Give me some Skin

@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

7 Oct 15

@LadyDuck @gudheart i think sometimes people go a little overboard..

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

8 Oct 15

It is kind of sickening, isn't it?

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inertia4

@inertia4 (27960)

• United States

7 Oct 15

There is a creepiness to that also. Cutting the skin and having it preserved. I understand it is a memory, but actually having the actual skin that the tattoo was on is a bit creepy to me.

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

7 Oct 15

@inertia4 yes i have to agree..a picture yes, but actual skin..nope..

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

8 Oct 15

@inertia4 if that was all it was i would understand..some people are just weird..

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inertia4

@inertia4 (27960)

• United States

8 Oct 15

@Rosekitty Sounds like a good story for a horror movie for Halloween.

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AnjaP

@Rollo1 (16679)

• Boston, Massachusetts

7 Oct 15

I think it's gruesome. I would rather have a photo. If they want to leave art, they can paint me ap picture or will me a Picasso or something.

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

8 Oct 15

Same here leave me something but not your skin with the tatoo on it.

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

8 Oct 15

@Marcyaz hahahahh..yep

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

7 Oct 15

@Rollo1 its suppose to be preserved so well you can hang it up behind glass.. I think i'd rather not do it either..

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Bluedoll

@Bluedoll (16773)

• Canada

7 Oct 15

That to me is just weird but then I find tattoo's a little strange.

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

7 Oct 15

@Bluedoll none on me either..i never had that fascination for them

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

8 Oct 15

@Bluedoll yes i'm sure people would want to keep them but why not just pictures?

Bluedoll

@Bluedoll (16773)

• Canada

7 Oct 15

@Rosekitty Some of the pictures are really artistic.

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Oshy

@TiarasOceanView (70022)

• United States

7 Oct 15

Its great. I kept a tattoo that I had forcefully removed(Mom made me) and kept it in tin foil for years..it was a very small one. Looked like bacon lolz. Then I kept it in my purse and that mad thing I was with threw my purse out in the road and got run over with a car and my tattoo was gone :(

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

7 Oct 15

@TiarasOceanView that sounds kinda weird Oshy..i hope you have no scar from that

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

8 Oct 15

@TiarasOceanView aww good for you..glad you did it your way..hahah

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Oshy

@TiarasOceanView (70022)

• United States

8 Oct 15

@Rosekitty It was removed by a doctor..it was just a tiny tiny tattoo. Yes I had a small scar but when I got old enough to do as I please, I covered the scar with another tatoo hahaha

Defiant much?

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Morgan

@OneOfMany (12150)

• United States

7 Oct 15

The first thought I had was skinning the loved one for the tattoo preservation. A lovely thought. :P

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

7 Oct 15

@OneOfMany you said it the best..yuck

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

7 Oct 15

@OneOfMany hahahaah..hmmmm???

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Morgan

@OneOfMany (12150)

• United States

7 Oct 15

@Rosekitty Hmm, makes me wonder what happens to the ink eventually. Maybe tattooed people in the past have ink stains in their coffins...

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

8 Oct 15

It is a strange thing and not at all to my liking.

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

8 Oct 15

@Marcyaz mine either..ugh

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

8 Oct 15

@Rosekitty Yuck just the thought of doing it makes me cringe.

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

8 Oct 15

@Marcyaz me to..skinning a loved one..no way

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kiran8

@kiran8 (15348)

• Mangalore, India

7 Oct 15

I would rather my loved ones are buried or cremated in one piece ....

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

7 Oct 15

@kiran8 mine too..not cut up

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

8 Oct 15

@kiran8 I know right?..i really wonder if they have many clients that do this..

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kiran8

@kiran8 (15348)

• Mangalore, India

8 Oct 15

@Rosekitty I am sure there are enough who would be willing to try..

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savak03

@savak03 (6684)

• United States

10 Oct 15

The first word that came to mind when I previewed this discussion was 'yuck' but as I read the comments I have to say I think the idea is morbid. I know I wouldn't like to think I had a person's skin framed like a picture. Anyway, how would they treat it so it wouldn't decompose and smell?

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

10 Oct 15

@savak03 i'm sure its preserved just as a body is

savak03

@savak03 (6684)

• United States

13 Oct 15

@Rosekitty I'll take your word for it.

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vanny

@vandana7 (100300)

• India

7 Oct 15

Two thoughts come to mind. You don't want it where children might ask where was this dad, where was this mom. Second thing...after first generation and second generation, what will be the fate of that frame.

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

7 Oct 15

@vandana7 hahah..true..what is this a family heirloom...

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much2say

@much2say (55668)

• Los Angeles, California

7 Oct 15

Ew - a little weird. Somehow "shrinky dinks" come to mind - I imagine a piece of dehydrated skin design, hard as jerky, smelling like . . . well, I won't go there. I would think the person who passed on would want to take their tattoos with them!!

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

7 Oct 15

@much2say I think it was family also that wanted to remember the person..i personally think the same as you..hahah

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fufurinha

@fufurinha (11930)

• Portugal

7 Oct 15

It is a bit awkward. I would like to make a tattoo, but a small one.

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

7 Oct 15

@fufurinha just no fascination of having things drawn for good on my body..

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

7 Oct 15

@fufurinha i've never had a desire for one

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fufurinha

@fufurinha (11930)

• Portugal

7 Oct 15

@Rosekitty Really? Why not?

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Jabo

@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

7 Oct 15

In one word - YUK

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

7 Oct 15

@jaboUK exactly how i feel

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Jekca

@Jessicalynnt (50523)

• Centralia, Missouri

7 Oct 15

I saw that and was somewhat horrified. I would think a nice photo would be plenty for me

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@Marcyaz (35316)

• United States

8 Oct 15

A nice photo for me is enough also.

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

7 Oct 15

@Jessicalynnt glad someone else saw it too..how weird is right

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dpk262006

@dpk262006 (58676)

• Delhi, India

8 Oct 15

When a person is no more, I see no point in preserving the tattoo(s) s/he used to wear on his body.

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dpk262006

@dpk262006 (58676)

• Delhi, India

9 Oct 15

@Rosekitty - Yeah, you are right that there many eccentric people in this world, who prefer to do some sort of strange thing.

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

8 Oct 15

@dpk262006 me either..too many weirdo's out there will probably do it

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Blondie2222

@Blondie2222 (28611)

• United States

13 Oct 15

I could not come across and do that. I don't have any tattoos but I know my sisters do and I don't think I would ever want to do that if they passed. Just makes me sick thinking about it.

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

13 Oct 15

@Blondie2222 Most people feel that way..so you aren't alone

Wendy

@jerzgirl (9291)

• United States

11 Oct 15

Isn't that the same thing as selling body parts? Technically, that is? Still, what's the difference if you have human leather or cow leather? You didn't harm someone to obtain it. And, I would like to think that the person who was tattooed could grant permission, just as with organ donation, to have "artwork" preserved.

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@Rosekitty (19368)

• San Marcos, Texas

12 Oct 15

@jerzgirl I'm sure they put it in their will

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thebeaddoodler

@thebeaddoodler (4262)

• Lubbock, Texas

6 Dec 15

Gives me the creeps. Remindes me too much of Dr. Mengola's obsession with objects (lampshades etc.) made from the skin of his human failed experiments. To each is own.

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