These Awesome People Prove You Don't Need To Worry About What Your Ink Will Look Like In 50 Years
The Answer To The Question 'What Will Your Tattoos Look Like When You're Older?'
Ryan Barrell— The Huffington Post UK
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Anti-inkers are always saying "Don't you ever think what it will look like when you're old?".
Now people with tattoos don't need to worry. Courtesy of Imgur, here's a bunch of elderly people who look totally awesome with their body art.
And here's even more, for your viewing pleasure:
Older people with tattoos
Biker Profile(01 of12)
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Dramatic lighting portrait of biker. Image captured with 45 megapixel Phase One back. Hi-res file has amazing detail. (credit:Michael DeLeon via Getty Images)
Man with tattoos and nipple rings(02 of12)
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Man with tattoos and nipple rings (credit:Fuse via Getty Images)
Tough old man(03 of12)
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a tough senior man squaring up to fight (credit:fasphotographic via Getty Images)
Mature man in swimsuit flexing bicep, portrait(04 of12)
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Mature man in swimsuit flexing bicep, portrait (credit:Chris Fortuna via Getty Images)
Senior man with tattoos wearing headphones, sunbathing, portrait(05 of12)
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Senior man with tattoos wearing headphones, sunbathing, portrait (credit:Elke Selzle via Getty Images)
Topless male portrait with tattoos(06 of12)
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Topless male portrait with tattoos (credit:Alan Powdrill via Getty Images)
Woman (60's) with tattoos and mastectomy on beach(07 of12)
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Woman shot outdoors with existing light (credit:Steve Wisbauer via Getty Images)
Senior couple with motorcycle(08 of12)
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Senior couple with motorcycle (credit:Jupiterimages via Getty Images)
Man with tattoos in tribal style image(09 of12)
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Man with tattoos in tribal style image (credit:Thinkstock via Getty Images)
Couple embracing(10 of12)
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Couple embracing (credit:Frances Litman via Getty Images)
Tattooed Karen Man(11 of12)
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Senior Po Karen man with traditional tattoos in a village in north Thailand (credit:Kevin Landwer-Johan via Getty Images)
Inked Biker(12 of12)
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Biker showing off his new tattoo (credit:Jeff Doane via Getty Images)
These old folks might look totally badass, but there's some tattoos you might end up regretting a lot sooner.
This is Holly Aston and after two years of hiding in the shadows, avoiding bikinis and basically any flesh-revealing attire, she has revealed her shame to all the world:
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Thankfully she's now had her tattoo removed.
The backstory: Aston bought a tattoo gun off the internet for £50 and held drunken tattoo parties with her friends (who also did her the service of etching the word “dyke” on one ankle).