You’re never too old for that first tattoo — The Wall Street Journal
DUBLIN — These days, getting a tattoo seems like a rite of passage for anyone under 35. Programmers sport full sleeves of tattoos and your women who work at coffee shops have tattoos on their necks. We've crossed a threshold, it seems, and tattoos are so much a part of our lives that they're slowly conquering a segment of the population that has resisted getting inked: folks over 40. I like the idea of people getting their tattoos later in life, once they've made their mistakes and know themselves well. In many cultures, a tattoo is a reward for achieving a landmark or a symbol of social position. They are used to commemorate journeys and to denote family heritage. A tattoo you choose in your 50s is likely to be something quite different from what 20-year-old you would have chosen, and it's exciting that a growing number of older people are taking a journey to discover just what that later-in-life tattoo should be. — Felicity Duncan
Brennan Kilbane
(The Wall Street Journal) We are living in a Golden Age of Tattoos. And while tattoos have heretofore mostly been brandished as signs of swagger by youthful sailors, bikers and larger-than-life celebrities like David Beckham, now older men with traditional white-collar jobs are getting inked too. In the corporate world, tattooed role models abound: Aetna's 62-year-old CEO Mark Bertolini has one, as does Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, 55. On the world stage, Justin Trudeau is living proof that getting a Haida raven tattoo on your shoulder will not harm your chances of becoming a head of state.
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