Here is a good website. *WARNING - some images may be graphic.*

http://www.bmezine.com . It is very informative. It has tons of experiences, photos, interviews, etc, with people from ALL sorts of different backgrounds, cultures etc.

People with tattoos, piercings, etc, are NO less of people. You've just got to learn and know (as with EVERYTHING else) what you're doing, getting into, etc. It requires lots of forethought.

I have never met anyone who hated themselves because of the fact that they had a tattoo.

My husband has had the same tattoos for a while now. He still loves them every bit as the day he desired them. He has a green gecko on his left shoulder and a dreamcatcher in the middle of his back.

How about a henna tattoo? Have him get one in the design he likes. If he still likes it after it wears off, then talk about it again.