Anyone have Tattoos?

[behndy]

eep. yah, i had like a day or two where i had to Cover With A T-Shirt Slap It GOOOOOD itchins, but it was way less than the other two i got.

makes sense that thinner infiltration lines = less scabbing/quicker recovery i guess.

OOG. SO want to start on my shoulder thinger. need to get lasers installed in my eyes first though.

also, Hawt Compass Is HAWT.

[Jero]

Glad you posted the photo as I didn't know what daisy dukes were either.

Consider me enlightened.

You should really look up the character Daisy, from Dukes of Hazard. Give it a minute...

[ShaunNecro]

Honestly, I haven't scabbed up at all from the last two tattoos I've gotten. I took real good care of them like you as well. I think if you just take awesome care of them then you don't have to worry about scabbing.

[behndy]

the one on my back was such a bitch to take care of. i only got to wash it like twice a day, 'cause i had to talk friends into showing up and jumping in the shower with me. that scabbed a fair bit.

the one on my chest was easy to keep up with since i could reach it. there was light scabbing there, but that was kinda neat.

color flakes.

i felt FABULOUS ever time i got out of the shower.

[Iommic Pope]

It is too early in the morning to be assaulting my dick with imagery it can't resist.

All about the phat ass girls...in the tiny shorts. With the tattoos...its gonna be a tough day for me now. Winter. Sucks.

Yeah behnders I don't let my stuff dry out until it scabs, plus some stuff just doesn't. Red ink is a bitch though. I use pawpaw ointment as aftercare, it really soothes the itching, and it is antibacterial.

[D-Day]

If you get Mr Black's emails then you've seen one of my tattoos. I got it in SF about 15 years ago.

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[tuffteef]

i dont think i take care of them at all these days lol i just get and leave em besides showering
seems to work for me cause fuck that oily ointment game

[behndy]

murrrrr I OBSESS. i try to do every little thing that is recommended.

i'm getting lasers put in my eyeballs in 2-3 weeks. another thing i'm going to freak out about the minutia and details of aftercare.

[Haki]

Tattoo aftercare has been reduced to applying this right after it's done.

[tuffteef]

So excited for more work have consult when I get back from trip on 31st.

lol this is how it starts ya know

[gunslinger_burrito]

Tattoo aftercare has been reduced to applying this right after it's done.

Dunno about that..... as a heavily tattooed person, it's my experience that you have to be extra careful with the more "medicinal" ointments and stuff out there. A lot of them can really fuck up your tattoo.

I came late to this thread, somehow. But as for scabbing, 90% of whether or not it scabs up has to do with how the tattooer made the tattoo. The more they work over one area, the more of an open wound they are basically creating. Thus, more bleeding, thus, higher chance of scabbing. Which is why line work heals so easily. Whenever I've had lines scab up....it's most definitely been because they hit one spot an extra time or two.

I'll snap some shots of some of my tattoos in a minute here. I feel like a poser posting in this thread, but never wanting to show what I have.

[gunslinger_burrito]

K. This is me. Tattoo credit goes to one Ishmael Johnson here in Fort Collins, Colorado. The harpies on my shoulders were done by Ben Thompson in Denver. I trust y'all to give credit where it's due!

[Jwar]

Tattoo aftercare has been reduced to applying this right after it's done.

I would NEVER use a product like this on a tat and I have a fuck ton of them. Anti bacterial soap and water and a thin layer of lubriderm after being towel dried. Perfect healing everytime.

[GardenoftheDead]

Ever had an idea for a tattoo and then realize that 5 million other people thought of that before you did?

[gunslinger_burrito]

Ever had an idea for a tattoo and then realize that 5 million other people thought of that before you did?

Those sometimes get referred to as "pintrest tattoos," because, somehow, people see one on pintrest (fuck pintrest, btw) and think "oh, how original, I think I want that."
I guess if you wanted something truly original, you might give it the old interweb search and see what turns up. Like I said, I don't use pintrest, but tumblr might turn up something.

IMO, a good tattoo is something that will not only physically last, but that will not have a meaning so specific that ten years down the road, when you're a different person, it won't have the same value for you.