The Best Way to Cover Up Tattoos

In ancient Japan criminals were tattooed with ringsIt's hard to tell your children not to do drugs
on their arms, one for each crime committed, sowhen you have a marijuana leaf on your arm. It's
the public would be able to identify them asdifficult to tell Harry you love him and only him,
lawbreakers. As a result, these individuals werewhen Steve's name is tattooed under your
looked down upon, treated like outcasts andbellybutton.
couldn't integrate into mainstream society.So, the sensible thing to do is get the tattoo
They could have used a good tattoo cover-up.removed. But how? There are so many
The fact is, for ages tattoos were used toprocedures, most of them painful and expensive.
identify unsavory characters. This practice mayThe economic climate isn't the best right now and
have stopped, but many people still considerfor most people, money is tight. How can you
tattoos to have negative connotations, and havingjustify paying $250 - $850 per visit to have your
a tattoo can effectively lock you out of makingtattoo surgically removed when times are so
advancements in your workplace or everyday life.uncertain for you and your family? Most of us
It isn't fair, but it is what it is. Old prejudices diecan't. But, there is another option.
hard.Hide that tattoo under a natural looking cover. For
On a personal level, let's not forget those tattoosthat you use a specially formulated tattoo cover
of times past and happily forgotten. Imprintedup such as "Tattoo Camo." Water-resistant,
memories of when you were a happy pothead, aperspiration-proof and easy to match to your skin
cannabis leaf proudly displayed on your uppertone, it is a simple method of dealing with
arm, partying hard in exotic places . . .unwanted tattoos until you are in the position to
Today, you wince every time your kids see it.have them removed.
How about the name of your ex-one-and-onlyWhether your tattoo is hindering you in getting a
inked on your buttock or thigh, surrounded bypromotion, or negatively affecting the ones you
roses? Your tattoo may have been an honesttruly care about, or just inappropriate for whom
expression of what you believed at that particularyou are today, using Tattoo Camo to cover it up
time of your life, such as having a love that wouldis the perfect temporary solution to a permanent
last forever, but beliefs change.problem.
Unfortunately, tattoos don't.