i actually work in a backward and forward motion, razor flush with skin straight up and down gets rid of all the hair nicely, i had to use 3 razors on one guys inner forearm, i said “man you’re hairy!” he said “you should see my back!” i didnt know what to say after that lol, you could always just let your artist do it for you.
Not sure how many people do this themselves or just leave it to the artist? But I must admit rightly or wrongly I shave my arm before I leave home, as like you, I just feel it saves time and you don’t lose that precious 5-10 mins out of your appointment, while they faff around!
I find I need to shave in both directions to get it smooth enough – Good luck 4 monday! 😎
When i got my first tat done, because i knew i wanted it on my back, because i’m hairy and because my friends are sadists I let them wax it first (2 days before). The Artist said this was a good idea (I only let them do half of it because it hurt so much) because if it was all the same length as my lower back he would have had to have shaved it himself. I think next time i’ll go for the whole shaving technique though and i truly understand now what women go through.
I shaved it myself, I was extremely careful and used a good quality razor, all went well 🙂
Waxing would be an interesting idea, that way you wouldn’t get all the new hair coming through a healing tattoo so quickly.
Has anyone had any experience with an e-pen or permanent hair removal laser?
Is that so? Would waxing before a session (a few days before I guess, else it would all be so raw and sore) be better for us furry people? Would there be fewer white ‘dots’ in the tats if the skin healed better before the hairs started growing back? Or are you maybe creating new thick skin that covers the hair follicles and stops the hairs growing out (thus growing inwards)?
I got my back waxed before i had mine done (waxed on the tuesday, tattooed on the thursday.) The tattooist reckons it was a good idea and i haven’t noticed any white spots coming through at all, and this is 5/6 weeks later. If i were to get another back tat or a chest one i would probably wax again (even though it hurt like hell)
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