Think before you 署名/調印する: 4半期/4分の1 of tattooed Britons 収容する/認める they 悔いる their 団体/死体 art

Nearly one in three Britons 老年の 16-44 has a tattoo, によれば 研究.

A 大規模な にわか景気 in 団体/死体 art has been led by celebrities, footballers and other high-profile 人物/姿/数字s over the past couple of 10年間s.

A fifth of all adults have a 永久の tattoo, but this rises to a 29 per cent of men and women 老年の 16-44, the 熟考する/考慮する 明らかにする/漏らすd.?

Body art boom: Tattooed stars Victoria Beckham (left) and Amy Winehouse
Body art boom: Tattooed stars Victoria Beckham (left) and Amy Winehouse

But 23 per cent 収容する/認める it is something they now 悔いる, said the 調査する based on questions to the website Ask Jeeves.

Many 使用者s have asked about レーザー and other 除去 techniques making it one of the most popular 支配するs for questions in 最近の years, said the company.

Tattoos are becoming ますます trendy and 86 per cent in the 調査する of 1,000 adults believe they are now more commonplace.

But one in three said tattoos look 'awful' while 21 per cent think it is 罰金 to have a tattoo just as long as it is not on 陳列する,発揮する.

態度s 変化させる の中で age groups, though not by as much as some may think.

Asked about David Beckham's いわゆる tattoo 'sleeves' covering his 武器, 93 per cent of the over-60s think he's gone too far, and so too do 74 per cent of the under-30s.

Almost half of all men - 47 per cent - think tattoos on a woman are a turn off but only 38 per cent of women think the same about the 場内取引員/株価s on a male 団体/死体.

While 署名/調印するd-up celebrities from Cheryl Tweedy to Amy Winehouse have helped 増加する the 人気 of tattoos, there seem to be good and bad 役割 models.

によれば the 熟考する/考慮する, 55 per cent of all adults think Amy Winehouse looks worse for her collec tion of tattoos but only 17 per cent thought the same of actress Megan Fox.

Nadia Kelly of Ask Jeeves said: 'We have noticed an 増加するing number of our 使用者s asking Jeeves about tattoo 除去 services and about the さまざまな ways to get rid of them.

'Tattoos are 明白に more popular than ever and we get enquiries about the 最新の designs or to look at those sported by celebrities.

'But it does 示唆する that this is one of the things that seems like a 広大な/多数の/重要な idea at first but which many come to 悔いる when they grow older.'?

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