Thick Skin ?

[VenomX]

Hi guys.

Just had another tattoo ( star-sign on my arm )

The artist had to keep going over the same area because the skin was too thick and said i may have to go in for a touchup once its healed because he didn't want to cause too much trauma to my arm. It looks pretty much perfect, just one line is slightly thicker than the other, should be an easy job to do.

Has anybody else had this experience ? Thanks

Edited June 18, 2019 by VenomX

[SStu]

Never heard that one. 

Overworking an area will cause trauma. Picture of the area?

[VenomX]

It looks a bit smudged on the photo, looks fine in real though ( my phone cam is terrible )

Edited June 18, 2019 by VenomX

[oboogie]

3 hours ago, SStu said:

Never heard that one. 

Overworking an area will cause trauma. Picture of the area?

Too thick? What the huh? I've never heard such nonsense.

[JAC1961]

I was curious, so I did a little googling. The only places on our bodies that have what is classified as thick skin is places that see abrasion, like finger tips, palms and soles of your feet.

So ya, they were feeding you BS. 💩

[VenomX]

I'm sure he said it was " thick " and may need touching up later.

So far i'm delighted with it and will have to see how it heals 😄

[Alexandria1998]

This is 100% true. My tattoo artist also said I had thick skin and had do go over the lines. A previous artists said the needles weren’t going through my skin and pushed harder - causing a blowout. This skin can be found on places other than your extremities as my tattoo is on my ribs. The successful tattoo artist has been working for over 10 years and has only encountered it a couple times, BUT IT IS A THING.

[oboogie]

18 hours ago, Alexandria1998 said:

This is 100% true. My tattoo artist also said I had thick skin and had do go over the lines. A previous artists said the needles weren’t going through my skin and pushed harder - causing a blowout. This skin can be found on places other than your extremities as my tattoo is on my ribs. The successful tattoo artist has been working for over 10 years and has only encountered it a couple times, BUT IT IS A THING.

Yeah, it's really not a thing.

[Dan]

46 minutes ago, oboogie said:

Yeah, it's really not a thing.

ya, sounds like an excuse for blowout.  rib skin is pretty thin

[Hogrider]

 

2 hours ago, oboogie said:

Yeah, it's really not a thing.

Yea, but I know a lot of people with "thin" skin! Many of the newbies on this forum seem to have it.

[oboogie]

37 minutes ago, Hogrider said:

 

Yea, but I know a lot of people with "thin" skin! Many of the newbies on this forum seem to have it.

Yes. Yes, they do. What is up with that?