America's Tattoos

*America's Tattoos* 1 in 5 American Adults Has a Tattoo TATTOOED AMERICANS OF 10 PEOPLE (with tattoos) 20% 20% White 30% Hispanic 15% 10% 5% 1936 2000 2003 2008 2012 21% Black 29% Other WOMEN VS MEN AGES OVER THE YEARS 40% 35% 30% O 2012 O 2008 O 2003 25% 20% 15% 10% 23% 19% 5% 18-24 25-29 30-39 40-49 50-64 65+ TATTOOS BY REGION POLITICAL AFFILIATION 17% 22% 21% 21% 21% 26% WEST MIDWEST EAST **** 18% SOUTH Republican Democrat Independent Tattooing is a $1.65 billion/year Industry According to a 1997 US News & World Report there are 20,000+ Parlors (growing at a rate of 1 parlor/day) at that rate 25,479+ by the end of 2012 5,000 10,000 15.000 20.000 25.000 TOP 10 PLACES TO GET TATTOOED AVERAGE COST $$$ #10 Neck Chest #8 #9 Breast Armband #5 Arm #7 - #6 Back #2 Wrist Lowerback #1 Small (30min - 2hrs) = $45 Large (over 2hrs) = $150/hr #4 Ankle #3 Foot 16% Regret getting a Tattoo TATTOO REGRETS OF THOSE WHO REGRET Personality changes 3% 5% Cover-Up the Tattoo Other 5% Plan On Removing or 11% Ugly/doesn't look goodl 7% Have Removed a Tattoo Cost too much to removel 7% Poorly done 19% Was stupid/dumb thing to do 10% Poor Choicel 11% TOP REASONS FOR REMOVAL Location (too hard to hide) 12% They fade over timel 16% #1 Name of someone from previous relationship #2 Economy / Job Market #3 Doesn't represent them anymore / Initial regret #4 Military restrictions on tattoos Don't like it 18% Permanent (marked for life)I 19% Too young when I got the tattool 20% COST OF REMOVAL 7- 10 visits / 4 - 6 weeks apart cost approx. $150/visit or approx. $1050 to $1500 Removing a baseball sized tattoO http://www.harrisinteractive com/Insights/HarrisVault.aspx http://www.vanishingtattoo.com/tattoo_facts.htm ttp://www.vanishingtattoo.com/top_10 body_parts_for tattoos.htm http://www.statisticbrain.com/tattoo-statistics/ http://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/03/prweb3814844.htm http://blog.patientsguide.com/2012/05/study-tattoo-removal-climbs-32-in-competitive-job-market/