Good point Nawen, and thanks for sharing your experience
I agree Pajara2, I know I would like a tattoo one day, but because it's forever, I want to be really sure. And wow, hadn't even thought about depth of laying the ink... that was really useful to read.
Thanks Mister Bent - I imagine I'll be practising a lot on oranges and the like. Could become an interesting art form in itself!
Linus - great info, thanks for sharing. I found the idea of the ink behaviour very interesting - I'll have to google it and see if I can find more info on it.
Maybe I ought to start thinking more seriously about my own forever tattoo...