With 32% of Americans having a tattoo, and 22% being decorated with more than one, according to Pew Research, one would think some would have some buyer’s remorse.
Well, you’d be right. According to a new survey, nearly a third of those who are inked regret getting a tattoo and 60% of those who got inked on a dare wished they hadn’t.
Nearly 70% who dislike their tats rue the design — yes, that would include misspellings like “No Ragrets” — while 43% don’t like where they decided to place the permanent decoration.
The poll of 1,500 Americans was conducted by Inkbox, a company that makes cosmetic-grade, semi-permanent tattoos that will eventually fade before those “ragrets” kick in.
The poll shows nearly half of those who opt for a semi-permanent tat do so because of “indecisiveness” — what to have as a permanent tattoo, where to put it and the like — while nearly half balk at the cost of a real tat. Twenty-five percent just have a fear of needles.
Thirty-five percent opt for a semi-permanent tattoo to test-drive what the real thing would look like.
Survey questions, methodology and results have not been verified or endorsed by ABC News or The Walt Disney Company.