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Getting back to the original question, the inked area itself is small, but I was wondering if they count all of the skin in between. It goes up both sides of my arm like that, but the good news is that it doesn't take up a lot of area so removal costs would be lower and I wouldn't have to pay to have all of it taken off. From the direction this thread went I expect to take a lot of crap for the tattoo, but hopefully some of you can give me insight into my actual question.

Thank you for pointing me to the right resource, Any way I look at it, it doesn't make the cut. Thanks anyway.

This seemed to be the best spot to try to reopen a thread for a question about tattoos. I am trying to do all that I can to help my chances of getting into OTS and hopefully a flight slot, but one thing that has come up from speaking with others is that having "excessive" tattoos can prevent you from even getting into OTS. I am wondering if there is any truth to this and what the definition of "excessive" exactly means. I have one tattoo on my left bicep that is mostly covered even in short sleeves, which I am not worried about, but I also have one on my right arm that wraps around my upper arm and goes a couple inches below my elbow. It is a musical staff so the actual inked part is only about an inch wide, but it wraps around my arm quite a bit and I have heard that this may make it count as covering 100% of my upper arm. I can post pictures if that would help determine if it would qualify as "excessive". I am just hoping that some of the resources online stating that only hands/neck/face tattoos will disqualify a person are true, and that I won't have my chances shot because of such a small reason...