Will tattoos ever go out of style?

answers1: None of the tattooed people I know got them because it was
"the style." Their tattoos are far more meaningful than that. Anyone
who gets something permanent like that just to be "in style" will
likely regret it. And as others have said, tattooing has been around
for centuries- so no, they won't... go away. If anything, they're
becoming more acceptable, less stigmatized. I'd like to tell you what
you want to hear/read, but then I'd be lying. Sorry!
answers2: No, they are pictures that tell storys about the person.
Even if a tattoo seems trendy there is a good chance it has a meaning
to the wearer. Tats have been around forever. Every generation is
going to have them. So certain tattoos may go out of style. But
tattooing as an art will probably never die.
answers3: I agree that being a tattoo artist is a way of life (its a
free creative art form really). However, for actually getting a
tattoo, it's different. Tattoos are for other people to look at,
making them a fashion statement in a sense, just as rappers dress like
rappers, pop princesses like pop princesses and metal heads like metal
heads. There is nothing wrong with it, apart from the fact your stuck
with it, even if it's bad, not lie with the others. It doesn't matter
what people say about the meaning of them. Anything meaningful can be
remembered, you don't need a tattoo to remind you. I am a metal head
(stereotyped as tattoo lovers), and i will never get a tattoo or
piercing. I would rather change other aspects of my appearance if i
wanted to look different. If i loved art so much, i would express it
on a suitable medium, not my body, so i can show it off. Just my
opinion, no need to bite, i respect people who like tattoos, its their
choice and if their happy, that is great! I believe they wont phase
out as they will always be out there (people have to live for 40-50
with them them, promoting them at the same time haha).
answers4: Tattoos are personal. For those who do it to "be in
style"...then they are doing it for the wrong reason and may have some
regret later on, but maybe not...most get the idea after that first
and keep getting ink for more personal reasons later on in life. <br>
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For you wanting to go out of style, it tells a lot of about you. If
you dont like them so much, then just dont get them. As far as the
post that stated it started mostly with inmates...are sorely
mistaken...some cultures used them war time and others for maturity
marks into manhood and womanhood. It was a mark of the tribes and the
clans...either way, it didnt start with inmates. <br>
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Best of Luck!
answers5: Tattoos will never go out of style. They have been around
for 100s of years. They are a part of cultures and considered ways for
people in the tribe to show that they are adults. The mainstream of
getting tattoos may one day slow but I doubt that. It's a way for
people to express themselves and to tell stories of their lives.
answers6: That is a yes/no answer. Yes because as you said style.
Styles come and they go. I am not so sure they were actually ever in
style for a majority of the population. But their popularity has
increased over the past several years. <br>
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No I do no think they will ever go completely out of style. There has
always been and there always will be a segment of the population that
will find them stylish. <br>
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I think what you have to ask yourself is "Do I want a tattoo?" That
will eventually turn blue, and be with me for the rest of my life.
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Style is an individual decision as is a tattoo.
answers7: they'll go in style and somewhat out of style... but never
completly, until your old and have wrinkly skin and the tatoo would be
really nasty looking.
answers8: The answer to your question is no. Tattooing is one of the
worlds oldest art forms. It has been a part of human culture for
nearly as long as the human race itself. The modern tattoo has grown
in popularity and has become so mainstream that even US supreme court
justices have them. For them to become unpopular would mean that the
40% of 25 to 40 year olds and 36% of 18-25 year olds in the United
States, would all have to die and take the tattoo artists with them.
In fact, if people continue to get tattooed at the rate they currently
are, the total population of the US with a tattoo will be 60% by 2012.
So, soon you and the other haters will be the minority. I can't wait
for that day to arrive.
answers9: No I don't think so. They have been around FOR EVER. It's
not that they are exactly in style anyway. Most people don't get
tattoos because they are in style at the time, they get them because
they mean something to them. Tattoo's are a form of expression and
always will be. <br>
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When you say please god let it go out of style... does that mean you
don't like tattoo's or you like tattoo's but your sick of everyone
getting meaningless, generic tattoo's because they think they are
"cool". <br>
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If you don't like tattoo's... well I suppose that's your opinion. It's
not on your body though, so I don't see how it would bother you. <br>
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If you are annoyed with people getting them for no reason, I agree.
answers10: I don't think so. Maybe a certain type of them, but not
tattoos in general. People have been getting tattoos for thousands of
years, all over the world. It's identification, a status symbol,
artwork, a piece of yourself. Tattoos are many different things to
different people, I don't see them going out of style. Especially
since so many people are getting them now, and they're permanent.
answers11: Depends. Do you mean the semi-current style trend?
Probably, but they'll come back again, probably from a different
angle. How & when is a hard call. It's not like pierced ears on guys
have faded and that's been going on since the 80s. <br>
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The cycle time is a question for a sociologist, if it's even possible
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If you mean purely as a cultural - and not just in western, US or
European style first world countries- then probably not. You'd see
t-shirts go away first is my guess.