, a simple nose/eyebrow/tongue stud is cool. I find multiple facial piercings make me a bit intimidated of the wearer. But I could get over it.

Plastic surgery: I’ll probably end up getting something done one day, but I don’t intend to have any of my facial features changed. I just want my body to look more normal. No foreign objects in my boobs, plese… And again, I see a lot of people go overboard on this. I’m thinking of the lady who wanted to become Barbie. ::shudder::

If I see someone with a nice tat, I’ll often compliment them on their ink and may even ask who the artist was. I’m always complimented on mine (if the back of my t-shirt is pulled down by my purse strap), and that makes me happy. I’m always happy to tell why I got my tattoo they see if they ask.

A-cups strip? And make money at it? Huh.

All three categories are fine with me when done in moderation and done well (and yes, I realize that’s highly subjective). In fact, the right tattoo or piercing on an attractive woman makes her distractingly sexy to me.

I have 2 tattoos myself, both where they don’t show in office clothing. No piercings or surgery, and no plans for either.

That’s interesting. I can’t think of any reason on earth I’d show mine to my brother. I mean, yes, they’re spectacular and I don’t mind who knows it, but my brother?? Eeeeew.

Totally against.

Totally against.

Against, unless it’s being done to correct birth defects or repair injuries.