I say: try telling that to a drunk girl in love.) This made the premise of a semipermanent design sound extra appealing.Īs such, I found myself booking an appointment with artist Marissa Boulay, sitting next to the world's most devoted *NSYNC fan, and going under the needle for my very first made-to-fade tattoo. (They say getting a tattoo with a partner is a kiss of death - the reason Winona and Johnny or Tyga and Kylie ended in disaster. You see, I've had my share of experiences with ink I no longer wanted. Simply put, it's a real tattoo sans the commitment - which means it's precisely what I was looking for. Like dissolvable stitches, your body releases them naturally. Here's how it works: the proprietary ink is composed of small particles - made from medical-grade, bioabsorbable, and biocompatible polymers with high-quality pigments routinely used in foods, cosmetics, and other products, the company's CEO Jeffrey Liu previously told POPSUGAR - that shrink over time. (What if you meet this person and they disappoint you? What if they turn out to be a bonafide Bad Human?) But what if the design isn't permanent? The latest made-to-fade technology in 'ephemeral' tattoos means that's no longer a pipe dream the ink is designed to slowly break down over time, fully disappearing after 10 months to a year. In theory, the idea of getting a pop culture tattoo - or someone else's face, period - etched on your body might seem risky. 'Oh, he's coming into town this weekend and I thought it would be funny,' the man replies. Blown up on the tiny screen was a cartoonishly large portrait of Chris Kirkpatrick (yes, that Chris Kirkpatrick from *NSYNC), of which he kindly requested be inked on his upper thigh.

She was standing above the man sitting next to me in the waiting area at Ephemeral Tattoo in Brooklyn with an iPad in hand. 'Um, I have to ask,' the tattoo artist blinks in my direction, 'Why did you choose this particular tattoo?'

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