Aged colored tattoos

Questions such as, "Do tattoos fade?" may pop up in your mind. Here's what you need to know about why & how this happens.

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When you’re looking at tattoos on old people, and they are all faded and oddly shaped (the tattoos, not the people), you tend to instantly think about your own ink and - oh lordy! - whether they will look just as bad as the images you see in front of you. Well, we come bearing good news! Usually, the old people with tattoos you meet had theirs done decades ago, in times of poorer tattooing hygiene, not as good inks, and usually by a not-so-professional artist. So, chances are, your own…

We’ve rounded up a list of people and how their tattoos have aged!

If you're up for something light, uplifting and badass all at the same time, Abii's tattoos are just the thing you were looking for. She uses a combination of watercolor-like aesthetics, beautiful subjects like birds, trees and flowers and styles inspired by famous painters to create a powerful concoction of inkwork, and her increasing number of fans are fawning over them.

Are you thinking of getting a tattoo? Your new tattoo might look pretty awesome now, but have you ever wondered what it’d look like when you’re older? There are many reasons and factors why this happens, and many answers to the question of how tattoos age.

@Amanda Stewart this will be me when I am old..... LOL