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Closed Make it legal for 16 and 17 year olds to be tattooed with parental consent.

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I believe that it should be made legal for 16 and 17 year olds to be tattooed with parental/guardian consent.

The age of sexual consent is 16 but you must be 18 to be tattooed, despite the possible consequences of sex being arguably much greater than having a picture on your body that you may regret in a few years time. Tattoos can feel absolutely necessary to people, covering scars or "imperfections" is a big deal, self inflicted scars especially. I believe that people shouldn't have to wait so long to conceal those sorts of things and make changes to their bodies.

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