The idea that "no one talks about" people regretting tattoos is the biggest joke. That's literally the number one thing people say about tattoos. I cannot think of a more common saying from people without tattoos, it's like their motto
@gggthsb lol the only comments i have gotten on mine so far are "didn't that really hurt?" (i have a large sternum piece I'm working on) "who is your artist?" or "i can't imagine sitting through 5hrs of that" and some variation of "That's gorgeous! "
I have a problem with her saying.. she's fully covered in tattoos.. she has a lot of tattoos. But she's not fully covered in tattoos. This was just for attention.
it's always the most basic and boring people trying to get a personality with tattoos or tiktok trends like raving or alternative fashion and then 6 months later they will talk bullshit and bully people who literally are alternative or whatever. however, she can throw away clothes for example but tattoos will stay 🤷♀ all of her tattoos were for attention clearly and i hope she regrets them and i hope the laser will HURT. i hate people like her.
I’m not heavily tatted, I got three big ones (started my journey back in May) and two more planned by the end of December. This is exactly what I’m afraid of cause I’m looking now like will I have room? 😂
no bc this is exactly what i say, i am tiny, im only 4’9, i have small arms and legs and i said the only con and regret to being heavily tattooed is i don’t have room for the rest i want!
If it was not for attention why drag it out so long? She went mega viral instantly and got so much attention in 24 hours. She could have easily did the “it was fake to show you regret” the next day…. But no…. Dragged out weirdly making more videos to show it’s real…. Nah sorry sis you did this for followers
I hate that she is further pushing this narrative down our throats. I get that tattoos can be addictive but it is your responsibility as the client to ask if it is right for me. Getting a fake forehead tattoo is way too freaking extreme
i was told i would regret some of my tattoos by shop owners (i didn't have enough ink for what i wanted done). well it's been 20 years & i'm still happy with my tattoos. some of us are very firm in our choices & thought long & hard before we got our tattoos. we don't need Idiot-Anna to tell us anything.
My first professional tattoos were my first 3 on my face. ♓️ Pisces on middle of my head. Surname above eyebrow and a heart on my cheek cause I'm original as fuck. Never gonna regret them. My dad hates them but he likes them? Because it's ME.
I hate when people make light of addiction like this - I somewhat doubt she had a psychological dependency on tattoos or was prioritising them above basic needs :/ it really cheapens the concept and hurts people who actually have addiction.
Agreed. Hot take: as a clinician I don’t even like the colloquial use of the term “addiction” to refer to compulsive behaviors like gambling or gluttony in basic human functions like eating & sex. Sure, you can FEEL like you crave those things, but the human body is wired to get satisfied by food & sex, not crave more, as with addictive drugs. You have to eat to live, so “food addiction” is a total misnomer. The misuse of the term addiction isn’t helpful for patients trying to change their compulsive behavior. It actually makes it harder for them to change.
But people have actually died because they were addicted to food. The reason it’s an addiction is because they DON’T get satisfied and they DO keep craving more.
CW- talk if self harm This is just anecdotal , but I do think you can have addictions to things that aren't substances, as I had what I would describe as a self harm addiction that went on a few years. I was institutionalised and literally had spasming shaking episodes that went on hours because I couldn't self harm anymore. I would imagine that this experience could be mapped on to any experience that changes your brain chemistry significantly, like adrenaline seekers, or even to things like food and sex. There definitely is a current in popular vernacular to use therapy speak inappropriately though, which sucks 😞
Her excuses for regretting her tattoos are exactly while I will NEVER regret my tattoos, even the shit ones. They represent important moments in my journey through life. I've got tattoos literally head to toes, including hands & face. The only thing stopping me from getting more work is money.
Abso-f'inglutely! I regret not having more. The one tattoo I have that Im not happy with is because the artist added something that wasn't part of it and it looks weird but I don't regret it I just don't like that one squiggle that I didn't ask for.
That's what I always said that even the ones that I don't particularly love anymore are still a reminder of a certain time or a person in my life. The only one I dislike is on my knuckles and it's just too crass so I'm going to have it covered but it's just going to be even bigger and better lol. I still like the location I just think the words I chose for a little off-putting 😂😂
I think you might find my story interesting. And I'm definitely interested in getting your opinion on it. But I don't know TikTok. And you don't accept messages on Instagram or X/Twitter. So that brings me here, leaving a random comment. I love your videos. You seem nice, relatable, and knowledgeable. I'd love your feedback on my situation, which goes back 25 years. Anyway, I hope you see this and reach out.
I think there’s a difference between tattoo regret and “the person I am today would not have gotten those” because I don’t regret any of mine but there are definitely some I got I wouldn’t get today
I agree there's definitely a difference, and I think if I were to ever stop liking my tattoos, it would be the same reason as you. I love floral things, and have for 10+ years. I'm now 23 and have gotten 2 gorgeous floral tattoos (1 of roses across my collarbone/upper chest, and 1 with sunflowers on my shoulder blade). I don't believe I will ever regret them. They are gorgeous and meaningful. However I could see it being possible that in the future my floral patterns won't be my style anymore, but that's not a reason to regret them! Just a reason to get new ones that match future me
I can’t believe any tattoo artist would agree to do this. Also, I love my girlfriend, but if she came home with my name tattooed across her forehead, I would immediately break up with her. This screams poor decision making, and I don’t want any part of that in a partner. As for regretting getting tattoos, maybe don’t get some spur of the moment pos, or a meme or something. I’ve been getting tattooed since 1989 and I don’t regret any of them. Each and every one of them were well thought out ahead of time. If I ever have any tattoo related regrets, it’s that eventually I will run out of room for more. For those who want to tell us that we’ll regret our tattoos some day, STFU!!!
I have tons of 'spur of the moment' tattoos and I don't regret them one bit. I might not like them all equally but they're a part of me now, I couldn't imagine my arm without them. I genuinely believe the problem is with people not understanding themselves or having a very narrow viewpoint about what it means to get and have a tattoo on your body BEFORE getting a tattoo. It's also MADDENING how she has this god complex now, as if she isn't the one to blame for her own tattoos like ughghghghgh
I am approaching 50, and my love of tattoos is just GROWING. I got my first tattoo at 19, and for years only got small, easily hidden tattoos, out of fear of the opinions of others. In the last 10 years, I FINALLY was able to cast off the last of my f*&ks about what other people think. I do not regret a single tattoo. I regret denying myself the happiness and the confidence my huge, visible tattoos bring me, because OTHER PEOPLE don't like them.
12:39 hell, as a tattooed person, i am a huge proponent of thinking through what you're getting permanently inked on your body. And if Ana is really on the "thou shan't tattoo thyself"-train, putting out a message with her getting her BFs name on her forehead, affirming that decision several times, and then going silent for several days? That is not sending that message.
This is so effin frustrating! As someone who is semi tattooed (1 each shoulder, calf, biceps, and ankle) the "you'll regret it" argument is why my family have NEVER seen one of my tattoos before it was half a year old. I canNOT show them anything without getting that regret speech (happened with my asymmetrical piercings, too), so I make sure I've lived with anything for months before they see it; I can always answer "haven't regretted it in # months, so..." 🙄 And, honestly, even if I do regret one of them eventually, I love them all NOW, and they make me happy RIGHT NOW. Listening to people talk about regretting tattoos seems so pessimistic; anything could go wrong, bit you've got to at least try to assume not everything will.
It’s so crazy that she got another woman’s face tattooed on her stomach and is just lying about it. I would feel SO uncomfortable if someone got me tattooed on them 😭
It clearly took her a few days to think of something to say to “explain” why she did this. So sad, I hope people stop giving her the attention she so badly craves. 😬 Also, hi, former emo tattooed person here. I don’t regret my tattoos, I want many more tattoos. Yes some of the ones I got when I was 18 were a bit questionable and I wouldn’t get them now BUT they are a reminder of who I was then. ❤
exactly!! I don’t understand this whole narrative of “you’ll regret these when you’re a REAL adult!!!” like, even if I had dumb tattoos I got when I was 18 and didn’t like them anymore, it’s still a part of me and who I was at that time. why would I hate what used to be me?
I'm 32 and I am covered in dumb tattoos I got when I was younger, but I don't regret them at all, they are some of my best memories and I get to forever be reminded of them!
32 is still really young, wait until you are 50, I guarantee you'll look at them and think what was going on in my mind, or should I say what wasn't going on in my mind. They look really cheap and nasty on women. Why ever someone needs a tattoo to remind you of something, it can't have been that great if you need ink plastered all over your body to remind you of it.
As someone with quite a lot of tattoos I'd say I definitely don't regret any of my tattoos. I do however wish that with some of my early tattoos the quality of the tattoo would've been better. All part of the tattoojourney tho :-) you live and you learn.
Same! No tattoos I regret but some I don’t like as much any more based on the quality. So my plan eventually is to just get them faded and redone, lol.
I actually LOL’d when she said she was going through a hard time with money and stuff and that’s when she got tattooed? I’m sorry WHAT! Her tattoos appear to be well done and of good quality so I’m sure she paid decent money for them. So if you have money issues- how could one afford all of this?!
The only tattoo I've regretted was my harry potter one (for obvious reasons). I don't think it's uncommon to have a tat or two you regret when you have a bunch but wholesale regretting them in general seems rarer. I agree with you. Her reaction seems inauthentic and it feels like she's just looking for attention.
Omg I'm just so happy I never got a hp tattoo. When I was underaged I always wanred ine but with 18 I had different priorities so the idea kinda fades out and today I'm SO happy🫠
ngl i still want to get a hp tattoo regardless of j.k. i’m not getting it for/because of her i’m getting it for/because of my love for the books. it has nothing to do about her
This! You might regret a tattoo or two, or regret the placement, but to regret any and all of them is just super rare and doesn't need the "awareness" she yaps on about
I always wonder how many years will people give up about tattoo regret. at 20, it was five years, 30, ten years. Now some of mine are 15 years old at nearing 35, and I STILL hear how much I'll regret them.
Another thing is that there are people out there creating valuable and educational content and putting their effort and heart into it genuinely (like you Lauren!) and sometimes take a long time to get attention and then there are shortcuts to attention and public visibility like these… it’s kind of upsetting :/
I’ve seen multiple people online get real tattoos of their partners name or portrait on their face/neck/hand/fingers If I was a tattoo artist, I don’t think I’d feel comfortable doing name tattoos unless the person told me it was the name of their offspring, deceased grandparent, pet or something like that. Doing a spouse’s name wouldn’t make me feel much more comfortable than doing a BF/GF’s name because my husband got a shitty tattoo of his divorcée’s name back when they were married. It is now hidden by a badass dragon. Only reason it didn’t bother me when we first got together is because it was relatively small, faded from it being so old (I think I was like 9 years old when he got it so I that would mean he was about 23) and it being on a part of his back that is inconspicuous enough that I only saw it rarely
Honestly I'm just here to comment that you look absolutely STUNNING today! The red with the red lipstick looks so good on you! especially with the all white christmass setup!
I've never regretted any of my tattoos. My only regret was not going to the right artists at a young age. But I've since covered the badly done ones up with beautiful work by one of my besties who is fantastic.
Sigh. I got my first tattoo at 19. It was a Pegasus. She's old and faded now. Next year I'll be looking for an artist to touch her up. She's 22 years old and I still love her. The only other tattoo I have ATM is a kitty with a heart and paw print on my wrist. It's 3 years old. I got it after my emotional support kitty passed. I'm not heavily tattooed but I enjoy them and believe that they are beautiful pieces of art that can be carried with us when done properly.
Like everyone has said tattoo regret is talked about constantly. But people regret all sorts of things that rarely get talked about. People often regret some life choices. unless you have very visible job stopper tattoos they won't effect your life that much. Cover them with clothing and no one even knows they're there. You can move through the world no problem.
OMG what a perfect video to celebrate me finally getting an appointment with the artist doing my half sleeve!!! I've been waiting for her books to open for an actual year and if i haven't changed my mind about the tattoo after all that time then i can't imagine regretting it later
I genuinely loved the emoji portion! Also as a tattooed person who is goth/alt i definitely agree with your points about people who actually regret tattoos.
As someone who’s got her first tattoo in her 20’s, took LOTS of time to chose the pieces that I wanted and has commitment anxiety, I’ll say something I personally haven’t seen before: I have tattoo regrets of tattoos I DIDN’T get. In other words, I regret NOT getting tattooed sooner. Yes, while I’m glad I didn’t get the classic Pinterest tattoos in my teenage years, I also regret not getting the deeply meaningful tattoos at specific times and locations in my life. Of course, someone could say that I could get them now, but it wouldn’t be the same. I hesitated for so long before actually getting tattoos because of the pressure to remain “clean”, and everybody telling me that I would be regretting them. Now I regret not living for myself sooner. I see my tattoos as timestamps of meaningful snapshots in my life, and I feel like I have “left out” significant timestamps from the story featured on my body. To me, getting tattooed is the one thing that I can do for myself, as an act of ultimate trust fall with myself. I claim my body to be mine, and my choices to be mine and mine alone. I’m slowly getting more and more, and with each tattoo, I feel more like myself. So while I wouldn’t have wanted to rush the process, I have some regrets of specific times where I really wanted to get a specific, significant tattoo, and didn’t, out of fear. It’s like my anxiety won then
I'm 60 and got my first tattoo at 40. I now have 4 (nothing huge) and since we've recently moved , I'm currently looking for a reputable studio as I want one last one. Every one of them has deep meaning to me so, no, I don't regret a thing.
All but 2 of my tattoos are renditions of my own drawings/ designs so I honestly don't believe I will ever regret them. My oldest one is 15 years old and I still love it as much as the day I got it.
It took me 5 years to get a second tattoo. Because of that time I was able to solidify the exact image I wanted and find the perfect artist to make that vision come true.
I feel you, it took me 4 years to get my second tattoo, and after that years ppl would still saying i will regret it, she clearly only seek fame and creepy enough of getting someone face tattooed without permission😖 yikesss
When I was younger, I was told that I would regret getting a tattoo on impulse. Although my father does not like tattoos, he always told me to wait until my brain was more mature before getting one. He told me that the longer I thought about it, the less likely I was to regret the tattoo. I can safely say that he was correct. I did not get the tattoo when I was younger, but waited until I was 33. The tattoo I ended up getting is a treasure for me.
You're not being controversial, I think lots of people get tattoos just because everyone else has them. My brother got a sleeve and he regrets it, wore long sleeves in the summer for a while lol. If you put a lot of thought into and get something truly meaningful, you're less likely to regret it.
I got my first tattoo on my 18th birthday, in 2004. Have been getting tattoos ever since and I have yet to regret a single one. Even the ones with negative experiences attached to them, they're part of my story. Even the mistakes my artists made over the years are part of the story and I wouldn't change them. I feel sorry for people who regret their tattoos, but I do think a lot (but not all!) of tattoo regret is due to getting tattooed for the "wrong" reasons, i.e. trying to impress your buddies or having your cousin "tattoo" you in their basement.
Ana’s reasonings for regretting the tattoos whether she actual believes them are legitimate regrets I’ve heard. I have a few friends and my brother who have used tattooing in place of self harm, so while they don’t hate how they look, once they entered a place where they didn’t have SI anymore the tattoos became reminders all over their bodies of dark days just like SH scars.
I was a goth kid that started getting tattooed at 18. I'm 33 now and i regret getting tattoos at all. I still love them as an art form but wish I hadn't gotten any.
Your perception of who/the types who have tattoo regret are spot on and because it became such a HUGE trend not too long ago well be seeing many people who do have regrets. There were A LOT of people,especially young people who became heavily tattooed in the last 15 years who would not have if they were not the huge trend they were at the time.
I know. I dont want to generalize. But it seems to be the case the ones who seem to regret it got them simply for the “I wanna be cool”. Like getting a tattoo is the same as bleaching your hair. Its simply not. No one says this but I think getting tattoos is waaaay less invasive than getting botox or lip filler.
@@piperatoms5926 agreed. I put a lot of thought into my tattoos before I get them. They are meaningful. So seeing people who do it just to be cool kinda annoys me
@@RetroalicemichaelI’m the opposite. I only have one tattoo that had some thought behind it, but that’s fine by me. I also only have one meaningful tattoo and I also think that’s fine. Some people have different reasons and if she got her tattoos just to be cool, so be it. It’s a little bit weird to gatekeep who can get tattoos and why, as long as an artist is getting paid I don’t see a problem. Getting tattoos just to be cool does mean she’s more likely to regret them, but that’s on her.
as someone who's gotten most of my tattoos just within the last year, they are already such an integral part of me. i'll look at my arm now and think about how just months ago it was naked and it already feels wrong imagining that lol i can't imagine ever regretting them
One of my fav androgynous influencers has and sells a fake tattoo that they often wear a ton. For a while I thought it was a real tattoo because they place it so well each time and makeup’d over it. Nope! temp tattoo!! I love it and the idea for people who wanna get a new one but unsure if they’re ready
98% of the time I don't even notice my own tattoos. They are such a part of me now that they are like any bodypart, they are just there. Then 2% or the time I go like "ooooooh, I forgot about that tattoo". Seems funny to someone not tattooed, but I really don't see them in my everyday life even if the are always in my sight. Just like I very rarely notice like my hand and go "oooh, yeah I've got a hand on my body". I can honestly say that today I might not have gotten the same tattoos as I did like 20 years ago, but there is no regret. Just like I have scars on my leg from a surgery gone infected or limp chronically because of an injury the tattoos are really just a visual reminder of things gone through and living a life where I actually have lived a little. On the other hand I can say if I did get a tattoo of someones name in my forehead I probably would regret it. Face tattoos are still not looked at like a normal thing, and names are still a bit of a stretch anywhere on the body. But if you have ANY common sense while getting the tattoo you should not have to be ashamed or regret.
Lauren, thank you again for being a voice of reason & telling things how they are 💜 I feel more confident in taking the first step to getting a tattoo thanks to your videos & have an appointment set for December. If I had followed advice from someone like this Ana person, I would've completely chickened out & been stuck in an endless thought loop of should I or shouldn't I, leading to never getting a single tattoo & probably regretting that! Thanks again! 💜🦇
I’m so excited for you! I’ve been getting tattooed since i was 18 (I’ll be 40 next year) and i don’t regret a single one (i have 17), even ones that have no deep meaning. I see it as a scrapbook of my life. I just got two for my birthday this year and plan to get matching tattoos with my brother for Christmas!
@ivonnequiroz58 thank you & thanks for sharing your story! 😁 I'm 33, so I'm pretty confident that I won't suddenly dislike one of my favorite animals, a bat! 💜🦇
I am honestly very thankful I waited until 28 to start getting tattoos. Not even just the subject matter but also the style would have been veeeeeery different if I had gotten them when I was young! My only kind of regret is not planning out the placement more. I want all of them on my arms so I don’t have a ton of real estate to work with 😢
Once I seen this yesterday I couldn’t wait for your vid cause at this point people who regret is really pushing it down others and giving them the idea that “oh I might actually just regret mines” or scaring others who wants them not to get it. I understand that some younger folks who do it before 25 might regret it. But some actually knows what they want and believe in. Like I wanted till this year when I turned 29 cause I did say too myself “let me wait till my late 20s” cause I definitely didn’t have the funds and wanted to go to a reputable artist. But if I started young the regret thing wouldn’t cross my mind. It’s my story and shit maybe in my next life I will plan definitely 😂.
I Finally gotton some of the tattoos i wanted in my earlies 20's when I turnd 30. I reget not doing it sooner, but on the other hand, I am happy i did do it, never been more happy about how my body looks
I regret my first 3 tattoos, I was young and stupid and didn’t really understand the true artistry of tattoos. I then educated myself, and with wisdom now have beautiful artworks on my body that I will never regret.
I am in love with your winter decor. The big axolotl with the christmas/winter sweater. The red outfit, the make-up, the white hair streaks. The lights. Everything just looks so nice!
People walk around with swastikas and iron crosses on thier faces, necks and hands and yet somehow its unbelievable that she could find someone willing to tattoo a name on her forehead?
I really appreciate you making this video! I have one tattoo which I love and want to get more, but only being tattooed once I didn't catch any of the signs it was fake in the first place. I can be easily confused, especially when it comes to people's sincerity and I genuinely believed at the time that she was being honest and genuine and trying to help people and it made me rather panicky at the time. Anyway, I really appreciate your channel and it's made me understand and appreciate tattoos and tattooing more.
Portrait theft is so crazy, like how narcissistic must you be to genuinely believe that's you, instead of the billions of other people it could be? This reminded me of a situation from when I was in school many moons ago - one of my art projects for GCSE was a big portrait of my two friends, a guy and a girl, that was pretty decent. Decent enough I guess for a guy in my year to take photos of it, post it online and say it was a self portrait of him and another girl. A bunch of my friends called him out, saying the portrait was obviously not of him or the girl and people knew I had done it cause I'd been working on it for a while. The portraits were by no means perfect, but it was obvious it was my friends, not him and this girl. The school got involved and told me that I could decide whether he lost that GCSE for plagiarism. I let it slide cause I was a pretty big push over and wanted to avoid confrontation, he didn't physically steal it and submit it as him own, but tried to steal it for clout. Fuck it, we were kids, I hope he's learnt.
I just came home from a 3 day convention tattoo and now my left leg is double the size of my right one. And i just found a big ink stain on the bottom of my foot? So cozy & comfortable have left the chat (for some time), but watching another lauren vid while cuddling my cats is the best medicine
My mom made me promise I wouldn't get tattoed until I was 25. Instead, everytime I would get a tattoo idea I drew my design in a notebook. I still have that notebook and flicking through it... yeah I am so grateful to my mom. Some are no longer my aesthetic, some are now a bit cringe, some I don't resonate with anymore...and the ones I would not have minded having gotten is not like it makes any difference that I don't have them. I am 28 now and I don't think I'll ever get tattoed, the risk of regret for me outweights the benefits of having tattoos.
That's not how it works all of the time though...you get a tattoo that you like, and you grow with it. It becomes sentimental and a part of you because you and your past are always together.
I regret one of my tattoos (getting it covered up). I got it right after a breakup and didn’t speak up when I didn’t like the design. Now it just reminds me of that bad time and my lack of standing up for myself
My tattoos are pretty young. My first one is like 3 or 4 years, my newest isn´t even a year old but I think that today there is so much information out there to educate us beforehand and tattoos aren`t as permanent as they once were. So I fully know that if I ever want to get my tattoos lasered or covered up it is going to cost money but it is a possibility. People regret stuff all the time that is what happens in life as humans. People who constantly berade people for doing or not doing something don`t really care that that person has a choice and that it is ok to be wrong. Sure the decision should be done as informed as possible but no one can predict the future even if I could do that, no thanks xD! We do the best with the information we have, what else are we supposed to do?
Also, I'm 35 and I've always loved the idea of tattoos but I could never make up my mind, and I know I would end up regretting what I chose, so I just never committed to anything. And it's not that I'd regret getting a tattoo, I just know I'd brain-spiral and start nitpicking it and end up being tired of whatever design I'd picked, and end up not liking it or wishing I could change it... but that's my brain. I know how my brain works, so I knew it was a better idea not to go ahead and do it. And I'm glad I didn't. All the ideas I ever had for tattoos were definitely spawned from ADHD hyperfixations.... and I'm not interested in any of the things I previously was. Some day I might still get something art or pet related, but til I'm absolutely sure, I'm not taking the plunge.
One of the reasons why at over 40 years old I am ink free is because of people with them who hate them or unhappy with them who constantly warned me never to get one. If one of them had done this, I wouldn’t take them seriously. I still want them and being in a good place in life, for once, I’ve started saving up to get started. I don’t care that I’m “too old” now. Learning so much modern info from these tat channels, thank you!
After reading thru comments, sorry!! I hate to be one of those people spitting out a tired line about “people regret them”. But I honestly took that advice to heart. I now know much info I didn’t before and can make an informed decision on artists, placements, just everything really so I appreciate the advice back in a time when I was young impulsive and not in the better head space I am today. This skeleton fairy I wanted sooooo bad is not something I’d want today like most the other stuff I had in mind at that point in life lol
I’m not visibly tattooed - I don’t have any on my forearms, hands, neck/face, etc - but my legs are fully covered. The only thing I regret about my tattoos is the placement of a few of them because I would like more space for bigger pieces lol
Ana seems like she does everything she does for attention. I've been getting tattoos for about 15 years and I just got my 10th one yesterday.. I have some that have meaning and some don't. I still love all of them and will continue getting more, I have my next one planned to cover scars from my cancer surgery. ❤
unrelated to the video topic, you have the best background/filming setup in, like, all of youtube. i recognize and appreciate the effort you put into it!
U hit the nail - the ONLY tattoo’s ppl regret are when u get one to look/be cool! That was my 1st tattoo…which eventually became a full back piece coverup that I LOVE. So even my regret wasn’t a regret in the end!
I regretted one tattoo I got at 18 and I got it covered up last year, but I didn’t like the old one because it was done poorly. Some of my tattoos I’ve had for about 7 years now and I don’t regret any of them, even though they don’t fit my current “aesthetic”. I feel like the way I dress will always change but my tattoos are more of a reflection of my life, moments of time and memories. If I regret them someday, at least they will always be a reminder of who I was and where I came from. But the key to not regretting your tattoos, I think, is to avoid getting things because they’re “trendy” or because you’re trying to fit into a certain look. Sometimes the need to fit in and be accepted by people around us overshadows what we truly want for ourselves and what makes us happy.
🤣🤣🤣 Only at 8:51 in the video, but just had to pause to appreciate the level of sarcasm. I'm cracking up, and I really needed that right now. So thank you and love you, Lauren! 💜💜
everyone always talks about how much “you’ll regret your tattoos.” my mom took me to get my first tattoo when i was 17, and even she was like “well what if you regret it” like girl you’re the one who signed the waiver for me to get it 😭 it’s such a tired thing to say so her acting like she’s being so brave saying this is fucking annoying
I agree that the people who get tattoos just because they want to fit in are usually the people who regret them. They’re not getting them for the right reasons, they don’t understand the process and the experience means nothing to them. Tattoo enthusiasts understand that sometimes tastes and people change and you might not love *all* your tattoos anymore, but you don’t *regret* them because it’s about the experience and doing it for themselves.
I feel people may regret their tattoos because THEY ARE TOLD they will or they should. If you bombard someone with a message enough, then they might start believing it.
Lol was not expecting my comment to be in one of your videos 😂 but I’m so so glad you made a video highlighting this situation Anna is pretty scary and stealing from a trans creator feel very transphobic (coming from another trans person)
Once I saw that she posted, I wondered how quickly you’d get on this. I wondered what angle she’d take with the inevitable “just kidding”, but I didn’t guess she’d try to frame it as a life lesson.
You are truely the nicest person on the internet (I told you before, but I have to repeat it sometimes) and your look is absolutely stunning! I enjoy your videos so much. Please never change and keep up the good work! Greetings from Germany! 👍🏾❤
I don't regret any of my tattoos. I have a sleeve of patchwork tattoos, and my legs are tattooed, and I am going for some more tomorrow. I've been getting tattooed since I'm 18. The tattoos I wasn't sure of, I made sure to sit on them and realized that I didn't want them on my body. I only get tattoos that I really really really want and can see myself wearing forever.
I would also like to point out that a lot of people that are heavily tattooed experimented with other less significant body modifications before getting tattooed properly. I know I had 30 something piercings, two or three stick and pokes and about 8 million different hair colors before I got my first proper tattoo.
I think the real thing here is, it’s fine to say you regret yours, it’s fine to say you love yours. I think to influence others to do or not do something because of your choices is wrong. If I’m gonna regret mine then that’s on me, at the moment I love them and for anyone that should be enough. If they love being tatted great, if they never want one great. Everyone should be able to make their own choices and not feel pressured either way. 💚
Did anyone else clock that she's now saying the tattoo of Dani is of her mum and not her own face now... Also tattoo regret is a thing.... snitchery regrets hers, morgan joice regrets hers... like it happens but they all have VERY good reasons and talk about this in a straight up way rather than a publicity stunt...
I'm now almost 27! Started at 18 and not stopping anytime soon. Yes, I think two of them could have been done better. Do I regret them? Hell no. I was always into alternative music and fashion. I started getting more pierced last year because I have a big fear of needles. Again, love it. Tattoos and piercing were and are a big confidence boost. I feel more like myself every tattoo I get!
My dad took me for my first tattoo and I'm now 35 and still getting them, I don't regret a single one of them. I have a miss match of a bit of everything
I'm 58 & have a decent amount of tatts, started out at 13 with stick n poke I did myself to finishing up a thigh sleeve I started 20 + years ago. I have a "cursive" Q on my neck that was horribly done in New Bern, NC in the late 1990's that I dislike because of how crappily it came out but even that one I don't regret (I'm hoping to have Mr. Kevin Reyes cover it with an ancient triryche symbol). Love your shows 💜😎
I love my aunts Story with Tattoo regrets, because of its comedic value. She tells everyone to not get Tattoos, because she regrets hers. She got a little dolphin on her hip, in the 90's, at vacation in Thailand, drunken, on a beach in a random Shop. Its of a horrible quality, aged bad and distorted due to her pregnancy. Its a Story you can learn from, but telling everyone that Tattoos per se are bad? No.
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The idea that "no one talks about" people regretting tattoos is the biggest joke. That's literally the number one thing people say about tattoos. I cannot think of a more common saying from people without tattoos, it's like their motto
cannot even count how many times I heard people say this. really just laughable.
Edit: and I am not even THAT tattooed yet 😅
@gggthsb i love this "yet"
@@PesciolottoI loved that bit too 😂❤🎉
I do, indeed, regret some of my tattoos. I also knew going in that I would... How did I know? Because it is THE MOST TALKED ABOUT
@gggthsb lol the only comments i have gotten on mine so far are "didn't that really hurt?" (i have a large sternum piece I'm working on) "who is your artist?" or "i can't imagine sitting through 5hrs of that" and some variation of "That's gorgeous! "
I have a problem with her saying.. she's fully covered in tattoos.. she has a lot of tattoos. But she's not fully covered in tattoos. This was just for attention.
it's always the most basic and boring people trying to get a personality with tattoos or tiktok trends like raving or alternative fashion and then 6 months later they will talk bullshit and bully people who literally are alternative or whatever. however, she can throw away clothes for example but tattoos will stay 🤷♀ all of her tattoos were for attention clearly and i hope she regrets them and i hope the laser will HURT. i hate people like her.
Only regret i have as a heavily tattooed person is that i dont have enough space for as many more as i want
I feeeeel you 😂
I’m not heavily tatted, I got three big ones (started my journey back in May) and two more planned by the end of December. This is exactly what I’m afraid of cause I’m looking now like will I have room? 😂
Facts!!! I’ve run out of room for large pieces. Starting to get creative finding space. Zero regrets except that I don’t have more
Carbohydrates.
no bc this is exactly what i say, i am tiny, im only 4’9, i have small arms and legs and i said the only con and regret to being heavily tattooed is i don’t have room for the rest i want!
If it was not for attention why drag it out so long? She went mega viral instantly and got so much attention in 24 hours. She could have easily did the “it was fake to show you regret” the next day…. But no…. Dragged out weirdly making more videos to show it’s real…. Nah sorry sis you did this for followers
Couldn't agree more, it's embarrassing 🙄
omg roly appearance??? love ur videos man
I hate that she is further pushing this narrative down our throats. I get that tattoos can be addictive but it is your responsibility as the client to ask if it is right for me. Getting a fake forehead tattoo is way too freaking extreme
People could donate plasma, if into needles, and they could get paid for it☺️
i was told i would regret some of my tattoos by shop owners (i didn't have enough ink for what i wanted done). well it's been 20 years & i'm still happy with my tattoos. some of us are very firm in our choices & thought long & hard before we got our tattoos. we don't need Idiot-Anna to tell us anything.
Some people are so stubborn they wouldn’t admit they regret a tattoo.
My first professional tattoos were my first 3 on my face. ♓️ Pisces on middle of my head. Surname above eyebrow and a heart on my cheek cause I'm original as fuck.
Never gonna regret them. My dad hates them but he likes them? Because it's ME.
I hate when people make light of addiction like this - I somewhat doubt she had a psychological dependency on tattoos or was prioritising them above basic needs :/ it really cheapens the concept and hurts people who actually have addiction.
Agreed. Hot take: as a clinician I don’t even like the colloquial use of the term “addiction” to refer to compulsive behaviors like gambling or gluttony in basic human functions like eating & sex. Sure, you can FEEL like you crave those things, but the human body is wired to get satisfied by food & sex, not crave more, as with addictive drugs. You have to eat to live, so “food addiction” is a total misnomer. The misuse of the term addiction isn’t helpful for patients trying to change their compulsive behavior. It actually makes it harder for them to change.
As an ACTUAL ADDICT of hard substances, YES! These things are no where in the realm of being the same thing or even close to it.
But people have actually died because they were addicted to food. The reason it’s an addiction is because they DON’T get satisfied and they DO keep craving more.
CW- talk if self harm
This is just anecdotal , but I do think you can have addictions to things that aren't substances, as I had what I would describe as a self harm addiction that went on a few years. I was institutionalised and literally had spasming shaking episodes that went on hours because I couldn't self harm anymore.
I would imagine that this experience could be mapped on to any experience that changes your brain chemistry significantly, like adrenaline seekers, or even to things like food and sex.
There definitely is a current in popular vernacular to use therapy speak inappropriately though, which sucks 😞
Her excuses for regretting her tattoos are exactly while I will NEVER regret my tattoos, even the shit ones. They represent important moments in my journey through life.
I've got tattoos literally head to toes, including hands & face. The only thing stopping me from getting more work is money.
I only have one tattoo regret and that’s because it’s in the way of a bigger piece I’m getting done 😂
Abso-f'inglutely! I regret not having more.
The one tattoo I have that Im not happy with is because the artist added something that wasn't part of it and it looks weird but I don't regret it I just don't like that one squiggle that I didn't ask for.
That's what I always said that even the ones that I don't particularly love anymore are still a reminder of a certain time or a person in my life. The only one I dislike is on my knuckles and it's just too crass so I'm going to have it covered but it's just going to be even bigger and better lol. I still like the location I just think the words I chose for a little off-putting 😂😂
@@IvanaSantiniI’m very curious what these words are lmao
I think you might find my story interesting. And I'm definitely interested in getting your opinion on it. But I don't know TikTok. And you don't accept messages on Instagram or X/Twitter. So that brings me here, leaving a random comment.
I love your videos. You seem nice, relatable, and knowledgeable. I'd love your feedback on my situation, which goes back 25 years. Anyway, I hope you see this and reach out.
I think there’s a difference between tattoo regret and “the person I am today would not have gotten those” because I don’t regret any of mine but there are definitely some I got I wouldn’t get today
I agree there's definitely a difference, and I think if I were to ever stop liking my tattoos, it would be the same reason as you. I love floral things, and have for 10+ years. I'm now 23 and have gotten 2 gorgeous floral tattoos (1 of roses across my collarbone/upper chest, and 1 with sunflowers on my shoulder blade). I don't believe I will ever regret them. They are gorgeous and meaningful. However I could see it being possible that in the future my floral patterns won't be my style anymore, but that's not a reason to regret them! Just a reason to get new ones that match future me
I can’t believe any tattoo artist would agree to do this. Also, I love my girlfriend, but if she came home with my name tattooed across her forehead, I would immediately break up with her. This screams poor decision making, and I don’t want any part of that in a partner.
As for regretting getting tattoos, maybe don’t get some spur of the moment pos, or a meme or something. I’ve been getting tattooed since 1989 and I don’t regret any of them. Each and every one of them were well thought out ahead of time. If I ever have any tattoo related regrets, it’s that eventually I will run out of room for more.
For those who want to tell us that we’ll regret our tattoos some day, STFU!!!
I have tons of 'spur of the moment' tattoos and I don't regret them one bit. I might not like them all equally but they're a part of me now, I couldn't imagine my arm without them. I genuinely believe the problem is with people not understanding themselves or having a very narrow viewpoint about what it means to get and have a tattoo on your body BEFORE getting a tattoo. It's also MADDENING how she has this god complex now, as if she isn't the one to blame for her own tattoos like ughghghghgh
I am approaching 50, and my love of tattoos is just GROWING. I got my first tattoo at 19, and for years only got small, easily hidden tattoos, out of fear of the opinions of others.
In the last 10 years, I FINALLY was able to cast off the last of my f*&ks about what other people think.
I do not regret a single tattoo.
I regret denying myself the happiness and the confidence my huge, visible tattoos bring me, because OTHER PEOPLE don't like them.
Remember who got tattoos when you were growing up, they were the social losers. Criminals, and bikers.
Not today lol your fear tactics won’t work
Not surprised, since you're 50..ask me why🤔
I'm 65.......lots of kids born in early 1970s, had trauma
12:39 hell, as a tattooed person, i am a huge proponent of thinking through what you're getting permanently inked on your body.
And if Ana is really on the "thou shan't tattoo thyself"-train, putting out a message with her getting her BFs name on her forehead, affirming that decision several times, and then going silent for several days?
That is not sending that message.
I'm just hoping, tattoo artists could start using inkbox, like a hair service
Let it fade completely...then get a retouch
This is so effin frustrating! As someone who is semi tattooed (1 each shoulder, calf, biceps, and ankle) the "you'll regret it" argument is why my family have NEVER seen one of my tattoos before it was half a year old. I canNOT show them anything without getting that regret speech (happened with my asymmetrical piercings, too), so I make sure I've lived with anything for months before they see it; I can always answer "haven't regretted it in # months, so..." 🙄
And, honestly, even if I do regret one of them eventually, I love them all NOW, and they make me happy RIGHT NOW. Listening to people talk about regretting tattoos seems so pessimistic; anything could go wrong, bit you've got to at least try to assume not everything will.
It’s so crazy that she got another woman’s face tattooed on her stomach and is just lying about it. I would feel SO uncomfortable if someone got me tattooed on them 😭
It clearly took her a few days to think of something to say to “explain” why she did this. So sad, I hope people stop giving her the attention she so badly craves. 😬
Also, hi, former emo tattooed person here. I don’t regret my tattoos, I want many more tattoos. Yes some of the ones I got when I was 18 were a bit questionable and I wouldn’t get them now BUT they are a reminder of who I was then. ❤
exactly!! I don’t understand this whole narrative of “you’ll regret these when you’re a REAL adult!!!” like, even if I had dumb tattoos I got when I was 18 and didn’t like them anymore, it’s still a part of me and who I was at that time. why would I hate what used to be me?
@@breeeeeeeee7386 yes! Totally agree 👏🏻 all part of the journey. 🙂
off topic, but, ma’am you are gorgeous 💜
I'm 32 and I am covered in dumb tattoos I got when I was younger, but I don't regret them at all, they are some of my best memories and I get to forever be reminded of them!
32 is still really young, wait until you are 50, I guarantee you'll look at them and think what was going on in my mind, or should I say what wasn't going on in my mind.
They look really cheap and nasty on women. Why ever someone needs a tattoo to remind you of something, it can't have been that great if you need ink plastered all over your body to remind you of it.
You have it, inside, it took pictures
Jewelry is better on women
@@spacewalktraveller1on women... however, I loved hairy men, not too much though..
Forearms, chest, and back☺️
she said one of the reasons she got tattoos was money issues... considering how expensive it is to get tattoos, the math isn’t mathing 😆
Maybe she went into debt
I appreciate you covering the story so I don’t have to find her channel and give her views.
As someone with quite a lot of tattoos I'd say I definitely don't regret any of my tattoos. I do however wish that with some of my early tattoos the quality of the tattoo would've been better. All part of the tattoojourney tho :-) you live and you learn.
Same! No tattoos I regret but some I don’t like as much any more based on the quality. So my plan eventually is to just get them faded and redone, lol.
I actually LOL’d when she said she was going through a hard time with money and stuff and that’s when she got tattooed? I’m sorry WHAT! Her tattoos appear to be well done and of good quality so I’m sure she paid decent money for them. So if you have money issues- how could one afford all of this?!
Tbh, I initially thought she might do a laser tattoo removal scam
Oh me too! I was thinking she'd say, "laser," but not show anything, then come back & say like, "yay no scarring!"
same
Honestly, that's probably what she has planned next 😂
The only tattoo I've regretted was my harry potter one (for obvious reasons). I don't think it's uncommon to have a tat or two you regret when you have a bunch but wholesale regretting them in general seems rarer. I agree with you. Her reaction seems inauthentic and it feels like she's just looking for attention.
Omg I'm just so happy I never got a hp tattoo. When I was underaged I always wanred ine but with 18 I had different priorities so the idea kinda fades out and today I'm SO happy🫠
ngl i still want to get a hp tattoo regardless of j.k. i’m not getting it for/because of her i’m getting it for/because of my love for the books. it has nothing to do about her
This! You might regret a tattoo or two, or regret the placement, but to regret any and all of them is just super rare and doesn't need the "awareness" she yaps on about
I always wonder how many years will people give up about tattoo regret. at 20, it was five years, 30, ten years. Now some of mine are 15 years old at nearing 35, and I STILL hear how much I'll regret them.
I mean, who WOULDN'T get a Shrek tattoo?? Shrek is love, Shrek is life.
Preach!!!!
Another thing is that there are people out there creating valuable and educational content and putting their effort and heart into it genuinely (like you Lauren!) and sometimes take a long time to get attention and then there are shortcuts to attention and public visibility like these… it’s kind of upsetting :/
I’m obsessed with the outfit, the little rose necklace is adorable! The lips matching the shirt? Amazing,
I’ve seen multiple people online get real tattoos of their partners name or portrait on their face/neck/hand/fingers If I was a tattoo artist, I don’t think I’d feel comfortable doing name tattoos unless the person told me it was the name of their offspring, deceased grandparent, pet or something like that.
Doing a spouse’s name wouldn’t make me feel much more comfortable than doing a BF/GF’s name because my husband got a shitty tattoo of his divorcée’s name back when they were married.
It is now hidden by a badass dragon.
Only reason it didn’t bother me when we first got together is because it was relatively small, faded from it being so old (I think I was like 9 years old when he got it so I that would mean he was about 23) and it being on a part of his back that is inconspicuous enough that I only saw it rarely
Honestly I'm just here to comment that you look absolutely STUNNING today! The red with the red lipstick looks so good on you! especially with the all white christmass setup!
Thank you so much 🥹🫶🏻
I just have to say Lauren is once again serving in this video, it’s giving vampy Mrs claus n I’m here for it 🙌🏾
Thank you 🥹🫶🏻
I've never regretted any of my tattoos. My only regret was not going to the right artists at a young age. But I've since covered the badly done ones up with beautiful work by one of my besties who is fantastic.
Sigh. I got my first tattoo at 19. It was a Pegasus. She's old and faded now. Next year I'll be looking for an artist to touch her up. She's 22 years old and I still love her. The only other tattoo I have ATM is a kitty with a heart and paw print on my wrist. It's 3 years old. I got it after my emotional support kitty passed. I'm not heavily tattooed but I enjoy them and believe that they are beautiful pieces of art that can be carried with us when done properly.
Like everyone has said tattoo regret is talked about constantly. But people regret all sorts of things that rarely get talked about. People often regret some life choices. unless you have very visible job stopper tattoos they won't effect your life that much. Cover them with clothing and no one even knows they're there. You can move through the world no problem.
OMG what a perfect video to celebrate me finally getting an appointment with the artist doing my half sleeve!!! I've been waiting for her books to open for an actual year and if i haven't changed my mind about the tattoo after all that time then i can't imagine regretting it later
Yay 🥳🫶🏻
I genuinely loved the emoji portion! Also as a tattooed person who is goth/alt i definitely agree with your points about people who actually regret tattoos.
As someone who’s got her first tattoo in her 20’s, took LOTS of time to chose the pieces that I wanted and has commitment anxiety, I’ll say something I personally haven’t seen before: I have tattoo regrets of tattoos I DIDN’T get. In other words, I regret NOT getting tattooed sooner. Yes, while I’m glad I didn’t get the classic Pinterest tattoos in my teenage years, I also regret not getting the deeply meaningful tattoos at specific times and locations in my life. Of course, someone could say that I could get them now, but it wouldn’t be the same. I hesitated for so long before actually getting tattoos because of the pressure to remain “clean”, and everybody telling me that I would be regretting them. Now I regret not living for myself sooner. I see my tattoos as timestamps of meaningful snapshots in my life, and I feel like I have “left out” significant timestamps from the story featured on my body. To me, getting tattooed is the one thing that I can do for myself, as an act of ultimate trust fall with myself. I claim my body to be mine, and my choices to be mine and mine alone. I’m slowly getting more and more, and with each tattoo, I feel more like myself. So while I wouldn’t have wanted to rush the process, I have some regrets of specific times where I really wanted to get a specific, significant tattoo, and didn’t, out of fear. It’s like my anxiety won then
I'm 60 and got my first tattoo at 40. I now have 4 (nothing huge) and since we've recently moved , I'm currently looking for a reputable studio as I want one last one. Every one of them has deep meaning to me so, no, I don't regret a thing.
All but 2 of my tattoos are renditions of my own drawings/ designs so I honestly don't believe I will ever regret them. My oldest one is 15 years old and I still love it as much as the day I got it.
I haven't finished the video yet but I just had to comment on you fanning yourself with the red panda, I died 😂 I love it.
It took me 5 years to get a second tattoo. Because of that time I was able to solidify the exact image I wanted and find the perfect artist to make that vision come true.
I feel you, it took me 4 years to get my second tattoo, and after that years ppl would still saying i will regret it, she clearly only seek fame and creepy enough of getting someone face tattooed without permission😖 yikesss
When I was younger, I was told that I would regret getting a tattoo on impulse. Although my father does not like tattoos, he always told me to wait until my brain was more mature before getting one. He told me that the longer I thought about it, the less likely I was to regret the tattoo. I can safely say that he was correct. I did not get the tattoo when I was younger, but waited until I was 33. The tattoo I ended up getting is a treasure for me.
You're not being controversial, I think lots of people get tattoos just because everyone else has them. My brother got a sleeve and he regrets it, wore long sleeves in the summer for a while lol. If you put a lot of thought into and get something truly meaningful, you're less likely to regret it.
I got my first tattoo on my 18th birthday, in 2004. Have been getting tattoos ever since and I have yet to regret a single one. Even the ones with negative experiences attached to them, they're part of my story. Even the mistakes my artists made over the years are part of the story and I wouldn't change them. I feel sorry for people who regret their tattoos, but I do think a lot (but not all!) of tattoo regret is due to getting tattooed for the "wrong" reasons, i.e. trying to impress your buddies or having your cousin "tattoo" you in their basement.
you always post right when im about to have a snack, and i adore you for it!
Yaaaaay for snack time!!!
This video did NOT go in the direction I expected lol it was like an M. Night Shyamalan twist with that other person's face on her stomach!!
Ana’s reasonings for regretting the tattoos whether she actual believes them are legitimate regrets I’ve heard. I have a few friends and my brother who have used tattooing in place of self harm, so while they don’t hate how they look, once they entered a place where they didn’t have SI anymore the tattoos became reminders all over their bodies of dark days just like SH scars.
I was a goth kid that started getting tattooed at 18. I'm 33 now and i regret getting tattoos at all. I still love them as an art form but wish I hadn't gotten any.
Ah I’m sorry to hear this my love 😞🫶🏻
Your perception of who/the types who have tattoo regret are spot on and because it became such a HUGE trend not too long ago well be seeing many people who do have regrets. There were A LOT of people,especially young people who became heavily tattooed in the last 15 years who would not have if they were not the huge trend they were at the time.
Yep, a lot of people aren't about this life and they get full sleeves of pintrest art in a span of a few month,no wonder they regret it.
The fact that she’s so delusional is crazy. It’s always “pretty Blonde girls” who “regret” their tattoos
I know. I dont want to generalize. But it seems to be the case the ones who seem to regret it got them simply for the “I wanna be cool”.
Like getting a tattoo is the same as bleaching your hair. Its simply not.
No one says this but I think getting tattoos is waaaay less invasive than getting botox or lip filler.
@@piperatoms5926 agreed. I put a lot of thought into my tattoos before I get them. They are meaningful. So seeing people who do it just to be cool kinda annoys me
@@Retroalicemichael Its just more likely to regret it I feel like. This Anna lady just isn’t legit. Left a sour taste in the mouth ya know? 😛
@@piperatoms5926 that’s why I said she’s delusional and it’s annoy lol.
@@RetroalicemichaelI’m the opposite. I only have one tattoo that had some thought behind it, but that’s fine by me. I also only have one meaningful tattoo and I also think that’s fine. Some people have different reasons and if she got her tattoos just to be cool, so be it. It’s a little bit weird to gatekeep who can get tattoos and why, as long as an artist is getting paid I don’t see a problem. Getting tattoos just to be cool does mean she’s more likely to regret them, but that’s on her.
Okay Ms Clause after dark i see you
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Oooh chapter 2 😅
I love this top on you btw it makes the tattoos on your neck and shoulders look so good ❤
Thank you so much 🥹🫶🏻
as someone who's gotten most of my tattoos just within the last year, they are already such an integral part of me. i'll look at my arm now and think about how just months ago it was naked and it already feels wrong imagining that lol i can't imagine ever regretting them
One of my fav androgynous influencers has and sells a fake tattoo that they often wear a ton. For a while I thought it was a real tattoo because they place it so well each time and makeup’d over it. Nope! temp tattoo!! I love it and the idea for people who wanna get a new one but unsure if they’re ready
98% of the time I don't even notice my own tattoos. They are such a part of me now that they are like any bodypart, they are just there. Then 2% or the time I go like "ooooooh, I forgot about that tattoo". Seems funny to someone not tattooed, but I really don't see them in my everyday life even if the are always in my sight. Just like I very rarely notice like my hand and go "oooh, yeah I've got a hand on my body".
I can honestly say that today I might not have gotten the same tattoos as I did like 20 years ago, but there is no regret. Just like I have scars on my leg from a surgery gone infected or limp chronically because of an injury the tattoos are really just a visual reminder of things gone through and living a life where I actually have lived a little.
On the other hand I can say if I did get a tattoo of someones name in my forehead I probably would regret it. Face tattoos are still not looked at like a normal thing, and names are still a bit of a stretch anywhere on the body. But if you have ANY common sense while getting the tattoo you should not have to be ashamed or regret.
Lauren, thank you again for being a voice of reason & telling things how they are 💜 I feel more confident in taking the first step to getting a tattoo thanks to your videos & have an appointment set for December. If I had followed advice from someone like this Ana person, I would've completely chickened out & been stuck in an endless thought loop of should I or shouldn't I, leading to never getting a single tattoo & probably regretting that! Thanks again! 💜🦇
I’m so excited for you! I’ve been getting tattooed since i was 18 (I’ll be 40 next year) and i don’t regret a single one (i have 17), even ones that have no deep meaning. I see it as a scrapbook of my life. I just got two for my birthday this year and plan to get matching tattoos with my brother for Christmas!
@ivonnequiroz58 thank you & thanks for sharing your story! 😁 I'm 33, so I'm pretty confident that I won't suddenly dislike one of my favorite animals, a bat! 💜🦇
I am honestly very thankful I waited until 28 to start getting tattoos. Not even just the subject matter but also the style would have been veeeeeery different if I had gotten them when I was young! My only kind of regret is not planning out the placement more. I want all of them on my arms so I don’t have a ton of real estate to work with 😢
Once I seen this yesterday I couldn’t wait for your vid cause at this point people who regret is really pushing it down others and giving them the idea that “oh I might actually just regret mines” or scaring others who wants them not to get it. I understand that some younger folks who do it before 25 might regret it. But some actually knows what they want and believe in. Like I wanted till this year when I turned 29 cause I did say too myself “let me wait till my late 20s” cause I definitely didn’t have the funds and wanted to go to a reputable artist. But if I started young the regret thing wouldn’t cross my mind. It’s my story and shit maybe in my next life I will plan definitely 😂.
I Finally gotton some of the tattoos i wanted in my earlies 20's when I turnd 30.
I reget not doing it sooner, but on the other hand, I am happy i did do it, never been more happy about how my body looks
I regret my first 3 tattoos, I was young and stupid and didn’t really understand the true artistry of tattoos. I then educated myself, and with wisdom now have beautiful artworks on my body that I will never regret.
I am in love with your winter decor. The big axolotl with the christmas/winter sweater. The red outfit, the make-up, the white hair streaks. The lights. Everything just looks so nice!
Thanks lovely 🥹🫶🏻
People walk around with swastikas and iron crosses on thier faces, necks and hands and yet somehow its unbelievable that she could find someone willing to tattoo a name on her forehead?
They’re normally done in sheds or kitchens tbf 😂
I really appreciate you making this video! I have one tattoo which I love and want to get more, but only being tattooed once I didn't catch any of the signs it was fake in the first place. I can be easily confused, especially when it comes to people's sincerity and I genuinely believed at the time that she was being honest and genuine and trying to help people and it made me rather panicky at the time. Anyway, I really appreciate your channel and it's made me understand and appreciate tattoos and tattooing more.
So you are clearly upping the outfit game, and I’m here for it! So fun!
Started getting ink in my teens, now 63 and still collecting and love all of them ❤❤❤😊 no regrets
Elvin sounds like a guy
Tatted guys...looks like body hair
Portrait theft is so crazy, like how narcissistic must you be to genuinely believe that's you, instead of the billions of other people it could be? This reminded me of a situation from when I was in school many moons ago - one of my art projects for GCSE was a big portrait of my two friends, a guy and a girl, that was pretty decent. Decent enough I guess for a guy in my year to take photos of it, post it online and say it was a self portrait of him and another girl. A bunch of my friends called him out, saying the portrait was obviously not of him or the girl and people knew I had done it cause I'd been working on it for a while. The portraits were by no means perfect, but it was obvious it was my friends, not him and this girl. The school got involved and told me that I could decide whether he lost that GCSE for plagiarism. I let it slide cause I was a pretty big push over and wanted to avoid confrontation, he didn't physically steal it and submit it as him own, but tried to steal it for clout. Fuck it, we were kids, I hope he's learnt.
This is so off topic but you look so good here. Obsessed with your outfit and makeup!!
I just came home from a 3 day convention tattoo and now my left leg is double the size of my right one. And i just found a big ink stain on the bottom of my foot? So cozy & comfortable have left the chat (for some time), but watching another lauren vid while cuddling my cats is the best medicine
My mom made me promise I wouldn't get tattoed until I was 25. Instead, everytime I would get a tattoo idea I drew my design in a notebook. I still have that notebook and flicking through it... yeah I am so grateful to my mom. Some are no longer my aesthetic, some are now a bit cringe, some I don't resonate with anymore...and the ones I would not have minded having gotten is not like it makes any difference that I don't have them. I am 28 now and I don't think I'll ever get tattoed, the risk of regret for me outweights the benefits of having tattoos.
That's not how it works all of the time though...you get a tattoo that you like, and you grow with it. It becomes sentimental and a part of you because you and your past are always together.
You will never get a tattoo if you continue to do this
The fox flapping had me dying… 😂😂
I regret one of my tattoos (getting it covered up). I got it right after a breakup and didn’t speak up when I didn’t like the design. Now it just reminds me of that bad time and my lack of standing up for myself
My tattoos are pretty young. My first one is like 3 or 4 years, my newest isn´t even a year old but I think that today there is so much information out there to educate us beforehand and tattoos aren`t as permanent as they once were. So I fully know that if I ever want to get my tattoos lasered or covered up it is going to cost money but it is a possibility. People regret stuff all the time that is what happens in life as humans. People who constantly berade people for doing or not doing something don`t really care that that person has a choice and that it is ok to be wrong. Sure the decision should be done as informed as possible but no one can predict the future even if I could do that, no thanks xD! We do the best with the information we have, what else are we supposed to do?
Also, I'm 35 and I've always loved the idea of tattoos but I could never make up my mind, and I know I would end up regretting what I chose, so I just never committed to anything. And it's not that I'd regret getting a tattoo, I just know I'd brain-spiral and start nitpicking it and end up being tired of whatever design I'd picked, and end up not liking it or wishing I could change it... but that's my brain. I know how my brain works, so I knew it was a better idea not to go ahead and do it.
And I'm glad I didn't. All the ideas I ever had for tattoos were definitely spawned from ADHD hyperfixations.... and I'm not interested in any of the things I previously was.
Some day I might still get something art or pet related, but til I'm absolutely sure, I'm not taking the plunge.
My second part of Lauren's videos is always the whimsical little stuffie family behind her. The Axolotyl family is so sweet!!!!
One of the reasons why at over 40 years old I am ink free is because of people with them who hate them or unhappy with them who constantly warned me never to get one. If one of them had done this, I wouldn’t take them seriously. I still want them and being in a good place in life, for once, I’ve started saving up to get started. I don’t care that I’m “too old” now. Learning so much modern info from these tat channels, thank you!
After reading thru comments, sorry!! I hate to be one of those people spitting out a tired line about “people regret them”. But I honestly took that advice to heart. I now know much info I didn’t before and can make an informed decision on artists, placements, just everything really so I appreciate the advice back in a time when I was young impulsive and not in the better head space I am today. This skeleton fairy I wanted sooooo bad is not something I’d want today like most the other stuff I had in mind at that point in life lol
I’m not visibly tattooed - I don’t have any on my forearms, hands, neck/face, etc - but my legs are fully covered. The only thing I regret about my tattoos is the placement of a few of them because I would like more space for bigger pieces lol
Ana seems like she does everything she does for attention.
I've been getting tattoos for about 15 years and I just got my 10th one yesterday.. I have some that have meaning and some don't.
I still love all of them and will continue getting more, I have my next one planned to cover scars from my cancer surgery. ❤
unrelated to the video topic, you have the best background/filming setup in, like, all of youtube. i recognize and appreciate the effort you put into it!
Thank you 🥹🫶🏻
U hit the nail - the ONLY tattoo’s ppl regret are when u get one to look/be cool! That was my 1st tattoo…which eventually became a full back piece coverup that I LOVE. So even my regret wasn’t a regret in the end!
I regretted one tattoo I got at 18 and I got it covered up last year, but I didn’t like the old one because it was done poorly. Some of my tattoos I’ve had for about 7 years now and I don’t regret any of them, even though they don’t fit my current “aesthetic”. I feel like the way I dress will always change but my tattoos are more of a reflection of my life, moments of time and memories. If I regret them someday, at least they will always be a reminder of who I was and where I came from. But the key to not regretting your tattoos, I think, is to avoid getting things because they’re “trendy” or because you’re trying to fit into a certain look. Sometimes the need to fit in and be accepted by people around us overshadows what we truly want for ourselves and what makes us happy.
Always a great time whenever you upload no matter what the subject matter is, so glad I found your channel what's now become a long time ago!
8:32 The aggressive waving of the tanuki is SENDING me
🤣🤣🤣 Only at 8:51 in the video, but just had to pause to appreciate the level of sarcasm. I'm cracking up, and I really needed that right now. So thank you and love you, Lauren! 💜💜
🥹🫶🏻 thank you for your kind words on my Oscar worthy performance 🤪
@@treacletatts I always love your personality and sass, but this was next level! 😂💜
everyone always talks about how much “you’ll regret your tattoos.” my mom took me to get my first tattoo when i was 17, and even she was like “well what if you regret it”
like girl you’re the one who signed the waiver for me to get it 😭
it’s such a tired thing to say so her acting like she’s being so brave saying this is fucking annoying
I agree that the people who get tattoos just because they want to fit in are usually the people who regret them. They’re not getting them for the right reasons, they don’t understand the process and the experience means nothing to them. Tattoo enthusiasts understand that sometimes tastes and people change and you might not love *all* your tattoos anymore, but you don’t *regret* them because it’s about the experience and doing it for themselves.
The only thing I regret about my tattoos is I don’t have more😢
I feel people may regret their tattoos because THEY ARE TOLD they will or they should. If you bombard someone with a message enough, then they might start believing it.
Lol was not expecting my comment to be in one of your videos 😂 but I’m so so glad you made a video highlighting this situation Anna is pretty scary and stealing from a trans creator feel very transphobic (coming from another trans person)
Ahhh hi hi hi 🫶🏻
Once I saw that she posted, I wondered how quickly you’d get on this. I wondered what angle she’d take with the inevitable “just kidding”, but I didn’t guess she’d try to frame it as a life lesson.
You are truely the nicest person on the internet (I told you before, but I have to repeat it sometimes) and your look is absolutely stunning! I enjoy your videos so much. Please never change and keep up the good work!
Greetings from Germany! 👍🏾❤
Awww I love the red panda plushie, Treacle!
I don't regret any of my tattoos. I have a sleeve of patchwork tattoos, and my legs are tattooed, and I am going for some more tomorrow. I've been getting tattooed since I'm 18. The tattoos I wasn't sure of, I made sure to sit on them and realized that I didn't want them on my body. I only get tattoos that I really really really want and can see myself wearing forever.
I would also like to point out that a lot of people that are heavily tattooed experimented with other less significant body modifications before getting tattooed properly. I know I had 30 something piercings, two or three stick and pokes and about 8 million different hair colors before I got my first proper tattoo.
I think the real thing here is, it’s fine to say you regret yours, it’s fine to say you love yours. I think to influence others to do or not do something because of your choices is wrong. If I’m gonna regret mine then that’s on me, at the moment I love them and for anyone that should be enough. If they love being tatted great, if they never want one great. Everyone should be able to make their own choices and not feel pressured either way. 💚
I like the silver highlights in your hair also great video!
Did anyone else clock that she's now saying the tattoo of Dani is of her mum and not her own face now...
Also tattoo regret is a thing.... snitchery regrets hers, morgan joice regrets hers... like it happens but they all have VERY good reasons and talk about this in a straight up way rather than a publicity stunt...
I'm now almost 27! Started at 18 and not stopping anytime soon. Yes, I think two of them could have been done better. Do I regret them? Hell no. I was always into alternative music and fashion. I started getting more pierced last year because I have a big fear of needles. Again, love it. Tattoos and piercing were and are a big confidence boost. I feel more like myself every tattoo I get!
My dad took me for my first tattoo and I'm now 35 and still getting them, I don't regret a single one of them. I have a miss match of a bit of everything
I'm shocked. Shocked! Well not that shocked.
I'm 58 & have a decent amount of tatts, started out at 13 with stick n poke I did myself to finishing up a thigh sleeve I started 20 + years ago. I have a "cursive" Q on my neck that was horribly done in New Bern, NC in the late 1990's that I dislike because of how crappily it came out but even that one I don't regret (I'm hoping to have Mr. Kevin Reyes cover it with an ancient triryche symbol).
Love your shows 💜😎
I love my aunts Story with Tattoo regrets, because of its comedic value. She tells everyone to not get Tattoos, because she regrets hers.
She got a little dolphin on her hip, in the 90's, at vacation in Thailand, drunken, on a beach in a random Shop. Its of a horrible quality, aged bad and distorted due to her pregnancy. Its a Story you can learn from, but telling everyone that Tattoos per se are bad? No.
Just wanted to say that you look super cute in this video! That glossy lip and the fluffy red top with your dark hair looks so good!