[Tommy]

As a 60+ guy, I picked up a little insight into the tattoo fad while watching a TV crime scene investigation drama. Investigators were trying to discern the identity of a murder victim who had tattoos. The conversations went like this:

Head Investigator: "How old was the victim?"
Coroner: "25 to 30 years old. Why?"
Head Investigator: "Tattoos on a person over 50 usually indicate either military service or or a non-conformist who lived outside the mainstream. Tattoos on a person under 40 usually indicate a conformist who was just following fashion trends."

I too find tattoos on an otherwise attractive young woman to detract from her appearance. But I've come to accept that it doesn't mark her as a non-conforming wild-child. To the contrary, it marks her as a mainstream fad follower.