No matter how you want to justify it to yourself man, it’s cheating plain and simple, the pain is all a part of the tradition and process of getting a tattoo. Do what you want its your body, but most tattoo artists won’t tattoo you while you’re on something like that.

It’s a zit, pop it and move on.

I believe that white ink tattoos turn yellow/brown in color over time. Not sure on how long it usually takes, but pretty sure its expected.

Looks great man…nice solid work there.

After a little searching on the interwebz I found this article….

http://smj.sma.org.sg/5011/5011cr3.pdf

Supposedly the bumps are sebaceous cysts caused by skin material from the surface being driven down into deeper layers by the tattoo needle, then surrounded by white blood cells.

Still might be best to speak with your artist or a…[Read more]

Like a Glove!

Never seen anything like that…have you gone back to your artist? I would ask them, there’s a pretty good chance it’s something they’ve seen before.

There were all I could come up with from my work computer.

getting my second tattoo.

Pic my wife snapped on a road trip

@ArniVidar 124254 wrote:

So how frequently is “frequently”? If it’s a very hot and sunny day (which we don’t get too many of here 😉 ) and I’m swimming and chillin’ in the sun, how often would y’all recommend applying?

when I’m swimming I re-apply about every 1- 1.5 hours.

@yodaddynukka 124252 wrote:

dont fall into the high spf hype. spf30-50 is all you need. and remember its about applying generously and frequently.

yep…Higher spf doesn’t provide anymore protection other than being able to go a little bit longer in between applications.