For me personally, I wait 2 weeks sometimes before getting back into the gym just to be extra cautious. Just too much moving, rubbing and sweating for me but you might be fine now.

ArniVidar;89270 wrote:
I remember someone (Sherav?) saying that you need any scar to have turned the milky pink color of old scars to be able to tattoo over it. That takes years, at least on my body.

Yeah that’s true, I had a biceps tendon surgery scar tattooed over and it was a few years old or the artist said he wouldn’t touch it. I’m not…[Read more]

Others may disagree but I would avoid it. It’s a lot of sweat and movement for a healing tattoo in my opinion but I’m usually pretty cautious.

I think Brogan is definitely your best bet, there’s noone in MO I can think of and Brogan is real good.

Congratulations on the tattoo.

I love this online magazine, I think anyone who’s putting it down likely hasn’t seen it. Please keep up the good work.

That’s the first I’ve really seen of this and I like gypsies. I don’t know what it means but it’s funky to look at.

buttwheat;88857 wrote:
You are just going to walk in to a tattoo shop and say this is what I want. Then the guy that is sitting around doing nothing says I can do that. Boda bing boda boom you got yourself a tattoo. You come back here and start a new thread How do I fix this?

Please do your research for an artist and find a artist that is…[Read more]

Have you researched an artist and had an initial discussion yet or do you plan on just walking in somewhere? You’re not even set on your design yet and you want to get this this weekend? Take your time!
There’s really not much difference with those images, they’ve been tattooed a million times. But you can’t go too small so probably shoulder or…[Read more]

I’m old too.

I don’t think you should anticipate an allergic reaction to the red ink but it may heal a little slower than the rest and maybe scab a little but you should be fine.

Also, try these depending on what you’re getting:

http://www.ronantonick.com/ (This guy is great)

http://www.philrobertsontattoos.com/

The first name that comes to mind is Kyle Cotterman, I can probably come up with a couple more later.

I wouldn’t want to wrap it because I would think it would be trapping in all the heat and sweat and that’s not good.

There’s no certainty either way but I would say that is not good for ideal healing of a new tattoo. It may be fine but I wouldn’t do it.

Those words are going to have to be pretty damn small and will likely end up looking like crap.

yodaddynukka;88512 wrote:
… I actually cant stand the pain of tattoos. Some parts hurt less than others but for the most part when im getting tattooed i always think to myself “damn why do i go thru this pain?”. But after the session and i see the end result, the pain is worth it.

I share the feeling!

Nice work, I especially like the winged piece on your stomach. Was that done by the same artist or someone else?

I just make sure I’ve eaten, gone to the bathroom and had a breath mint and I bring a drink and snack if needed.

imperial1904;88417 wrote:
And you wanted to cover them up… all it takes is the right artist. 😉

Good luck!

You won’t know that until the work is done and seen.