I decided I wanted a tattoo during my junior year in high school. I had been fascinated with body altering for several years and tried a few other times to scar and tattoo myself unsuccessfully before. Most of the tattoos I saw in school were done by other students with homemade guns.
My first attempts at tattoos were made in middle school and done on my shinbone. I picked out a couple of seemingly significant letters and etched them into my leg with a razor. Then I tried to "color in" the gash with a sharpie. (Keep in mind that I was only 12 or so and had never talked to anyone about tattoos and had no idea how it was done) I ended up with a couple scars that show up when I get sun burned and a few faded blue spots, I consider this proce
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