Depends. A spot job here and there didn't hurt Dorian. I have full coverage on my upper left arm, left delt completely covered, around to my upper back and left side of pec. Never thought I would be on a bodybuiding stage when I was getting it all done. A good tan obscures it, but there is a little scarring involved that blurs the delt striations, for sure. I'm sure it has cost me in the form of lower placings, not to mention whatever the judges' opinions of tatts were.
Most aggravating was in '97... Cory Everson promoted a show in Birmingham Alabama that I did. She emceed the night show herself, and made a classless smartass remark about my tatoos as I left the stage after my routine at the night show.