She also warns against amateur tattooing done by family or friends with pencils, pens, straight pins, needles, charcoal, soot, mascara and carbon. Where the tattoo is placed on the body is worthy of some thought. A good tattoo artist will not do it above the neck or below the wrists. The worst tattoo I ever saw was a Harley wing right in the middle of someone's forehead. It's something you'll have for the rest of your life.
Tattoo removal is big business for some dermatologists.
Plus lots of kids have someone do a coverup and put a better tattoo on top of a bad tattoo.