I have been a cutter and I have gotten tatoos. I very much liken the experience of getting a tatoo to cutting in that it feels the same to me. I describe it like dragging a razor blade across your skin. But I cant say that getting a tatoo has ever made me long for cutting or that I have thought to get a tatoo when I have felt self-destructive. I have known people though that have used tatoo as a form of self -harm. They do it because they enjoy the pain, but rationalize it away as art. so your questions are best answered on a case by case basis. as nemo said, it would depend onthe person.