Tattoo - cover it up or wear it proud?

Hopefully Trickers will see this as it was one of her questions for HQT yesterday!

I suppose the obvious question is what is the tattoo?

I'm assuming you love it or you wouldn't have got it so I say be proud and show it.

I have 5 tattoos and love them. However I have opted to have those that show covered on the day of the wedding. I think it looks better with my dress and plus when I look back in years I may not want to see them. If that makes sense??

All mine but one was covered but the one uncovered we had a picture taken with it ! sorry its so big !

If you love it then I would show it. I am covering mine they are awful. I have had about 10 laser removal sessions so they look like huge bruises anyway. They are down both arms aswell. I have just bought tattoo secret cover kit which was reccommended as I cant really afford anymore treatments with the cost of the wedding xx

SHOW EM PROUD!

You wouldnt of had it done if you did love it

Show them off. I have over 20, all of which will be on show. A couple in my half sleeve even determined the "theme" of our wedding...

Show them if you love em!!! xx

Show im having a chest piece before mine

I have a frog on my arm so will definitely be hiding that!!!

Have you seen the dermablend video??

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9mIBKifOOQQ&feature=player_embedded

Wow That stuff looks good!!

The only one of mine that would be showing is on my shoulder blade which has OH and childrens names, but I am hoping my hair will cover it, as I don't really want it showing. I personally don't like tattoos on show in a wedding dress, but thats my opinion.

I have one on my wrist and didn't cover it, it's part of who I am!

Classic hitched thread on tattoos here https://www.hitched.co.uk/chat/forums/t/190784.aspx?PageIndex=1

The comment about all women with tattoos being "chavvy slappers" was my fave by far in all my hitched days.

If you have tatts I cannot understand why you would cover them up just for the wedding? Surely they are part of you? I wouldnt go out of my way to hide them if I had them in visible places.

I will be covering mine, i only have one on the out side of my wrist but it isnt in keeping with my wedding and i dont want it to be on photos so its getting covered or edited out the pics at the least!

The only tattoo of mine that won't be hidden by my dress is the tattoos on my chest. I am absolutely desperate to cover them up so going to try a few things before the actual date. I did toy with getting them lasered but I just can't afford it at the minute.

Luckily mine are quite faded now as they weren't good quality to begin with and are almost 7 years old

I'll post a piccy below if people could give me their opinions / experiences on how well they will cover?

TW@ in a hat! lol

I have 4, ankle, back and both shoulders....all except my back piece will be on display as I am very proud of them but I can understand why you might want to cover it if its not that good or your not proud. I suppose it depends if your proud of it and want people to see it then go for it

Personally I don't like to see tattoos on a bride, maybe I'm just old fashioned?! I have 2 tattoos and I LOVE them, but I chose their placing very, very carefully so that they weren't actually 'hidden' (ie I can still show them off whilst wearing perfectly decent clothes!) but that they would be dead easy to cover.

'Could you see it in a strapless ballgown?' is my acid test, because I go to a fair number of 'classy' balls now and am sure to still be going to them when I'm an old lady and I can't imagine wanting tats on show then!

I'm dying to get a celtic patterned seahorse on my leg (up my calf muscle) but I try to imagine feeling comfortable showing it off in a charity ball situation and I just can't, so I probably won't get it done.

well you don't need to cover your tattoo, you could show them off.

Wow - thank you for all the excellent responses, from both points of view.

I just really cant decide and guess I will have to think about it closer to the time.

I love all my tattoos and very proud of all of them. This last one i got is the only one that shows when wearing any sort of clothes.

Wear it proud!!!!

I had one tattoo on show on my last wedding day.....this time round I will have more including a sleeve.............I love my ink.....it's part of who I am and will be with me forever