My wife and I both have tattoos, She has about 5, small and tasteful. One on her foot, one on lower abdomen, one down her side, a small one between two of her fingers and a small one on one of her wrists. I have 11, on my arms, chest, and leg. The thing about all of our tattoos is that if we had to, we can easily cover them up so that you wouldn't know we had any.
No sleeves or anything like that.
Because my wife and I work in an industry where appearance counts for something and often deal with older, maybe more conservative clients, we make the decision to cover up our ink so as to not 'offend' them. But, conversely, if we are working with younger, more easy going clients, then we know we can show our ink. But these days, so many younger people have ink now so it rarely even brings up a discussion anymore.
Someone once told me that if a client is 'offended' because you have a tattoo or look at you like your some kind of criminal because of it, then they are not worth having as a client. The reality, however, is that clients are income so we cannot always play that 'fuck you' card.
Funny story about tattoos. My 17 y/o son got a fairly large tattoo of a lion on his upper arm that is about half a sleeve at the moment. Its one of those that really makes you look like a tough guy I guess. Plus he works out and is very muscular so its a pretty cool look. Anyway, he went for hockey tryouts for a junior team and while he was changing in the room, the coach walked in, saw this 17 y/o with huge arms and this big tattoo and said to everyone, "this kid doesn't even have to skate, I'm taking him based on his tattoo alone. No one will fuck with him".
So maybe it opens doors for some.