If you live in the United States you are probably aware that the legal age for anyone to receive a tattoo is 18 years elderly. Well I actually didn’t give this any thought until I was checking out the tattoo news for today. But apparently in Sweden there is no age limit for anyone to receive a tattoo. But this could alter in the future. Due to some parents of underage (children under 18) beingfurious about their kids coming home with tattoos. Three father went so far as to calling the police. But there is not a law specifying a person has to be to receive a tattoo. Here’s what a policeman had to say about that complaint.

“There is nothing in the law which says you are breaking the law if you tattoo anyone underage,” Lars Andersson of the Hässleholm police told the paper.

So this got me thinking do you think there ought to be an age limit on anyone getting a tattoo? I personally think their should be. I mean they wouldn’t require 12 year olds jogging around with their bodies covered in tattoos would they. I mean as teenagers you alter you mind ever week so getting a tattoo before you are 18 could result in a massive regret of whatever you got inked on your body. And if you are set on getting a tattoo as a teenager you will have plenty of time to think about it before you turn 18, so hopefully this will provide a less of a chance of you regretting what you got.

Your Tattoo Mate
Ashley