Kids/ Tattoos - What Age is Acceptable - Page 6

ljwagner · 07-27-2006, 05:02 PM

Where I live, blood donations are not accepted from folks with tattoos.

Why not wait a few years, and help save a few lives donating blood first, then if the kid still can't stand being a good person, get all the tattoos the kid wants.

A disease free blood supply is more important than indelible body art, at least to me. Maybe if people with tattoos could not get transfusions, since they can't give them either. That would be a good trade off.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-28-2006, 05:57 AM

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Originally Posted by ljwagner

Where I live, blood donations are not accepted from folks with tattoos.

Where is that?

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Why not wait a few years, and help save a few lives donating blood first, then if the kid still can't stand being a good person, get all the tattoos the kid wants.

Whoa, there. Tattoos make someone a bad person?

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A disease free blood supply is more important than indelible body art, at least to me. Maybe if people with tattoos could not get transfusions, since they can't give them either. That would be a good trade off.

So you want to deny medical care to people with tattoos?

I'm not disputing the not being able to give blood where you live, because I don't know where that is. I would, however, suggest you move to somewhere, anywhere, the medical community has moved up to at least the 20th century and preferably the 21st, before you need their services.

Iggy · 07-28-2006, 10:18 AM

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Originally Posted by ljwagner

Where I live, blood donations are not accepted from folks with tattoos.

Why not wait a few years, and help save a few lives donating blood first, then if the kid still can't stand being a good person, get all the tattoos the kid wants.

A disease free blood supply is more important than indelible body art, at least to me. Maybe if people with tattoos could not get transfusions, since they can't give them either. That would be a good trade off.

First of all, I can't donate blood because I have pernicious anemia. So what does it matter if I get a tattoo? And second of all, we only have a 12 month limit on the no donating policy. What is one year of not donating? Many people who can donate don't anyway, so why single out the people that want tattoos? Are you going to say that the people that can't donate shouldn't be allowed transfusions as well? Because I am in both catagories (have a tattoo and can't donate for medical reasons). I think you should re-evaluate what you are saying. It sure sounds pretty closed-minded to me, but that is just my opinion. You don't know the circumstances behind every person's tattoos and reasons why they don't or can't donate.

Oh, and most tattoos do not cause diseases. It is only when you don't check out the place first that you can have problems. If they dispose of everything they use (including leftover ink, not just the needles) then there should not be any problem.

And I agree with Bruce, how does having a tattoo make you a bad person? Inquiring minds want to know.

07-28-2006, 10:43 AM

He is three now, been hard to keep around... may be getting a tracking # tattooed on his instep and I'm looking into a GPS anklet.

lookout123 · 07-29-2006, 09:25 AM

unless they've changed, the Red Cross requires 2 years from the date of your last tattoo before they'll accept your donation. then again, i believe they require one year from the date you pierced your ears. what kind of an evil selfish person would pierce their ears thereby denying dying children the blood they need to make it one more day?

9th Engineer · 07-29-2006, 02:17 PM

I can see why they have people wait, they just can't afford to give everyone who donates a blood test.

One of the guys in my dorm block last year spent the better part of 4 months picking out his tattoo design, though not for any sentimental reason. Since he's an engineer he knew he'd have to keep it small, black and white, and on a part of his body he could keep covered easily.

Shawnee123 · 07-31-2006, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

Since he's an engineer he knew he'd have to keep it small, black and white, and on a part of his body he could keep covered easily.

Let me guess: Pepe Le Pew?

wolf · 07-30-2006, 10:30 PM

The Red Cross tests every single donation. They can't afford not to test everyone who donates.

glatt · 07-31-2006, 11:07 AM

The Red Cross won't take my blood, because I spent too much time in Western Europe. Could have mad cow disease, you know.

Iggy · 08-01-2006, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

The Red Cross tests every single donation. They can't afford not to test everyone who donates.

From what I understand, that is why they make you wait. Some diseases (i.e. HIV or Hepititis) may not show up on their tests if you just recently contracted the disease. So if they make you wait they ensure that they will know whether or not you have any diseases.

Madman · 08-29-2006, 09:48 AM

Tatoos... Acceptable age?

I'm an old foogie.

Both my daughters wanted tatoos while in High School. Dear old Dad said "No Way!"

Of course I went into a long, drawn-out, repertoire of rhetoric that would have made a classic American Hero scream "uncle." And, my daughters, who learned the art of verbal self-defense at an early age firmly informed me they were going to "get a tatoo" whether I liked it or not. I laughed and told them they can become a "tatoo canvas" AFTER they graduate High School. Until then... pffft...

Both my daughters waited until they were in college to get their tatoos.

Should have seen their mouths drop when I told them I was thinking about getting one.

mrnoodle · 08-29-2006, 10:10 AM

I'd say 18 is the magic age. You grow out of most of the tastes you had in high school, but tattoos can't be grown out of -- at least not without significant expense and pain.

Tattoos weren't cool for kids when I was in high school, but if they had been, there would be a lot of 30-somethings running around with the faces of the guys from Poison inked into their backs.

Jaydaan · 08-29-2006, 01:17 PM

As a mother of 4, (19yr, 17yo, 16yo and 11yo) I have to say we have had this discussion a few times in our house. However I have told each of them the same thing. Tattoos are permanent, they fade, the skin may stretch over the years (depending on where the tat is. I suggested they wait until after they are done college, before they decide they *have to have one* No tattoos until after they are adults (one is, and she is not interested)

That being said, I have allowed ear piercing (2 holes, and one cartalige limit) and hair styles/dyes. The piercings you can take out and most likely they will grow over. No body piercings again, until they are over 18. As an esthetican, I have tried to show they the bad facial piercings I have seen. I show they what something cool may look like in 20 years. They have all said, ewww. The only facial piercing I would not gripe about (after they are of age) is a nose peircing. These can be quite nice.

They can grow or cut thier hair, dye it purple with pink stripes if they want. This gives them some creative espression/control and be *cool* with no after effects. (other than the goofy pictures mom can use as embarassment later!) I make them tell me what they are planning, and go with them to have it done. I figure 3 months of neon hair is much better than an impulsive body peirce or tattoo.

wolf · 08-29-2006, 10:19 PM

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The only facial piercing I would not gripe about (after they are of age) is a nose peircing. These can be quite nice.

We clearly have differing definitions of the word "nice."

I always think of the line from the movie, Fame, "Does that hurt, or is that ethinic?"

Of course, nose piercings were pretty much unheard of in 1980.

Iggy · 08-29-2006, 02:48 PM

I had the colored hair along with the tattoo, and I loved it. I naturally stopped dying green and purple (among other colors) when I decided I wanted a job. It is difficult to find a job with green hair. My father actually was somewhat against me getting a job, mostly because he thought my grades would fail. I was always an honor student so that would have been bad. So the first semester I worked and went to school I got straight A's just to prove to him that I could do anything I set my mind to. I had never gotten straight A's before as there was usually one B (sometimes two) on there, but I still was on the honor roll.

Oh, and you can't very well tell a child that they can't get a tattoo until they are 19 or later because it is legal if they are 18. If they still live at home I guess you could threaten to kick them out, but most of the people I knew moved away from home as soon as they hit the 18th birthday so there isn't really anything you can do about it. And sometimes if you stifle them too much at a young age they will go completely crazy as soon as they are out of your sight. Moderation is the key! But that is just my humble opinion.

07-27-2006, 05:02 PM	#1
ljwagner Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 2	wait on the tattoo Where I live, blood donations are not accepted from folks with tattoos. Why not wait a few years, and help save a few lives donating blood first, then if the kid still can't stand being a good person, get all the tattoos the kid wants. A disease free blood supply is more important than indelible body art, at least to me. Maybe if people with tattoos could not get transfusions, since they can't give them either. That would be a good trade off.

07-29-2006, 09:25 AM	#5
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	unless they've changed, the Red Cross requires 2 years from the date of your last tattoo before they'll accept your donation. then again, i believe they require one year from the date you pierced your ears. what kind of an evil selfish person would pierce their ears thereby denying dying children the blood they need to make it one more day? __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

07-29-2006, 02:17 PM	#6
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	I can see why they have people wait, they just can't afford to give everyone who donates a blood test. One of the guys in my dorm block last year spent the better part of 4 months picking out his tattoo design, though not for any sentimental reason. Since he's an engineer he knew he'd have to keep it small, black and white, and on a part of his body he could keep covered easily. __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

07-30-2006, 10:30 PM	#8
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	The Red Cross tests every single donation. They can't afford not to test everyone who donates. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

08-29-2006, 10:10 AM	#12
mrnoodle bent Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: under the weather Posts: 2,656	I'd say 18 is the magic age. You grow out of most of the tastes you had in high school, but tattoos can't be grown out of -- at least not without significant expense and pain. Tattoos weren't cool for kids when I was in high school, but if they had been, there would be a lot of 30-somethings running around with the faces of the guys from Poison inked into their backs. __________________ Sìn a nall na cuaranan sin. -- Cha mhór is fheairrde thu iad, tha iad coltach ri cat air a dhathadh

07-28-2006, 10:43 AM	#4
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	He is three now, been hard to keep around... may be getting a tracking # tattooed on his instep and I'm looking into a GPS anklet.

07-31-2006, 11:07 AM	#9
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	The Red Cross won't take my blood, because I spent too much time in Western Europe. Could have mad cow disease, you know.

08-29-2006, 09:48 AM	#11
Madman has left the building. Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 455	Tatoos... Acceptable age? I'm an old foogie. Both my daughters wanted tatoos while in High School. Dear old Dad said "No Way!" Of course I went into a long, drawn-out, repertoire of rhetoric that would have made a classic American Hero scream "uncle." And, my daughters, who learned the art of verbal self-defense at an early age firmly informed me they were going to "get a tatoo" whether I liked it or not. I laughed and told them they can become a "tatoo canvas" AFTER they graduate High School. Until then... pffft... Both my daughters waited until they were in college to get their tatoos. Should have seen their mouths drop when I told them I was thinking about getting one.

08-29-2006, 01:17 PM	#13
Jaydaan Knight of the Oval-Shaped Conference Table Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vernon, BC, Canada Posts: 378	As a mother of 4, (19yr, 17yo, 16yo and 11yo) I have to say we have had this discussion a few times in our house. However I have told each of them the same thing. Tattoos are permanent, they fade, the skin may stretch over the years (depending on where the tat is. I suggested they wait until after they are done college, before they decide they have to have one No tattoos until after they are adults (one is, and she is not interested) That being said, I have allowed ear piercing (2 holes, and one cartalige limit) and hair styles/dyes. The piercings you can take out and most likely they will grow over. No body piercings again, until they are over 18. As an esthetican, I have tried to show they the bad facial piercings I have seen. I show they what something cool may look like in 20 years. They have all said, ewww. The only facial piercing I would not gripe about (after they are of age) is a nose peircing. These can be quite nice. They can grow or cut thier hair, dye it purple with pink stripes if they want. This gives them some creative espression/control and be cool with no after effects. (other than the goofy pictures mom can use as embarassment later!) I make them tell me what they are planning, and go with them to have it done. I figure 3 months of neon hair is much better than an impulsive body peirce or tattoo.

08-29-2006, 02:48 PM	#15
Iggy Back and ready to tart up the place Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Kansas Posts: 850	I had the colored hair along with the tattoo, and I loved it. I naturally stopped dying green and purple (among other colors) when I decided I wanted a job. It is difficult to find a job with green hair. My father actually was somewhat against me getting a job, mostly because he thought my grades would fail. I was always an honor student so that would have been bad. So the first semester I worked and went to school I got straight A's just to prove to him that I could do anything I set my mind to. I had never gotten straight A's before as there was usually one B (sometimes two) on there, but I still was on the honor roll. Oh, and you can't very well tell a child that they can't get a tattoo until they are 19 or later because it is legal if they are 18. If they still live at home I guess you could threaten to kick them out, but most of the people I knew moved away from home as soon as they hit the 18th birthday so there isn't really anything you can do about it. And sometimes if you stifle them too much at a young age they will go completely crazy as soon as they are out of your sight. Moderation is the key! But that is just my humble opinion. __________________ Chock-full of naughty goodness.

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