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You're correct. I suppose if you're considering a tattoo and are also prone to caring what others think of you to that end, you may be more affected by such a decision.
And, yes, everyone judges others based on first appearance. However, I think it's unnecessarily different with body modifications to the extent that when it gets to the point where anyone with common sense would otherwise prevent their judgments from causing any unreasonable assumptions (e.g., with respect to dress), they continue to make silly assumptions based on body modifications.
Granted, I'm probably an unrepresentative sample because I don't have a problem taking out piercings and covering up tattoos during patient contact, but just my $0.02.
Agreed--tattoos, piercings, and other body modifications definitely seem to be much bigger judgment "lightning rods" than are dress, hair style, etc, and are more resistant to having said judgments changed/rescinded.