near permanent = bad idea.
the reason why people regret tattoos is the same reason people regret marriage.
people change over time, not to mention skin sags, people get fat, get thin and get wrinkly which makes tattoos look shit.
which makes tattooing the name of someone you married ultra regrettable.
You can get temporary tattoo inks that last for months, to years. You can also get
removable tattoos, both of these are done with with a tattoo gun and still hurt if that ego shit matters to you.
Plenty of people never regret tattoo's, but why make it permanent when theres now little downsides to semi-permanent ones?
Not only does this allow you to easily change back if you change your mind about it, but it allows you to have many different tattoos over the period of your life.
If you're using deep skin permanent ink, theres only a certain amount of canvas you get to use up.