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I feel like Groundhogs Day around here

Multiple people are telling you the same thing and you’re not getting it. I’m sorry to be blunt, but let’s clear up a few things. 1. Tattoos are an imperfect artform 2. Skin is an imperfect medium 3. Tattooing is a wound that has to heal. Without letting it heal, nothing can be done. 4. Overworking a tattoo (and inflicting more trauma to the area) will rarely help a situation. 5. Stop worrying about what inks your artist use. If you are at a reputable shop and artist, they know more than you do. They also know more than most people here 6. Do more research on who you choose to tattoo you before you let them stick needles into your skin with ink that will be there forever. 7. The answer to further questions is probably “let it heal and wait a few weeks” or “no, you can’t fix it that way.”

yeah, they don't read the rules - so they probably won't look for faq/sticky, either. Shrug.

SIX TO EIGHT WEEKS. This is the most asked question on the forum. No matter how you phrase it, how many times you ask it, it takes 6 to 8 weeks for a tattoo to heal and until it's healed you won't know what it is going to look like. No sense staring at it, thinking about touchups or anything else.

Find someone that knows what they are doing.

No. It's healing. Leave it alone, keep it clean, and let it heal. Stop staring at it.

I doubt it would help. Everybody thinks THEIR situation is different. But what if, but what if, but what if, but what if ...

I wouldn't. By the way, a lot of artists don't like to touch up other artists work, so good luck with that. But yeah. No more work from that artist.

It's the artist's responsibility to educate their clients about what works and what doesn't, as well as the risk of how a tattoo could turn out. I wouldn't use that artist again anyway. Look closely at those lines and the saturation.