They may be a passion for the likes of Cheryl Cole, Lana Del Ray and Lady Gaga but female tattoos have been voted the biggest turn-off for men - according to the latest poll.
The survey, polled 500 people asking them to state their gender and chose their top five turn-offs when meeting someone of the opposite sex.
Thirty seven per cent of males listed tattoos as their number one turn-off with the body art appearing in more than three quarters (78%) of the male top five.
In contrast women were fairly ambivalent about tattoos with just over one in ten (13%) viewing them as highly unattractive on a man.
Instead the largest romance-killer for women was beards, with a third of those polled voting face fur top spot on their list.