Maybe you should buy the Palmer’s lotion for stretch marks at wal-mart then u can put it in the spot u want it.

i don’t think that is a very attractive place for your first tattoo it would just look weird and out of place. It would be one thing if you had a lot of them but just one would look funky in that area. plus don’t listen to all the other people and what they say get it where ever you want you know yourself and no one has to tell you who you are so don’t be scared to be called skanky or whatever just get it where u want since its permanent and i would not want you to regret it, plus if you go to a really good tattoo artist he will say where it will look good and where it want.

hi, i’m a tattoo artist and i run into this situation all the time. it honestly all depends on the severity of your stretch marks. and they’re very common, so there’s nothing to be ashamed of if you need to go to your local shop and ask your artist what he thinks. maybe you’re not embarassed, i dunno, i’m just saying. i have them and i’m very thin. i’ve considered doing as someone else suggested and use some creams to diminish them before getted tattooed in that area. the reason is, stretched and scared skin, depending on how bad, may not take ink. i’ve tattooed on stretch marks, but you can still see the stretchmarks, and in most cases the ink is lighter in those spots. sometimes, depending on the tattoo, they become less noticeable and camouflaged. however just the same, sometimes they become more obvious because there are visible lines going through a tattoo. like i said, it all depends on how the actually stretch marks look, so your best bet to to show and ask your tattoo artist. regardless, using something like mederma or whatever else they sell for scars and stretchmarks, always helps.

for your second question, i have my ribs tattooed…infact, here’s a picture.. it’s not done yet, obviously. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v143/thedoomed/rib1.jpg as you can see (i guess you can see it in the pic) i have stretch marks right above where my boxers start. i want a tattoo on my other side that goes all the way down to my thigh so i’m taking measures to diminish their appearance. as i tell everyone that comes into the shop that’s worried about the pain “if i can do it, you can do it” i weigh like 115 lbs soaking wet. well, you get the point. hope you can get something usefull out of all my ramblings. good luck.

Tattoos are used as scar cover. If yours are not that bad you can cover it up with something very nice and not have to worry. Some artists, depending on the level of expierience, will be able to mix his or her own skin tone and cover almost anything up. Scars are a build up of tissue, and if the tissue is thick it will need more passess over several sessions, if it is thin it isn’t a problem.