Nursing and tattoos

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  1. Do you have any tattoos?

    • 716
      No, never would
    • 525
      No, but would like to
    • 712
      Yes, but only one in a discreet area
    • 83
      Yes, but I wish I didn't
    • 990
      Yes, I have more than one, but less than ten
    • 132
      Yes, my body is a living canvas

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:D Just thought we needed a new poll...

Hey Melissa. Sorry this isn't exactly re-lated to the topic of "tattoos". I tried to PM this pic to you and couldn't get it to go through.

I thought it was really cool and wanted to share our love for dolphins!

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Won't ever get one b/c Hubby is waaaaaaay too disapproving of them. He about died when he learned our daughter had a few. She got a treble clef put between her shoulder blades when she was in college and at the time was pursuing a music degree. She has a cute Chinese good luck symbol on the top of her big toe (OUCH!). I think the one she regrets is the tatt of roses with a past love's name on her left chest/boob. She has never even let me see that one entirely.

Old Joke: "I had a tattoo of a Labrador on my butt. Now that I am 85, it looks more like a Shar Pei...." :chuckle

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Specializes in Step down, ICU, ER, PACU, Amb. Surg.

Tabby...

That pic was way too cool! :) I do not personally have one, but I have toyed a time or 2 with get one but like reg prolly never will cause hubby thinks they look trampy on both male and female alike....very conservative I guess. My g/f has a gorgeous rose on the calf of her right leg from her days when she rode bikes with a gang. She loves it still and so does her darling 3 y/o daughter.

I am of a theory if it is really what you want and you can live with the knowledge that you can never (ceaply I might add) remove the ink then go for it. Like it was said before, they are not everyone's cup of tea and some are very ornate and beautiful. i would never hold it against anyone that had one or is getting one.

Reg, love that joke....lol lol lol lol

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I have 2 tattoos~one on my upper rt. thigh(pegagsus) and one on my left lower leg(female sun). I got the first in 1987 and just got the second one about 1 1/2 years ago. I've had my tongue pierced for the past 5 years. My tats are covered by my scrubs and I've never had any complaints about my barbell.

My individual style does not impact on my professionalism as a nurse. : )

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PLEASE make sure you understand what is being tattooed onto you............see attachment! :o

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That's terrible!!! :o Poor guy.

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Specializes in ICU, nutrition.

I have a Taz on my right hip and a ying-yang with scrollwork on my lower back.

I got the Taz when I was 19. My two best friends and I went and got tattoos together.

A few years ago, I decided I wanted one in a place that I could show without being vulgar, so my husband and I went and got tattoos together.

He has six: a bee and a gargoyle armband on one arm, a dragon and a crimson ghost armband on the other arm, my first name across his heart, and a lizard on his back. He wants to get the bee covered with something else (it was his first, in color and pretty small) and get bands around his calves.

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Specializes in critical care, med/surg.

Thanks for the pic Tabbey! That story about the kid with the chinese saying is awful!

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I don't mind em on other people...a few that is. Personally, I would never get one.... many reasons for that

1) can't think of anything id permanently want on my body

2) wouldn't want it in a place that would show day to day ... but then why would u get one if u cant ever show it

3) painful

4) risk of disease transmission

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8 tats for self, wife has 8. Our last ones were 1 mo. ago and we are 48. The last tattoo I will get will be D.N.R. across the chest.

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Originally posted by realmean1

The last tattoo I will get will be D.N.R. across the chest.

LOL - I think we've all considered that one!

:roll

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Specializes in Med Surg, Post partum, peds, newborn nur.

I have one on my right shoulder blade. It is a small purple butterfly. I would like to get another on my lower back oneday, I just haven't found one that I want yet. I also have my nipples pierced, I got them done about 5 years ago.

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