Sara, a 36-year-old content creator from Virginia, has recently shared a video of her experience and regrets about getting heavily tattooed when she was younger.
With two sleeves and most of her upper body covered in ink, including patterns on her neck, Sara says that her tattoos no longer match her aesthetic and reflect who she is.
Stuck with a permanent reminder of a temporary feeling, she explained that it’s as if she’s wearing a shirt that she chose in her twenties for the rest of her life. Sara’s sincere confession has gone viral with over 1.8 million views and 8,000 comments, sparking a discussion on past mistakes and how to live with them.
Meet Sara, a 36-year-old content creator in pursuit of a peaceful life
As you can see, she is heavily tattooed, with most of her upper body covered in ink
Recently, however, Sara released a video, explaining that she no longer likes her body art
“Imagine, if you will, that you put a shirt on once when you were in your 20s and now you have to wear that for the rest of your life. And that is what it feels like to get heavily tattooed before you turn into a fully developed adult human. I wanted to talk about it, there’s a lot of reasons to regret my tattoos, but today specifically, I wanted to talk about not matching my aesthetic right. So I think if you ask almost anybody that’s over 30 If they have a better idea of who they are in their 30s than they did in their 20s they’re gonna be like, ‘Oh my God, yes.’”
She said her tattoos reflect moments from her past, but not her current life
“I have all of these tattoos that don’t necessarily reflect who I am at 36. They might have reflected a moment in time in my 20s, maybe a moment in time when I was like, not doing so well mentally. And they are here forever.
Before anybody says anything, no, I’m not getting all of my tattoos removed. Like, that’s not even feasible. Don’t even suggest it.”
And while her personal style keeps evolving, her tattoos do not
“Generally, I have like a lot more femme, girly aesthetic than I did when I was younger. I was a lot more dark and spooky and moody. And now, like, I have adult problems. Back to doing a bunch of stuff I liked to do when I was a kid, like collecting antiques and spending time outside and I wear a lot of white and ruffles.”
“My aesthetic just does not match, no shade to the artists, still get a ton of compliments on them, just wish that they weren’t on my body.”
“But I wanted to come on here and put myself out there and say I was told that I would regret my tattoos when I got older. I am older and I do regret my tattoos and you might too.”
“I was really into having people draw on me from a young age, and it’s something that used to get me in a lot of trouble when I came home from school,” Sara explained. “As a younger teen, I began experimenting with customizing my appearance by changing my hair and clothing. On my 18th birthday, I got my first facial piercing and tattoo. Initially, I simply went for many body piercings, even going as far as taking Fakir Musafar’s body piercing intensive in San Francisco and having over 40 piercings at one point. It was from there that I embarked on my tattoo journey.”
The first designs she got “were small and not very well thought out,” but they were also not very noticeable.
“I knew a lot about piercings but not as much about tattoos back then, so for my first larger-scale tattoo, I trusted the artist to know best, and I ended up with a result I was not happy with,” she said. “I later covered that one up, and since then, I have been much more exacting.”
“I found great artists to whom I could convey my vision, including any elements I wanted to include, and they would interpret it in their style. At the time, I was truly invested in the process of coming up with art that I loved and putting it on my body, pushing myself to endure as long as the artist and I could go. I always said I would never regret my tattoos. However, with some time and therapy, I realized that the true motivation behind my intense interest in body modifications was not necessarily positive.”
