I like the ol saying “go big or go home!” 🙂 Best of luck with your decision.

Heres me with my nieces at the state zoo!

I think it all depends on the artist, everyone seems to do it somewhat different. My artist told my to leave it wrapped over night, then clean it with anti-bacterial soap twice a day. I use a aquaphor for the first two days, then switch to curel frangrance free lotion.

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Butterfly;60958 wrote:
both are very well done pieces but my fav is the flower arm 🙂

thank you! 🙂

eatatjerms;60824 wrote:
Awesome stuff. Are you going to color the left arm?

No, the left arm is staying pretty much with the colors that already exist in the tattoo

Heres my other arm, work in progress. I posted pics before with the inner arm when it was fresh. Its all healed up now! The black area on my upper arm has a cover up, which will be gone over again during the final touch up session.

thanks everyone!

I agree with above statements. I think alot of artist won’t copy exactly the same thing in respect of the other person who has the tattoo and the artist. Atleast I know my artist would NOT do it. Thats just wrong, sounds like a wanna-be. Hey I wanna be like Mike! 😮

Looks amazing, congrats!

Outlaw;60652 wrote:
the other thing that nobody has mentioned is that during the healing process the area will become verry itchy, at this point it is easy to scratch it and pick off the scabs, unfortunately this can also pull out some ink with it, this can also cause the light patchy areas, if its caused by the artist not working enough ink…[Read more]

ArniVidar;60582 wrote:
My artists’ instruction card says (among other things) to remove the wrapping after 6-12 hours and clean well but carefully with water and a mild soap.

This is the best, oldest, most revered, most sought after and busiest tattoo parlor in Iceland, and their work is spectacular so… I’m inclined to believe those…[Read more]

This reminds me about 5-8 years ago when I wanted a tattoo on my forearm. My wife said “NO, everyone will see it, and what about if you switch jobs?”. Well the point is I want everyone to see it!

My bother has two full sleeves and my other brother has a 3/4 sleeve. I would point out to her that its no big deal. Who cares what others think.…[Read more]

great info there! thanks for the reply!

The tattoo isnt complete yet, I’m sure the last session will be to touch up anything needed

eatatjerms;60533 wrote:
Hmmm.. i wonder if it would turn out better wrapped like thay. I may try it.

I figure my artist will fix anything if need be, as I’m following his instructions. So far I’ve been pleased with my ink. Not sure if he tells everyone to do that or if its just for bigger tattoos?

ArniVidar;60496 wrote:
Yes tattoo genie salesperson.. we get it.. thanks.

No kidding right!

Dina;60472 wrote:
its because when you get attooed you are creating small wounds in your skin… so when you are putting ink in your skin it will naturally leak some

try tattoo genie daily spray…it has amino-plex in it and what it does is it closes your pores quickly after tattooing so when your pores close up it traps the ink so u dont loose…[Read more]

eatatjerms;60246 wrote:
I’ve never heard of leaving the wrap on for more than an hour. Before I take it off I do see some of the ink on the wrap and when I got my last session of three hours there was even some ink washing off in the shower. I don’t think it was leaking. I just think it was what wasn’t completely washed off because my tattoo…[Read more]

Dina;60470 wrote:
the ointment is the problem….i had that problem before and it sucked!

now i tried tattoo genie and my tatt didn’t scab or get dried out

It must be your skin, I know plenty of people that use it with zero problems. My arm barely scabs at all, if any there is very small spots.

I personally don’t think hes using to much lotion, unless it was an ointment. Lotion isnt bad for the tattoo. The air is really dry where I live so my skin dries out really easy. After my tattoo is healed I’ll keep putting lotion on it. My artist said loltion is just fine after the tattoo is healed as well.

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thesickness;60417 wrote:
i’ve been using aquaphor

Thats what I use, but only for the first two days, then I use curel fragrance free lotion. I believe it can also depend on how the artist works the skin/tattooing. I get very little scabbing, but alot of peeling.