Please think very carefully about tattoo

Please please please think very carefully about this. I had tattoo’s when I was in my late teens. I was heavily into the punk scene and I did it without thinking. I am now almost 40 and have spent the last 4 years getting them removed by laser. It not only costs a fortune but it is excruiciatingly painful. I have never ever been able to wear anything that hasnt got long sleeves as I had them on my arms. I have done some stupid stuff in my time but I have never regretted anything as much as I regret getting tattoo’s.
If you do decide to go ahead and have one or more done, then make sure you go to a reputable tattoo studio, have a real good look but dont have one done straight away. Come away and think about the one you have picked then go back later and have it done if you are completely sure. I have known lots of people myself included who have come out of a tattoo studio with a ‘great tattoo’ then a few days later wished they/I had gotten a different one.