keloids are more prone with piercings rather than tattoo’s, basically it is caused by trauma to the skin, they can even be caused by alling over and scraping yourself on the ground..
to be honnest with you, if you have had a tattoo before and nothing went wrng then it is more likely that you will be ok with any more….. just make sure you go to a pro as a kitchen magician might go too deep and cause them..
good luck in your choice either way;)
Hi
Keloids usually ioccur with significant impact on skin damage eg deep wounds or if they get infected or you repeatedly pick the scabs off keeping the wound open for longer.
That said a small percentage are susceptible to keloid scarring even from minor wounds and/ore pigment rejection.
Personally it is not a risk I would take.
If you ahve a look at my piece of scarification on my blog a bit more info there.
Take Care
Matthew
I have to agree with Matthew and Outlaw. Every keloid i have is from acne which left big holes initially and then grew into keloids. I’ve had an extremely big cut on my skin before and it’s just a normal scar. I wouldn’t get a piercing cause like u said, it’s an open wound permanently. Tattoos are holes in the skin but 1. they are smaller and 2. the heal over. But they do say that keloids are more prone on certain areas of the body ie mid torso, so i definately wouldn’t take the chance of getting a tattoo near where i have keloids already.
I asked my tattooist about keloids and he said u are more likely to get them with the colouring/shading if at all.
Stacey
I have only seen keloid scarring when the tattoo was done too deep .Seen other tattoo artist’s outlines and shading produce scarring so it depends on how its applied,because I have been told this by people and I never had a keloid show up in my tattooing that I was ever aware of? I just let people and their dr.do the judging on what I can and cant do.
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