For some reason, some people that have black ink tattoos with sarcoidosis have this happen. They're not sure why the sarcoid granulomas only seem to go after the black ink but here we are! Healing my body now through food and not going to consume 23902038 steroids just to remove these. I hope to post after photos in no time.
Thank you all for your help and concern! xo
This is greatly influenced by the style and complexity of the artist and the work itself. Geometric and/or dotwork can easily be half the application time of photo realism, and some artists are much quicker than others - so it all depends on what you're getting and who is doing it.
I had some weird bumps come up in the color shading of one of my tattoos, and ended up vitamin E oil on the spots. That helped clear them up quite a bit, although it was certainly a different case than what you have. Still might be worth a shot if you don't get any other answers...