Back Tattoo?

[Laura B.]

I hope I'm posting in the right forum. I was wondering how many girls have gotten a lower back tattoo. With my wife's encouragement, I have a pretty floral one picked out, it's about 7" across, and plan to have it done over the holidays. Purple flowers with vines that kind of match a flower tattoo I got on my ankle for a birthday present. I think its true about tattoos, once you get one, you will want more. Just curious.

[Bernadina]

I'm thinking of a tat as well. But I want it on the front where I can see it. Something along the line of a navel tat.

[Melissa Pink]

I have a number of tattoos already. I have thought of a nice looking tat above my derriere or around my navel. I just have to find the right artist. Their sterile technic and creativity is a must.

Melissa Pink

[Mariah]

I'm looking to get one, just don't know what. thinking of a Gold Dragon in a heart. but don't know.

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[debbeelee1]

I've been thinking of Mickey Mouse the Wizard (from Fantasia) on my shoulder, but I don't have any yet. As they say, you better be absolutely sure before you get one!

[Carly CD]

I have a fairy on my back...upper left shoulder area.

[mollytyler]

personally...don't want a permanent mark of a whim....but if any of you girls do...remember that in certain clothing it may show......to each her own.....

[androgyne]

I decided to get a lower back tattoo last year and have no regrets. It did hurt quite a bit, since nerves are located at the base of the spine, but it really wasn't that bad and healed in two weeks. I've received many positive comments about it from both men and women while walking on the beach or dancing at clubs, and some guys were totally turned on by it. It is now an integral part of me and I feel very sexy knowing it's there.

Since it's permanent, a lot of thought needs to go into it beforehand, along with the right choice for design. I went through with it because it felt right in my heart, so I ended up going with a small feminine tribal design that could be added to down the line, if I chose to.

[nornor]

Just a word of caution...
Here on the west coast (SF Bay Area) a tattoo on the lower back of a woman is known as a "tramp stamp". Just about every streetwalker in the Tenderloin district has one. If that's the image that you want to project, then go for it.:o

[androgyne]

Just a word of caution...
Here on the west coast (SF Bay Area) a tattoo on the lower back of a woman is known as a "tramp stamp". Just about every streetwalker in the Tenderloin district has one. If that's the image that you want to project, then go for it.:o

Yes, that's correct. It's a derogatory term used mostly by ignorant people. However, not everyone prescribes to that negative image and I see a lot of attractive younger women, many of which are executives, doctors and lawyers with lower back tattoos.

IMO, anyone used to the stigma that attaches with being a CD shouldn't be too concerned about what some people refer to as a "tramp stamp".

[nornor]

Yes, that's correct. It's a derogatory term used mostly by ignorant people. However, not everyone prescribes to that negative image and I see a lot of attractive younger women, many of which are executives, doctors and lawyers with lower back tattoos.

IMO, anyone used to the stigma that attaches with being a CD shouldn't be too concerned about what some people refer to as a "tramp stamp".

"Ignorance" is getting a tattoo (or doing anything) without knowing the social ramifications of doing so.
CIP - I worked with a young (and attractive) stylist that got a tattoo on her lower back. When told by others (this is the first time that I learned that it was called a "tramp stamp") she was totally embarrassed and started wearing clothes to hide it. Now that's "ignorant".
My post was intended to inform and enlighten. Not to judge.

[Ema1234 GG]

Just a word of caution...
Here on the west coast (SF Bay Area) a tattoo on the lower back of a woman is known as a "tramp stamp". Just about every streetwalker in the Tenderloin district has one. If that's the image that you want to project, then go for it.:o

I think you may have missed the point... that's the rude part and as such are expressing that everyone with such a tattoo looks like a streetwalker. :rolleyes:

[androgyne]

"Ignorance" is getting a tattoo (or doing anything) without knowing the social ramifications of doing so.

I broke the rule and went for one on the basis of following my heart, but I do agree with the gist of what you're saying :)

[nornor]

To Androgyne,
You should always follow your heart. I meant no disrespect with my comments. I was taking the "devil's advocate" position to Laura B.'s original posting using my past experience. (Note to Laura... Google, or Yahoo search "Tramp Stamp". Then decide if the tattoo is for you.)
Peace

[AmandaM]

Well, I just had the "dirtbag" tattoo lasered off. :eek:

[Sharon]

Well, I just had the "dirtbag" tattoo lasered off. :eek:


Too funny! :p

Actually, that tattoo would be perfect if your last name is "Hoover." :D

Personally, I see nothing wrong with a tattoo, if that is something that is meaningful to you. I considered getting one many times over the years, but I could never find one that I felt I wouldn't grow bored with eventually.

[ashlee chiffon]

wow..i live near this area and spend lots of time in San Fran...there are literally thousands of women with lower back tats and on a sunny day, seems like everyone has them now...i think they're like any other tat...if done well they are most attractive...you have to get out of the tenderloin more and over to Union and Grant and down to Jefferson, etc. to see how common lower back tats are!
the only critisim i've ever heard is that "everyone has them"~!

[AmandaM]

Too funny! :p

Actually, that tattoo would be perfect if your last name is "Hoover." :D

Personally, I see nothing wrong with a tattoo, if that is something that is meaningful to you. I considered getting one many times over the years, but I could never find one that I felt I wouldn't grow bored with eventually.

Somehow, a Surfnazi/Biker type tattoo doesn't go with a formal evening gown. :p

[Melissa Pink]

Just a word of caution...
Here on the west coast (SF Bay Area) a tattoo on the lower back of a woman is known as a "tramp stamp". Just about every streetwalker in the Tenderloin district has one. If that's the image that you want to project, then go for it.:o

Tramp stamp is a pejorative label that is widely used throughout the U.S. To suggest that ink above a woman's derriere is reserved for the likes of just about every "streetwalker" in the Tenderloin" is naive on your part and demeaning to all women including those ladies that like it or not are sex workers in your city. I would like to ask, how do you know that most of the working girls in the city have "tramp stamps"? For the record, I don't have a tat there, but know many educated and professional women that do. Please get with the times. Body art is part of how we express ourselves and not just for Sailors and "streetwalkers".

[veronica]

Just a word of caution...
Here on the west coast (SF Bay Area) a tattoo on the lower back of a woman is known as a "tramp stamp". Just about every streetwalker in the Tenderloin district has one. If that's the image that you want to project, then go for it.:o
that's what it is called in los angeles as well:hugs:

[Stormgirl]

no tats for me

<...clean cut

[Dawn Marie]

I like the idea of a tatoo but just don't like the word permanent associated with it. I stay clean for now, thou I have seen some beautifullly done ones.

[Cutebits]

Hi Laura,
I have a "tramp stamp", and I love it! It was done in the summer of 06. It is a tribal design in black ink. I am now 53 and wear nothing but low rise jeans. I didnt get the decoration done just to hide it in some high waisted Victorian cut jeans. Yes it did hurt a bit especially at the bony areas just outside of the backbone, but the compliments I have had in the last 18 months made all the pain worth it.

"Long Live Tramp Stamps!"

[Phyliss]

"Tramp stamp" or "Intelligence Insignia" call it what you wil, it IS forever. (unless you consider surgery)

I have a small one on my upper arm by my shoulder, Can't be seen when I wear short sleeve blouses, but "tank tops" are "out". I got this one in summer of 1963. (Yeah, ink had been invented by then) I swore to myself then that I'd never allow myself to "be sorry" I got it, and I'm not. Not looking for anymore.
Perhaps somebody can help me understand. "Body Art" ok, I get that, Tattoos yeah I get that also. But what I'm interested in is Why the lower back, and Why so many women. ????????
Like my son said once, ( he has some "Transformers" on his legs) "When I'm retired in Florida and playing shuffle board with the other geezers. Anybody without a tattoo will be laughed at for not having one."

[BarbaraTalbot]

years ago I say a guy with ren and stympy (sp?) on his neck...that just screams job interview to me.

I am not that much f a fan of ink, wouldn't do it myself. See ink work at times (rarely that seems really well done and seems to go with and enhance the person's look.

Given my weight loss back down to my former diminutive stature, I'm kind of glad I don't have a tribal arm-band and "born to kill" emblazoned on my chest.

Rambling here as usuall no idea where I am going with this...

I see tattoos as almost ubiquitous on the young. Maybe it is just me, but it seems like the more beautiful the original canvas, the more garish the tattoos seem to be. I know many people find them exciting and edgy, but as a devout "skin man (girl)" I like the creator's many varied colorations best.

I will say about the shuffleboard game of the future. We have LOTS of retirees here and I have never seen a tattoo hold up to the ravages of time and age.

If it is a look you really like maybe try henna, enjoy that and if it really moves you go ahead under the needle?

[Dee Jay]

Tats are in fashion at the moment. Something that isn't being broadcast is just how busy laser tatoo removal practioners are these days.

OK tats are fashionable.... Look back to the 1980's...

Shoulder pads and power dressing.... yes it was a great look back then and sexy, but would you wear a shoulder padded power dressing skirt suit today? I doubt it.
How many power suits are hanging in wardrobes?.... You can't hang up a tattoo.

As for lower back... here in the UK they are called "tramp stamps" too, and for good reason.
My wife and I play a game when out shopping. We see a "chav" girl in her white outfit (Usually carrying a bottle of cider an/or a child) and then as she passes we look for the "tramp stamp" We're very suprised if there's not one there.

Before you get one think LONG and hard. Google for "tramp stamp" and see if you want to be amongst the many.
Whilst you're at it google for "laser tattoo removal" and see how expensive it is, and also see the scars that can be left behind.

Yes some very decent and successful people have lower back tattoos, but the percentage is far outweighed by chavs.

Have a look at this:-
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cbcvrF76ig

Tattoos are a fad. A fashion.... In ten years time when they are out of fashion you will have an ugly black smudge on your back that will be there forever. As you get older, it will smudge more and get uglier. Even with modern inks, colours fade, and the inks run. The cool pattern isn't permanent, it WILL turn into a black smudge over time. It's this smudge that will be permanent.

Please think long and hard before getting one done. Is it really what you want forever? Think what it will look like when you are 60 or 70.

DJ

[Sally24]

I've considered one on my shoulder, it would show in fem mode but almost never in boy mode. I think a butterfly would be about right. Now to decide.....yes or no?..................

[maryjanecapri]

i have a tramp stamp on my lower back. it has my name, mary jane, in japanese katakana. i toyed between that and a symbol that had both the the male and female symbol joined together.

[Dee Jay]

There was a story here in the UK a week or so ago about a girl who had her boyfriend's name in chineses tattooed on her belly.... She soon found out that in fact she had "SUPERMARKET" on her belly instead....
Be very careful with chinese tattoos :)

DJ

[Laura B.]

Wow, I didn't know this was going to get this much response. Thank you all so much for your thoughtful replies.

I am still leaning towards getting the tattoo for the following reasons. Yes, I have heard about the 'Tramp Stamp' points of view and also about what it will look like when I'm 70. To me that's not an issue. I won't be showing that part of my body off to anyone when I am that old, nor will I care. Actually, about the only persons who will ever see it will be my wife, doctor and masseuse (or anyone unfortunate enough to watch me work on the plumbing under the sink). I'll never wear a bikini at the beach and a one piece would cover it up. Also because of my chest, I will never go shirtless in public.

About it being a fad, yes it is very popular now but I remember how in the early 90's men getting their ears pierced was starting to be a fad. I got mine pierced then because I was a CD, not because it was a fad. I still enjoy the feminine feeling and the look of wearing earrings although the fad has subsided and I believe fewer men are getting their ears pierced now as then.

In a way, I'm drawn to it on another level. This is a type of tattoo that is definitely feminine, regardless of the perceived class of people that are lumped into having them. In getting it, I am getting something that only females would have (I'm talking about a floral tattoo not so much a tribal one). To me the two aspects of the tattoo, permanence and femininity are what make it so appealing to me.

Thanks again for all of your input. http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/images/smilies/happy.gif
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[Carly CD]

I have 3 tats and have 2 more still in the design stages.My wife has 5 tats including the famous tramp stamp (it's amazing how untill the movie wedding crashers no one used that term LOL).Anyways as I tell anyone,when you get a tat make sure it has some meaning to it.The ones who are knocking down the laser removal places doors are usally getting fashion tats removed,tribal,flowers,or the famous walk in and pick some cool looking flash off the wall of the shop,etc.I don't regert mine at all each has a meaning very dear to me.Same goes for my wifes tats.So as long as it has a meaning to you and stands for something I say go for it.

[androgyne]

The lower back tattoo I posted previously got pulled.

Here's a new version of my lower back tattoo, without the lycra shorts.

[androgyne]

Wow, I didn't know this was going to get this much response. Thank you all so much for your thoughtful replies.

I am still leaning towards getting the tattoo for the following reasons. Yes, I have heard about the 'Tramp Stamp' points of view and also about what it will look like when I'm 70. To me that's not an issue. I won't be showing that part of my body off to anyone when I am that old, nor will I care. Actually, about the only persons who will ever see it will be my wife, doctor and masseuse (or anyone unfortunate enough to watch me work on the plumbing under the sink). I'll never wear a bikini at the beach and a one piece would cover it up. Also because of my chest, I will never go shirtless in public.

About it being a fad, yes it is very popular now but I remember how in the early 90's men getting their ears pierced was starting to be a fad. I got mine pierced then because I was a CD, not because it was a fad. I still enjoy the feminine feeling and the look of wearing earrings although the fad has subsided and I believe fewer men are getting their ears pierced now as then.

In a way, I'm drawn to it on another level. This is a type of tattoo that is definitely feminine, regardless of the perceived class of people that are lumped into having them. In getting it, I am getting something that only females would have (I'm talking about a floral tattoo not so much a tribal one). To me the two aspects of the tattoo, permanence and femininity are what make it so appealing to me.

Thanks again for all of your input. http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/images/smilies/happy.gif
:happy:

Go for it girl and don't worry about the naysayers. You can also get the artist to place the design real low, so that it will be difficult to see, even in low riding jeans :)

[nornor]

Wow, I didn't know this was going to get this much response. Thank you all so much for your thoughtful replies.

I am still leaning towards getting the tattoo for the following reasons. Yes, I have heard about the 'Tramp Stamp' points of view and also about what it will look like when I'm 70. To me that's not an issue. I won't be showing that part of my body off to anyone when I am that old, nor will I care. Actually, about the only persons who will ever see it will be my wife, doctor and masseuse (or anyone unfortunate enough to watch me work on the plumbing under the sink). I'll never wear a bikini at the beach and a one piece would cover it up. Also because of my chest, I will never go shirtless in public.

About it being a fad, yes it is very popular now but I remember how in the early 90's men getting their ears pierced was starting to be a fad. I got mine pierced then because I was a CD, not because it was a fad. I still enjoy the feminine feeling and the look of wearing earrings although the fad has subsided and I believe fewer men are getting their ears pierced now as then.

In a way, I'm drawn to it on another level. This is a type of tattoo that is definitely feminine, regardless of the perceived class of people that are lumped into having them. In getting it, I am getting something that only females would have (I'm talking about a floral tattoo not so much a tribal one). To me the two aspects of the tattoo, permanence and femininity are what make it so appealing to me.

Thanks again for all of your input. http://www.crossdressers.com/forums/images/smilies/happy.gif
:happy:

Hello Laura,
I've been checking back to this thread, awaiting your post. It sounds like you've given it a lot of thought and have covered all your bases in researching the subject. Wish you all the best.:thumbsup:

[Melissa Pink]

The lower back tattoo I posted previously got pulled.

Here's a new version of my lower back tattoo, without the lycra shorts.

That tattoo is very artsy and tasteful. I think it looks very nice! Is it an abstract sillouette of a surfer? It's hard for me to tell from the pic. Regardless, it is a nice accent to your wonderful figure.

By the way I have had three tattoos, not including an old tat I got in San Diego when I was in the Navy that has since been covered up :heehee:

:drink:

Melissa

[androgyne]

Thanks for the kind words Melissa :hugs: It is a small tribal tattoo with a sanskrit symbol in the center. The dual lines extending from medial to lateral on each side represents the "twin energies" of my being androgyne.

[Laura B.]

Your tat looks lovely.

[Ms_Judys_pet]

We've been talking about me getting a tattoo in the same area. i've been wanting one that is low enough to be covered by most of my men's pants, and high enough to peak over my girl's jeans. Most of them are low and medium rise.
The tattoo i'm looking is actually supposed to be dragons. But, to me they look like some sort of draconian peacock. i do 18th Century tailoring on the side. A peacock was the sign for a tailor then. i've also been known to be into D&D a bit, and i'm half Irish, so the dragon twist is good.

Around here, New England, lower back tattoos don't seem have that negative connotation. Around here, they are just beginning to disassociate tattoos from bikers. But tattoos are getting to be quite common as personal expression without social connotation.

I am due to get one on front, about where the pubic hair would be. :heehee: That one is from my Wife/Mistress and does have connotations... :D