This is what your tatt will look like in 40 years: 14 old people with tattoos

IT SEEMS everyone has ink these days. Sleeve tattoos are as common as whisky-swilling hipsters. Here is some disturbing evidence that it may not end well for you.

IT SEEMS like everyone is inked these days. Sleeve tattoos are as common as whisky-swilling hipsters.

No longer just for people on the fringe of society, tatts have flooded into the mainstream.

But what will the mass of coloured people look like in 40 years? Here is a snapshot of what may come.

A hot bearded 30-something? This is you at 60. Picture: Tumblr.

Hip festival goer? This is you at 60. Picture: VK.com

Tattoo on your six pack? This is you at 60. Tumblr.

Full body ink? This is you at 60. Photograph: Imogen Cunningham Trust.

Designed your own? This is you at 60. Picture: Tumblr.

Tattooed lady? This is you at 60.

Wild for tatts? This is you at 60. Picture: EPA

Tattoos for sex appeal? This is you at 60. Picture: Pinterest.

Love a leg tattoo? This is you at 60. Picture: www.aged-ink.tumblr.com

Expressing your cultured side? This is you at 60. Pinterest.

Got a bird tatt to represent freedom? This is you at 60. Flickr / Carey Gough

Rock your ink with a face full of attitude? This is you at 60. Picture: VK.com

Feel rebellious and young at heart? This is you at 60. Picture: Ghetto Red Hot.

Consider yourself uniquely cool? This is you at 60. Picture: www.webpark.ru

Ganyan ang peg! :D Helen Lambin from Chicago. pic.twitter.com/RVH6MDU1Ri