@Camahta Dore 142448 wrote:
Second tattoo artist in a row to tell me I bleed and swell like a bitch when it comes to color.
Im also on my cycle and she thinks that may be playing a part so she called it after an hour…Im bummed, it was not painful at all but she is pretty puffy.
Im going back for Wolvie in a week, if I swell and bleed bad again after him Im just going to have her finish all the line art down to my wrist first and I will fill in with color here and there (goal was to have it ALL done by March, may not happen now) because once wedding season picks up again in March I wont be able to get as much work done.
In the past I have had some quite severe swelling and also been a bit of a bleeder, now I do a few things differently and haven’t had much of a swelling (or bleeding) problem at all with the last 3 tattoos. What I do is to try to eat really ‘clean’ for a few days before a tattoo appointment. No junk food and no SALTY food at all. Just real meat/potatoes/veggies – made from real food – kinds of meals.
I also try to bump up my iron a little, either by taking supplements for a few weeks or by eating high iron foods (like beef, spinach or cream of wheat!) especially if the appointment will coincide with my cycle.
It has made a really big difference in how much I swell up and how much I bleed during the appointment.
@Call_me_Lola 142451 wrote:
In the past I have had some quite severe swelling and also been a bit of a bleeder, now I do a few things differently and haven’t had much of a swelling (or bleeding) problem at all with the last 3 tattoos. What I do is to try to eat really ‘clean’ for a few days before a tattoo appointment. No junk food and no SALTY food at all. Just real meat/potatoes/veggies – made from real food – kinds of meals.
I also try to bump up my iron a little, either by taking supplements for a few weeks or by eating high iron foods (like beef, spinach or cream of wheat!) especially if the appointment will coincide with my cycle.
It has made a really big difference in how much I swell up and how much I bleed during the appointment.
My artist actually recommended iron supplements for a few weeks ahead of time as well, I eat fairly clean but I am bad about my water consumption so Im going to start watching that too and cut out the coffee/tea.
Im also *not* going to get tattoo’ed on my cycle again and see how that goes.
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