I was in line at a Supermarket; the Couple of Customers In front of Me Looked Like Sideshow Freaks

They were like looking at a car wreck. On top of being over exposed in their flesh with multiple tattoos on most available places visible (and presumed not visible), this pair had piercings all over their faces. Their metal jewels and nobs were so multiple and massive in their lips and tongues, that in made speech for them difficult and slurred. 
They must love pain. m/r

"Oh Lydia, Oh Lydia ..."

Thinking About a Tattoo? Think Again

By Michael Walsh August 6, 2017

Even worse than the continuing existence of rap music, the most depressing development of the past decade is the widespread adoption of that mark of sailors and hookers, the tattoo. I realize it's a generational thing, and I really don't care much about what men do to themselves, but nothing defaces a woman's body more than a barbed-wire biceps bracelet, a tramp stamp, or a snake slithering up her leg. Both my daughters were informed when they were young that a tattoo meant instant disinheritance, and neither ever went near a tattoo parlor.

Now there's another reason to stay away from ink: your health.

Tattoos may permanently alter the physiology of skin in ways that affect sweating. According to a small, new study, the amount and saltiness of sweat change after skin has been dyed, a finding that might have implications for athletes who ink large swaths of their bodies and maybe even for those of us who sport one or two discreet tattoos (such as the small one on my right shoulder, in case you were wondering).

Tattoos are decorative, often metaphoric, sometimes regrettable, but always injurious. To create a tattoo, the artist punctures the skin with dye-filled needles at a rate of up to 3,000 times per minute. The dye is injected into the skin’s dermal layer, which is also where most sweat glands are.

The body recognizes these injections as abnormal.

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