I am woman and won’t hire anyone with visible tattoos or excessive piercings. It isn’t about them being able to do the job, it is about meeting customer expectations. Which is about me hiring the right people for the job.
I have clients that would totally freak out and fire my company if they saw a purple haired, punked out person showing up to care for their pet on the security cameras. OMG, they’d watch their cameras the whole time with much scrutiny and it would ruin their entire day or vacation.
Image matters. It always has. Whether it is a waitress or an attorney or doctor.
As a woman, I agree. Clean Appearance matters.