belle, hi nice to meet ya, i am what we goreans call a dina girl, i was branded with the dina brand about three yrs ago, i deffinetly reccomend a tatto, my brand faded over like a six month period, so we got a tatto near my original brand site,, brands are dificult to maintain as well as accomplish well, too deep it leaves a bad wound prone to septic infection, not deep enough and it scars over eventually with keliods or fades out, my tat as all the bueaty and much more detail and definition than the brand ever did, alltough the branding experience was uncomparable i am more than happy with my tatto