Agree with the rest.
I’ve seen people end up with flesh eating bacteria in their tattoos because they were idiots and went into the woods with a fresh tattoo!!
(yes, seriously. No the tattoo didn’t make it)
You need to keep your tattoo clean, dry, away from bacteria and well… You need to not go camping with a fresh tattoo.

@jerryatrophy 141060 wrote:

Fingers crossed they ask me to come in for a consult.
For those in the know….#1 on my list.

Fingers crossed for me too – I’m sending pics of my preferred spots to place the tattoo now. Freaking out! 😀

@theflashdw 141089 wrote:

Ill have to live with these tats for a while until i get the money to fix them. Are people really going to notice them? im very self concious😓 So far no one has ever bashed them in my face

If they haven’t so far, they’re not gonna suddenly start out of no where.

They’re bad, but being embarrassed is all about your own attitude. A ton of people walk around with shitty ink.
If I were you, I wouldn’t worry about it. If someone comments it, just let them know that you’re working on it.
They’re amateur and faded, a couple laser sessions and they should be easy to cover up!
Save up the money (you got a…[Read more]

@pidjones 141080 wrote:

By my understanding, tattoos are very forbidden in Islam. In fact, that is the main reason that I am planning to delay one tattoo that I have planned, as I teach many international students in my work, and I do not want to offend any of them with a visible tattoo.

I fear that you are either baiting this forum, or dealing…

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Alright that’s what I thought. As far as I’m aware though there are several underground tattoo artists in Iran, my advice would be to seek out some of them, they would probably know the safest and best way to go about it.

I think it’ll be fine, I’ve talked to one of my artists about removing two tattoos he made on me, not because I don’t like them, but because the placement could be used for sooo many other, greater things, and it totally crashes with my later work. He totally gets it, and was fine with it. And hey – If the same artists get to do the new tattoo, he…[Read more]

My biggest tattoo would easily cost 5000$. Full sleeve, but done in Norway so ofc prices are a little different. Most of mine are in the 800-2000$ range. One I got in the US was 120$ an hour, but that was with a discount for various reasons. I found that to be a very good price for what I got, which was a beautiful tattoo.
Here I’m used to paying…[Read more]

Which country are you from? Most countries where tattoos are actually legal, have tattoo shops.

And yes – Discussing these questions are forbidden on this forum and continuing to do so will lead to a ban.
If you wish to pursue tattooing, read the “So you want to be a tattoo artist” thread, and seek out a place you can learn. If tattooing is…[Read more]

Still healing. Same with the two lines closest to it, who are also slightly darker than those next to them.
Give it a few weeks and it should be fine. But your tattoo won’t be perfectly healed until a couple of months, so some spots may still have irregularities in saturation compared to how they are going to look 100% healed for a while yet.

That is a gorgeous tattoo!!

No you were not ripped off.
Great artists usually charge more. 150$ is fairly normal for a good artist.
A lot of people are always gonna think your tattoo costs too much, because they don’t understand that price represents quality, and that the artist isn’t making 150$ an hour straight into his own pocket. The hourly rate is a lot lower when you…[Read more]

I can guarantee they are not as black as the day you got them. You just don’t notice the fading because it happens slowly.
I have black tattoos myself, and they actually fade quicker than colored ones!

Generally the outer layer of your skin re-news itself every 25-40 days or so (depending on age, health a ton of stuff) Deeper layers take longer. So, after a while your tattoo starts to heal, after it’s done peeling you get fresh, normal skin covering your tattoo. This usually takes about 2 weeks after the tattoo has been done, which is why the…[Read more]

They are all horribly blown out. The wings on the eagle are… Wow.
Please do find a better tattoo artist.

No problem, it’s always freaky when you get your first tattoo and something differs from what you’ve expected. Post pics when it’s healed!

Well if you have for a while and aren’t in a rush, why not just learn Sanskrit?!
Here is the thing; A saying sounds pretty in english, might be gibberish in Sanskrit even if the translation is correct. I speak several languages and very few sayings have the same meaning when directly translated. And doing your research means going to a…[Read more]

It requires pretty deep scars before that happens. I have some that go into the bone of my leg, and they are slightly shiny and wrinkly. So no. It should heal up fine, but it may take a while.
Yes, the spots.

It IS a scar. But scars heal. Know when you scrape your knees? Only the really really deep ones leave scars forever. The ones who barely…[Read more]

Because you’re not gonna know what it means 100% unless you actually speak Sanskrit.

Well… Sort of normal. That didn’t heal very well. I can already see places it’s blown out, and judging by your amount of scar tissue, there is a chance it’s been tattooed too deeply. But impossible to know until it heals properly. All the loss of color is bad too.
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