hey all! i am planning on getting my very 1st tattoo soon, but i’m beginning to have some second thoughts. i’ve had some bad experiences with body mods: two attempts at ear cartilage piercings has left some bumpy keloid scars on my ear which are most likely permanent, & although my bellybutton piercing is fine now it was very infected for a long time which has resulted in another small lumpy scar-tissue keloidy area.

my question is about how likely it is that tattoos will cause the same kind of reaction. are piercings just simply harder to heal than tattoos? or should i not get a tattoo since i’ve experienced scarring with my piercings?

i don’t want to end up with some deformed, scarred, raised tattoo which has fucked up.

thanks so much for your help!!!