Do you have any tattoos? I considered getting some myself. A tattoo is a body modification where a design is made by putting ink into the dermis layer of the skin.
I am so scared of needles, I bet it would hurt! What kind of tattoo are you interested in getting?
Well, I don't think I would get  a purely decorative type, but maybe a pictorial. I'd like a depiction of my kids. Something that I know I won't regret.
That would be perfect, you can't go wrong with kids names or faces. have tattoos been around for a while
They have been! And for a long time, especially in the West, it was considered "uncivilised", and over the last 100 years the fashion is usually thought to be for sailors, working men and criminals!
Oh that totally makes sense, so people were kind of looked down on for having them, I guess they are a bit more mainstream now, which is good, they are a great way to express oneself!
It's definitely much less stigmatized now. By the end of the 20th century, most of the stigmas from the Western world of tattoo culture was dismissed and the practice is now more acceptable and accessible for anyone.
Nice, so are there ways to get tattoos removed if you decide you dont want it anymore
Tattoo removal
Tattoo removal has been performed with various tools since the start of tattooing. While tattoos were once considered permanent, it is now possible to remove them with treatments, fully or partially.
The "standard modality for tattoo removal" is the non-invasive removal of tattoo pigments using Q-switched lasers. Different types of Q-switched lasers are used to target different colors of tattoo ink depending on the specific light absorption spectra of the tattoo pigments. 
Typically, black and other darker-colored inks
Tattoo
A tattoo is a form of body modification where a design is made by inserting ink, dyes and pigments, either indelible or temporary, into the dermis layer of the skin to change the pigment. The art of making tattoos is tattooing. 
Tattoos fall into three broad categories: purely decorative (with no specific meaning); symbolic (with a specific meaning pertinent to the wearer); pictorial (a depiction of a specific person or item). In addition, tattoos can be used for identification such as