scabs are common but not ideal. sometimes when an artist packs in the ink in a certain location scabbing can occur. sometimes its because of your aftercare (ie. using too much lotion). if you do get scabbing, DO NOT pick at it and let it fall off naturally. also, use less lotion or none at all.
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yes its normal yours is probably just thin layers of the skin falling off and just let it go it should heel up just fine
What is the difference between flaking and scabbing? It just seems to be tiny little bits coming of.
Day 1 or 2 is usually flaking – what I’d call excess ink (which is why for my sleeve currently under way I’ll cover my sheets with shitty bath towels the first day or two, sometimes you can get an almost perfect mirror image of your ink on a towel if you sleep on it right)
Scabbing- depends on the: artist, location, and time spent on the location. I didn’t scab a single time on my forearm or the inside of my bicep, but my tricep and elbow area scab and then take forever to heal. Same artist and all, its just a matter of location and time the artist had to dig into that area to get the ink to set the way they wanted.
–tom
I also forgot to mention some more sensitive areas (ie. inner arm, etc) tends to scab easier than other areas.
Flaking looks like dead skin (like a sunburn peeling) and scabbing is when you have clot (like after u get a cut or something) so blood and other flud doesnt ooze out. If that makes sense.
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