Hi, I have just had a tattoo done on my leg in Samoa, the traditonal way..the bruising and swelling were nearly as impressive as the tattoo..but now 5 days on, the brusing has subsided, but i am left with a lot of ink staining on my leg..i am pretty sure this is not a ‘blowout’ that people talk about..it is in the big spaces of non-tattoed skin between some big bands on the leg…will this disappear??, what can i do to help it to go?? i have been washing and scrubbing regularly..
First of all I wouldn’t be scrubbing it. Second, can you post a picture so we can see?
so what do you think after looking at photos, am i going to look like a smurf now with permanent a blue leg?? am feeling little concerned at this point…
To me it looks like bruising. i wouldnt sweat it. congrats on the ink. Have you had ink done by machine? If so how would you compare the two.
Patrick
i know it may look like bruising on the pics, but im 99.9% sure its not, as my whole upper leg was extremely swollen and bruised, and the bruises are now in their yellow/purple stage where as this ‘shadow’ is still blue/green…i jus want someone to tell me it will go with time!!!
i have had ink from machine too, and other traditional tats from borneo, i love the tradtional way, although this Samoan one was crazy painful..i think the machine can do finer details ( i had a fish hook put on the end of this one cos they couldnt do curves with their traditional tools), the detail is definitely finer…
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