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I am not sure if any of you know this, but I have a couple of tattoos. The left shoulder has a Sak Yant for protection and good luck which was tattooed in the traditional method in by Arjan Noo Kanphai at his temple in Thailand. The one next to it was tattooed in a basement in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia and means a wild horse which can never be tamed. The kanji you see down my spine runs from my scalp to my lower back and is not a collective phrase, but rather a timeline of enlightenment. In other words, I get a symbol or two with each life lesson or significant event. Plus, I have a large ascending three-toed dragon on my lower back and the eye of Ra (which looks like a peregrine falcon’s eye) on my bikini area. I also have two others which are in the process of getting removed. Hence this article…
Body art is a form of self expression that one does not have to explain or justify to anyone. Our reasons are our own, and our regrets are ours to bear as well. So here is the obligatory think-hard-and-long-before-you-get-ink advice. While I only regret two, which is not bad for the amount I have, getting a tattoo removed takes 10 times as long and 20 times the money to get one. Although there are newer and better lasers, removal is not instantaneous and not without its risks and side effects. It most certainly is not without pain, either.
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