If you get your junk tattooed, I wouldn’t let an apprentice shave it.

@milec1990 147532 wrote:

Is it okay to go out with a new tattoo 4 days after getting it? I know it takes a few weeks for it to fully heal but I just want to make sure I didn’t do anything wrong. I want it to look as good as possible.

Welcome to the forum.
As long as you keep it clean and dust free there is no reason you can’t go out even sooner. I…[Read more]

If the tattoo is in an area I can shave myself, I usually do it prior to my appointment.

Regular care? I buy SPF 50 sun screen by the case, and I use moisturizer almost daily. Check this out for applying moisturizer to your back!

Just apply moisturizer to roller and apply.

@Dan 147528 wrote:

A proper apprenticeship or going through an apprenticeship mentored by an experienced artist at a shop.

Learning ALL aspects of the tattoo business is paramount.

Perhaps you should read the sticky thread: “So you want to become a tattoo artist?”

Welcome to the forum!

Make sure you pick a great tattooer, and post some pictures.

@buttwheat 147514 wrote:

Can’t wait to see it finished

It’s going to have riveted steel bands around my arm to hold the “window” in place.

I use Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Formula in small amounts almost every day.

Nice work!

Welcome!

That sure looks like a blowout.

Welcome to the forum!

I recommend you get a tattoo from a qualified tattooer with a solid background.

Send us a picture of your smiley.

Yes. Tattooing is a form of surgery. You need to know all the proper techniques so you don’t cause bodily harm.

If you have pale complexion, colors will explode!

Welcome, both of you!

This is the wrong place to ask such questions. There is a forum for professional tattooers.

If you are not a legitimate professional tattooer, you should get yourself an apprenticeship and learn the business.

Perhaps you should read the thread; So you want to become a tattoo artist.

@Devious6 147365 wrote:

It was just too tough to manage owning one with all of our moves in the Army – 21 houses in 26 years.

My father in law was a Lt. Colonel in the Air Force. They lived all over the world too.

Thanks for the note.

Sweet car!

@calin666 147330 wrote:

Thank you for the info, I will correct myself in the future. 🙂
Not looking for an apprenticeship, I just want to do this as a hobby.

Listen. Tattooing is NOT A HOBBY! It’s a form of surgery. If you don’t know ALL the in’s and out’s of the business, you can end up causing bodily harm to your idiot subjects.

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@buttwheat 147340 wrote:

What am I missing? I See nothing

Right click, open up to another page, look, laugh, and criticize!

You need to read the post: “So you want to be a tattoo artist”.

Welcome!

That’s the way it’s supposed to work.

I was 56. I turned 60 on March 21st.