thanks again for your advice; i just talked to the artist who did another ankle tat here locally; i’m going to stop in and have him to take a look @ it.

he thinks the artist went too deep in places ( odd cuz this guy has a ton of experience, but won’t return my emails) ; some of the spots seem to be ‘filling in’ and the color is there.
the…[Read more]

thanks for the reply, matthew. please direct me to your ‘paranoid’ thread.

upon closer inspection, the areas i’m concerned about are ‘divots’ or ‘breaks’ in the surface that seem to have a rusty color @ the bottom. would that be blood? if so, what’s the likelyhood that there is ink below them? i think that the soreness is actually related to…[Read more]

me again. i just looked @ the tat thru a magnifying glass…it seems the areas i’m worried about look like ‘breaks’ in the surface that look like they’re filled up w/ ‘rust”?:eek: ( don’t see any of the tat color in the ‘divots’, but then, i didn’t dig at them.) am i facing a likely ‘touchup’ w/ another artist, or have ppl had this problem and…[Read more]

me again. i just looked @ the tat thru a magnifying glass…it seems the areas i’m worried about look like ‘breaks’ in the surface that look like they’re filled up w/ ‘rust”?:eek: ( don’t see any of the tat color in the ‘divots’, but then, i didn’t dig at them.) am i facing a likely ‘touchup’ w/ another artist, or have ppl had this problem and…[Read more]