The scar looks fairly flat so it should be fine to tattoo over.
A couple things to keep in mind when you want to tattoo over a scar; The scar should be at least a year old, preferably even more. This is to ensure that the skin has healed properly over it, if it still gets red, it’s not healed enough. I’ve had surgery scars tattooed over, one was no problem at all, but the other one I did have trouble with right after the surgery (my sutures broke and I got nerve damage due to an infection in the wound), now that scar on the other hand…. Hell on earth. It’s been 6 years and the skin is still far too fragile to properly hold a tattoo, not to mention it hurts so horribly bad over the spots with nerve damage :p
And, if it’s a keloid scar. If it stands out etc it will be harder to tattoo over, again, it depends on the scar.
Hard to tell on yours due to the low quality of the picture, but I think you should be fine.
@poxphobia 140009 wrote:
The scar looks fairly flat so it should be fine to tattoo over.
A couple things to keep in mind when you want to tattoo over a scar; The scar should be at least a year old, preferably even more. This is to ensure that the skin has healed properly over it, if it still gets red, it’s not healed enough. I’ve had surgery scars tattooed over, one was no problem at all, but the other one I did have trouble with right after the surgery (my sutures broke and I got nerve damage due to an infection in the wound), now that scar on the other hand…. Hell on earth. It’s been 6 years and the skin is still far too fragile to properly hold a tattoo, not to mention it hurts so horribly bad over the spots with nerve damage :pAnd, if it’s a keloid scar. If it stands out etc it will be harder to tattoo over, again, it depends on the scar.
Hard to tell on yours due to the low quality of the picture, but I think you should be fine.
Hey, thanks for you post.
I had surgery 3-4 years ago. The scar is really flat as said already, but it becomes red under the sun ofcourse, but i guess that’s normal.
Now i’m looking what to put on. It’s a awkward place to put a tattoo. The scar is a little of bit oval so i might put a banana or something 🙂 (kidding).
@Sam-I-Am 140012 wrote:
Welcome to the forum!
What are you into?
I like natural stuff; Plants, flowers, vines, reptiles, and seafood.
You planning on getting a seafood tattoo Sam ?
@Sam-I-Am 140012 wrote:
Welcome to the forum!
What are you into?
I like natural stuff; Plants, flowers, vines, reptiles, and seafood.
Yeah maybe plants, nature. I exclude any animals except northern america, europe forest mummals (wolf, bear, fox,…).
No sharks, fish, seafood,…
Maybe greek mytical creatures. I thoght about phoenix (fire) feather.
Maybe something like this (but LOT SMALLER), but i guess is hard to cover the scar with all the gaps:
You’d be surprised, I bet you that would cover the scar more than you think. It doesn’t even necessarily have to be 100% covered, something like that draws the attention away from the scar and I guarantee you would not notice it. I mean YOU would, but anyone who is unaware of it would not.
@boliboliboliboli 140016 wrote:
Yeah maybe plants, nature. I exclude any animals except northern america, europe forest mummals (wolf, bear, fox,…).
No sharks, fish, seafood,…
Maybe greek mytical creatures. I thoght about phoenix (fire) feather.
Maybe something like this (but LOT SMALLER), but i guess is hard to cover the scar with all the gaps:
Normally I don’t like tattoos that just seem like an arbitrary design to me, but I really like the photo that you posted. If you like it, I think you should definitely try to do something similar to it, because it would definitely be able to cover the scar, especially if you make it clear to your artist that that’s what you’re trying to do.
I’d actually advise against a black and white design type tattoo. Anything with a focus on symmetry and simplicity is going to make your scar look like a livid mess. Deviation and symmetry are not buddies. Talking to an artist is the best start, but I’d advise with something complex with a lot of color.
@GrayCatLove 140216 wrote:
I’d actually advise against a black and white design type tattoo. Anything with a focus on symmetry and simplicity is going to make your scar look like a livid mess. Deviation and symmetry are not buddies. Talking to an artist is the best start, but I’d advise with something complex with a lot of color.
Yeah my artist also said it’s better if we do a colour tattoo (Red-Orange).
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