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Talking about suits and ties is getting of things a bit of topic.

Now I understand prior to the 1960s it was normally bikers, sailors, criminals who got tattoos but now since the 1970s the tattoos fashion has shot up where people have been getting more and more.

Now on the hands, neck, face where you can’t cover them up is still quite a bit of stigma and taboo against them. Say the young people these days… I don’t mean names, stars, chinese lettering or tribals.

I mean you quite often see for example these :
Knuckles : LOVE/HATE normally with dots (ACAB) or THUG/LIFE on the knuckles
Back of hand : Swallows, webs, wheels on the back of hands.
Necks : Swallows, webs, names, a broken line with CUT HERE
Face : I seen a guy before about 20 maybe 3 years ago with a cobweb on one side of his face and a spider on his other with some slogan on across his forehead.

Now will them ever be accepted in modern society them types of tattoos?

I understand the side of hand the typical cheryl cole tattoo a fair few females have but you very rarely see neck or face tattoos, will there ever be accepted in western society? I know in the maori in new zealand facial tattoos have been accepted and sometimes in parts of Africa but as far as people and society will them tattoos I mentioned ever be accepted?

Just I know a youngish with visible hands, neck, back of head and he says its one of the biggest regrets hes done because of the attention and stigma attached to them why is it when tattoos have been popular in mainstream since the early 70s and growing

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Yeah thats what I was trying to say to him, my grandad has swallows with his name on one hand and my nanas on the other and he explained to me what there meant but now lots of prison inmates getting them meaning you have done your bird you have done your time.

Will face or hand or neck tattoos ever become socially acceptable?

The thing is with some tattoos though like swallows, spiders and webs lots of people get them because there like the look of them I know a few 😀

So would you say in the 70s and 80s it was nothing unusual to see people tattooed compared to now?

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