Is it possible to get a temporary/semi-permanent tattoo that will last no longer than 5 years?

Question

I want to get a tattoo down the back of my neck but don't want to stuck with the commitment of a permanent one. On the other hand, although the henna tattoos look great for about a week, they start to wash out afterwards so it's not an option.

I saw a "tattooist" who told me there's no such thing as a semipermanent tattoo & if i get one done by any of those who claim to be able to do it, there's no guarantee of how long it'll last or if it'll even come off at all. He also said they come out looking funny 'cos a different type of dye is used.

I don't know if this is all true, but i want to know people's take is on semi-permanent tattoos. I really want to get one (or a couple) but, like i said, i don't want to go permanent for a number of reasons including the possibility that i may not want it in the future, plus i hate it when i see older people with tattoos which probably looked great when they were younger and had firmer skin but looks nasty on sagging skin.

Any answers?

Answer 1

i dont think i believe in semi-permenent tattoos. Ink from a tattoo is injected into your second layer of skin, it will stay forever. Ive never seen temp. tattoos except for when i was a kid and got them out of the little 25 cent machines. I think anyone claiming that they would have a semi-permenent tattoo would be lying. You have three layers of skin, medically you cant put a tattoo on the top layer of skin. Thats just painting it on your skin basically, if it stays, it will start to fade out and peel off basically due to the fact that your top layer regenerates itself and sheds. A temp tattoo is basically not real unless youre getting it from a store, placing it on your skin, holding a damp towel over it for 30 seconds and pulling back the paper slowly.

I personally think that if you cant handle the comitment of getting one, and you want one that will wash off, then you shouldnt get one at all.

but if you seriously cant handle staying with one for the rest of your life but is still dying to get one then here read this:
http://www.technologyreview.com/Nanotech/19046/
even though the headline says semi-permanent
"Now scientists at Harvard Medical School, Brown University, and Duke University have engineered safe, permanent, and easily removable tattoo inks, made from tiny microcapsules of natural pigments."

Its permanent, just has an easier removal process than the usual laser.

but still theres this
"he hopes to bring the first generation of microencapsulated inks to market in the next year."
youd have to wait awhile and im betting that most artists arent going to be so big on the ink at first so it will take a lot to find a shop that will do that and im guessing it will also cost more. and that laser treatment, still probably costs thousands like the rest of them.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Is it possible to get a temporary/semi-permanent tattoo that will last no longer than 5 years?
I want to get a tattoo down the back of my neck but don't want to stuck with the commitment of a permanent one. On the other hand, although the henna tattoos look great for about a week, they start to wash out afterwards so it's not an option.

I saw a "tattooist" who told me...

Answer 4

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The semi permanant ones you mean really are a BAD idea. they don't fade evenly, some bits fade others remain, and it ends in a permanent tattoo to cover te mess, their was a craze for these in UK about ten years ago and I have seen quite a few that went wrong and didn't fade/faded partially, including my friend, who got a massive dragon, shoulder to shoulder, and now has had to have it covered with a permanent tattoo of same. Just wait till you are ready for a real one, or don't get one if you feel that you can't live with a permanent design.

Answer 5

There is so such thing as a semi-permanent tattoo; you either get one for life or none at all, there's no in between.

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Answer 7

I was going to get a tattoo but, every older person I asked that had one said "It was the stupidest thing, that I ever did in my life", the other bad part is that when people see you with a "TAT", they figure that you are NOT capable of making good descisions (like if they see the tat at a job interview). I'm NOT against "Tatoo's", or anyone that chooses to wear one, it's just the way it is in society.

Answer 8

no such thing