Update (because I hate it when people just suck the information out of you and you never hear from them again - ungrateful bunch
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So: got it!
I want to thank MMM (again). Because of him I went to see a Japanese tattoo artist and boy, what a difference that made!! I am still getting used to it, because I don't want to be a "tattooed girl" (yeah, don't ask...), but it is everything I could have hoped for (for now... it's still healing).
D.A.M.B.