Maybe I can help out a bit, since I have diabetes and I have had new tattoos done since being diagnosed.

It is different for everyone.
I’m type 2 (no idea if that makes a difference at all) and I have to say that my healing does go a bit slower, but it’s not so bad. And that’s the thing.

Your friend should look at how her body usually reacts to wounds and if they heal quick enough and in a good way. If that is fine, there should not be a problem.

Is this her first tattoo? Or has she had more (maybe before being diagnosed with diabetes)?
If it’s her first, make sure she knows how to prepare as well if she goes through with it. That means: eat before she goes and maybe even take some extra food or glucose with her should she need it during the setting. She should drink enough (not an awful lot, but it does help, I find).

As far as the rest goes, if she just follows the usual rules on how to look after a brand new tat, the healing process is helped plenty and should be fine.

The main thing is how her body usually heals. When that is slower or in any other way bad/troublesome, she shouldn’t have the tat done.

This tattoo was done in the early nineties, so it doesn’t look like Axl looks now. Actually, I don’t like the way he looks now.

I get that remark a lot and you’re wrong. When I have found it, I’ll scan the photo with the tat and the photo it’s based on and put it on here as well.

Oh wait, I just realised, my tattoo doesn’t look like Axl anymore. 😉

I did put those two photos (small size) in my album, so you can check them out there. Ok?

I have the Adidas stripes on my left wrist and the Aston Martin log on the right wrist.

I guess you can imagine the kind of remarks you get when you have Axl on your right shoulder…
It honestly doesn’t really bother me, I’m just used to people thinking I’m really weird.

Eventhough I said the photos are bad, I guess they will do to give you an idea. All the photos I’ve ever made or that have been made by my best friend of our tattoos can be seen here (56 photos at the moment).

My Gary Oldman tattoo:

My Axl tattoo:

He does look a bit stretched here…

Nope. No pics just yet. Well, I have some, but they’re really bad.
I need new ones, actually.

Erm…feels a bit like I’m the idiot who has done it. :rolleyes:

Oh well…
Think what you want, but I have two and intend to have another someday (when I can finally go to the USA and have the money together).

To me tattoos represent moments in my life and therefore, no matter who or what the subject is, it’s ok if things change. My past doesn’t change.

So from me a big yes. I’m happy with my two celebs. 😀