Article: TATTOOS CAN BE AN INDELIBLE PAIN THEY HURT GOING ON BUT NOT AS AS MUCH AS THEY DO COMING OFF.(Lifestyle)

Seattle is like a major tattoo exhibition: Walk down a busy street on Capitol Hill, around Pioneer Square or in the University District and body art is everywhere - arms, legs, shoulders, necks, even cheeks.

But the city is moving into a post-grunge era where tattoos may become unhip.

One-time ravers now find themselves moving up the corporate ladder, where tattoos are not part of the uniform. One thirtysomething investment banker says he had his tattoo removed by a laser process last year.

``I don't want my colleagues to know,'' he said, explaining why he didn't want his name used. ``That is exactly why I had it removed. I never thought the ...

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