European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 09, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                My Artal Dave hint Ley at work. Yfe and photos by Dave Diehl c Bureau 5 ave Hindley s Tattoo parlor in exactly an elaborate affair. It s Only a Small room in his House that adjoins a Small school House on a Small country Road in the tiny English Village of Barrow. I a bit of an out of the Way place you have to go tout of your Way to find it and there Are no glaring melons no painted windows. You probably in t find the place if Dave himself or someone who j been there told you How to get to it. The location lava s tattoos is like the Man. There s a rather turning Aura about the place. Wide a converted bedroom boasts floor to Selling Bof pictures of Dave s work and hundreds of color i Tattoo drawings for those who might not know Icetty what they want. Al in one Corner sits a Small table neatly arranged tip Andy motored plastic bottles holding the stud that Prever be a part of a Persona. Tucked in the same if to the Man As if to guard his tools of the Trade ung to pull one of his electric Needles from its rest tote he air Force master sgt. Tom Schultz and hrs become to Hindley because they like him Trust \ and they say he does a Good Job at a reasonable m. And they like tattoos. Tattoo an created with skin piercing net let. Dave Hindley does most of his work at night. And More often than not those nights Are spent with americans. Nearby Raf Lakenheath and Mildenhall provide Hindley with a steady Stream of the Tattoo fancying foreigners wanting a piece of Hindley s work affixed somewhere to their body. Some 80 percent of Hindley s customers Are american he reckons simply because i get on better with americans he says. With some nine years of tattooing behind him Hindley talks about his work and his clientele with a kind of relaxed Confidence. He says there Are a lot of myths about the Art and he in t the typical tattooist. When he s at work rendering designs on skin with his skin piercing Needles he seems More interested in social rather than skin Contact. He says it in t like people May think Drunken gis wanting a Tattoo after getting the courage to get one from a bottle. It s not that it does t happen that Way but it does t happen with Hindley. I won t Tattoo drunks Hindley insists. Besides the fact that the affect of alcohol will thin the blood and affect the color and Quantity of the Tattoo Hindley says there Are other reasons for his policy you should have the courage when you re  Hindley said he often turns away people who Are drunk. He says he can Tell a person who sincerely wants a Tattoo and has thought about it. If there is any doubt Hindley says i won t do notifying War Here May be a lot of reasons to get tattooed but none Good enough for or. Maj Larry Roberts chief of dermatology at the . Air Force Hospital at Raf Lakenheath. Tobette. Who says he Solis about one person a week wants to somehow shed a work of Art from his or Lun. Does t like tattoos. 1 admits that he sees a few that Are Nice to look at the Bays he sees some that Are  Stone of the better reasons for not getting tattooed j in the form of serious complications Roberts wow. Things like allergic reactions to dyes used for tattoos to things like wart viruses tuberculosis by Chicken pox and most recently aids. He said most common problems Are bacteria infections plus and allergic reactions. Nurto a Matt thai serious complications arising to tattoos Are not that common but a added that a no Way of telling whether or not a Tattoo will j the wearer trouble. Problems he says can come jew Hare Between 48 hours and to years after having urn inscribed. / 8ee two types of patients Roberts says. Those happen to have a Tattoo and those who want them ii  reasons Roberts says Are usually because of Fiji boo allergic reactions or having the wrong w attached i Roberts says there is no easy Way to get rid of them. In one Way or another a Tattoo or a resultant scar from its removal will be with a person for life. He says there Are Many ways to get rid of the Tattoo but the simple fact is that removing the Tattoo Means removing the layer of skin that has been dyed for those reasons Roberts says that ridding a patient of his or her unwanted Tattoo can involve pain and will always leave a scar. He says the Best method available is removal with & local aesthetic and a Scalpel simply cutting off the skin that holds the Tattoo. Invariably you get a Large scar Roberts says. But most people prefer that to the  he says he s seen patients come to him within in a week of getting a Tattoo wanting to have them taken off. The longer people wait to have the tattoos removed the harder they Are to remove. Roberts says that the Dye takes up to several months to dry under the skin. But he adds the Bottom line is there is no treatment available that won t leave a  although not Many people ask for advice from the dermatologist before getting a Tattoo Roberts says on rare occasions people will come to him for his opinion. I Tell them no. I try to talk them out of it he says. Roberts thinks that Many gis he sees get tattooed because of peer pressure. A lot of Young troops do it on a whim he says. I them. I Tell Thorn to think about it and come  there Are some tattooists that give the Art a bad name. Hindley said he s had his share of Odd requests like hearts and names on genitals and other Odd parts of the body. Hindley won t do them. I lose a lot of work that  Hindley said there Are areas of the body he would never put a Tattoo hands face or genitals. Hindley said he believes that tattoos should t be anywhere the average set of clothes could not conceal. One thing Hindley Points out to customers who Are doubtful is that once the tattoos Are on. They re permanent. He says he can Tell when a potential customer is doubtful and he will sometimes refuse to do a piece on people he knows Are not sure. He tells them to come Back. Schultz the non commissioned Ottimer in charge of the Sheet Metal shop at Raf Lakenheath is a Bona tide Tattoo enthusiast and shows his artwork Oil with Pride. He and his wife Sharon have about a dozen tattoos All told All of them from Hindley. The Schultz s know that what Hindley has inscribed on their bodies is forever. They have no regrets and Don t think that they Ever will it s almost like a piece of jewelry Sharon said. You can either show them off or cover them  Tom Schultz says that tattoos Aren t for everybody. He says he and his wife show them Oil to friends but he said we would never try to talk anybody into getting them if they weren t dead certain. They Are with you for  Pat Varscsak a technical sergeant who works for Schultz said he and his wife have been getting tattoos from Hindley because we like the Way they look to said. Both Varscsak and Schultz got their tattoos after their wives had. Sharon Schultz does t mind critics who might think that tattoos Aren t for women. She says that the three or four tattoos she can show in Public fit her femininity nicely. Everybody thinks that if you get a Tattoo it has to be big and masculine Schultz 36, said. They Don  Varscsak said he got his first Tattoo after his wife came to Hindley. He admits that he is a bit afraid of Needles and that he figured the prices Here would be about the same As in the . But the tattoos he s gotten from Hindley have been at a fraction of the Price he would have paid in the states. Since getting his first Tattoo about a year ago. Varscsak s eight tattoos have Cost him about $550. He says the same eight would have Cost him about $1,500 in the states. O t Siv. Jap Tobore. Wan think most people who get tattoos Are seeking identity. Your average Well adjusted individual does t get  Roberts says. Quoting from a medical journal. Roberts says those who submit to tattooing include a High proportion of emotionally unstable and immature individuals homosexuals included. Many of the younger victims Are pathetically seeking identity with the  Roberts quoted one source that said that up to 15 percent of acute mental patients Wear tattoos. The worst types of Tattoo Are what Roberts called  he said these Are done with pins and India Ink. Those Are real problem he says. They re difficult to remove because the pigment is put in at irregular  Roberts says that professionally done tattoos Are under the skin at a fairly consistent depth which makes them easier to remove. He adds that the homemade brands also Are notorious for bringing on most of the acute problems associated with tattoos. But Roberts when asked gives Only one piece of advice to people thinking about tattoos. The Bottom line is Don t do it. But it you have to get tattooed on t do it yourself. Have it done by a  the stars and stripes Page 15