On one hand this thread has had me laughing with it's ridiculousness, but it also saddens me greatly. This is an issue with the industry. Beauty therapists and nail technicians are expected to fit into an out dated stereotype. Body modification takes many forms, from tattoos to more socially acceptable forms such as dying our hair, tinting and shaping our brows, and piercing our ears. I would never discriminate against some one or refuse to employ some one,because I didn't like their hair style, or because I didn't like their HD brows (which I personally think look ridiculous). I judge some one on the criteria of the job and if they have the skills I need. Nor do I feel the need to be so cruel as to tell people I don't like the choices they have made about their appearance. Yet those who are tattooed are on the receiving end of this unacceptable behaviour. What's next, "sorry you can't have a job here because you are too fat, you did it to yourself and it looks like you don't take care of yourself". What age are we living in. Your doctor probably has tattoos. It's no longer just criminals and pirates [emoji23] However you try to dress it up, it is discrimination and it is unacceptable in this day and age. I actually think that the ignorant minority are exactly that, a minority. I owned my own salon for ten years and only had a handful of negative comments regarding my two sleeves. In fact many of my older clients loved them. But I'm also sure that many of them didn't and they did the adult thing and didn't make a big deal about my personal choices and just enjoyed the good service they received from me. I think it's time for a change and it should be the people who want to discriminate that get pushed out of the industry, not the hard working, highly skilled people who don't fit into an outdated and superficial box.