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I am still super excited to have gotten this. I seem to be getting pretty good feedback on Instagram, as it was featured on tattoo of the day about 6 days ago on tattooistartmag instagram account with 500,000 subscribers. It was definitely a fun experience, and I had no idea how he was going to pull it off, but I had seen his work enough to trust him. I appreciate the thought and time he put into this to do it right. He even communicated what my long term goals were, such as asking if I was ever going to do a full sleeve, he would leave it uncapped, or if I was confident of no more, would cap it. He brought up other ideas that would match with the theme. Since the enemy is in the reflection of the shield we could use that as a theme and do a wolverine with the enemy reflected in the blades or a spider-man with the enemy reflected in the eyes, etc. I am scheduled to go back on 4/2 to start with an ironman on my left back shoulder. The thing he got across to me is that you don't need a whole body as the tattoo to know what it is. This allows more size and detail.

This last time I used redemption for the first 3 days, then switched to lubriderm once peeling started. I was completely peeled and heeled by the start of day 9. I have found the key to any of the aftercare products is to make sure there is no excess on your skin. Once applied, I lightly dab any access ointment or plasma oozing off with a cotton cloth.

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I speak from personal experience. If you going to do something based on genealogy, spend the money on ancestry dot com. Much of the family history claimed by the family was far off.

It was a joint choice. He showed me some comic images that he thought would work. He brought up something that I didn't consider. He recommended going with something dynamic and something he could put detail into. Furthermore bringing up that you dont need to see all of captain america or all of his shield to know it's captain america. Aslo saying that in 15 years and 10 foot away it will easily be identifiable as captain america. Based on that I should him some images that I liked and i think we both know that this was it. This is a reverse image of the cover of Captain America Volume 7 #15 I can highly recommend clint for any style but comic related, he is a must. His entire studio is deckedout with comic stuff. Check out his instagram and You will see lots of comic stuff. He also does lots of conventions and my observation is that the comic stuff will get you in the seat quicker than other stuff.

And sorry if i came across that way. It's sometimes a challenge to express demeanor through a keyboard. I've dealt with artists, both musical and visual, as well as boutique shop owners, so I am well aware of the beat down that's associated with many customers. Unfortunately, the world has an endless supply of challenged individuals. At same time, someone like myself, who I consider resourceful, educated, but most importantly respectful of both the artistic abilities of many tattoo artists, but more so of their time, found it very challenging to approach the initial dialogue regarding getting work done. Trying to email ahead of time rarely gets responses from many artist, and the help that services the phones and answers general questions are also limited in many shops as they are exactly that, the help, not the artists. Ultimately, no 2 customers are alike nor are 2 artists alike. As a result, without communication, it's a roll of the dice. Being uneducated should not be dealt with the same as disrespect or inconsideration. Again, just my perspective.

My response is not meant as any disrespect, but rather outside perspective.

The problem is that this is rarely communicated. I have never seen a shop yet with any of their "pet peeves" or "expectations" for a consultation listed. At the same time, most shops I've been are able to get the digital a file to work off of in a few minutes of effort. You would think that this would be beneficial as you then have the ability to adjust the image size, mirror the image, convert to grayscale, etc.. Just my 2 cents

Your thread was locked on the other thread for a reason. If you spent any amount of time researching contact dermatitis, you find that a person may never find what specific ingredient they have or had a reaction to. You would also find that one could have a reaction 1 time, but not the next. Your own documents provided on your locked thread were even titled "rare cases". This doesn't mean that the ingredient is a carcinogen, it simply means that your unique biology is not compatible with it. Anyway, I think there was no foul play here. Likley you had a reaction to a heavy metal used on pretty much all ink http://www.health.govt.nz/system/files/documents/publications/survey-selected-samples-tattoo-inks-presence-of-heavy-metals-july13_0.pdf

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I did much research before deciding to do my coverup. After watching television shows showing what could be done, it was encouraging while at the same time, you don't want to trust just anyone. As great as the internet is, I have seem far too many bad cover ups although many were simply amazing. My first attempt at research was disheartening as after asking several shops, I simply got too much conflicting information, people simply too eager for business, or simply my gut telling me something wasn't right. Finally I saw some coverup work on a tv show mentioning an artist from Dallas. After a quick search I found that he was a few miles from my house. At this point I went to his shop, but he was on the road. Talking to the shop manager and explaining my situation, I mentioned that if possible I would like to do a Captain America tattoo. Once I said that, I was quickly able to set up an appointment with the owner/artist. Although very high in demand, apparently if you are wanting something that they want to do as well, I have found that artists can shift schedules if there is a type of tattoo that they want to do. Fortunately for me, I later found that the artist was a much bigger superhero fan than myself. Over the next month, I spent wakeless nights admiring his work and many of the comic stuff he has done and spend many hours downloading comic images trying to conceptualize what would work for the coverup. My consultation finally came and after asking me what I wanted, I kind of hesitated with questions as to what my limitations were. His response was, not to worry about it, just tell him what I wanted and he would make it happen. So, I gave him my top 3 comics. We set an appointment and I left trusting him to come up with something. It was kind of crazy committing to something without knowing what exactly I was going to get until I showed up, but I trusted my instincts and research. I was straight up blown away with the results and feel I learned quite a bit along the way. - Older tattoos are better candidates for coverups than relatively new ones - Non-recognizable shapes are easier to cover than geometric shapes I don't know why some artists try to just go for the simple black out with no detail, like a panther head. You do not necessarily need to go darker for coverups, blues rock! - You should anticipate going at least 2x the original size. Bigger is better - Detail will help draw attention away from the orginal tattoo, so some slight detail show through - At least for me, the skin where the old tattoo was scarred and bleed a bit more than fresh skin. These area scanned more. Anyway, if anyone has any questions, shoot away. PS.. I was still a little bloody on the yellow lines, but you get the results.

That will be costly for laser. Depending on what your expectations are for a design, it looks as if your existing tattoo is faded enough that a lot of it can be covered. Do not expect to be able to cover much of it with light colors though. It will need to be a busy tattoo in order to pull it off.

I agree that the young yang eye looks off. As for time, it depends if you are fought black/grey or black/grey/white. It don't se this getting done. In anything less than 4 hours in the size that it needs to be

I feel like I'm getting off easy. Second one this month. Got the tattoo Monday night. Tenderness gone and started peeling Thursday eveningand about 80% peeled right now with zero itching.

This is so untrue. Unless it's in an area with lots of sun. I have color tattoos 25 years old with no shading, just color, and are still at 75% from the day I got them.

To me, this looks on par with the current popular "water color" tattoos. They are somewhat abstract. It's not bad. Sometimes less is more. For something of this size, I think while black may make it pop, I question that it wouldn't age well. The lighter colors will fade quicker than the black and you will end up with black fireworks.

I also agree that most of the recommended creams are not antibiotic creams, but rather barriers to prevent bacteria from entering the wound. That being said, most of the products have petrolatum which if can promote color oozing. The key int to have as thin of layer possible to make a barrier. This can be hard as it's difficult to rub in on a fresh tattoo without disturbing the tattoo. Me personally will dab the oitment on until its covered by just gently tapping around that tatto with a couple fingers instead of rubbing. I then take a soft cotton towel to gently dab (not rub) the areas, so that it leaves just enough for you to know its there, but not seeing any un-uniform areas. This last time I didn't use any H2Ocean or Aquafor, but rather "redemption", which is similar to hustle butter for the first 3 days. I had almost no color seeping and the redness and inflammation was almost non existent. This is the same stuff they use on you when you are getting the tattoo. Once the peeling starts, I use lubriderm. While it seems like it dries out quicker than some of the alternatives. I find that because it leans more toward the watery side than thick, it goes on easier without me feeling like I'm messing up the tattoo by rubbing it in.

I submit for your consideration my coverup. This was just done, so there was a little swelling and bleeding on the bullets. Unfortunately Im at da3 3 of healing, so no proper pics for another 4 or 5 days. While not you typical tattoo, please consider that fact that this is a coverup and I wanted a tattoo as comic like as possible in style. This is a reverse image of Captain America Volume 7 #15 from March of last year. This is a large piece that takes up my whole left upper arm

My wife usually has this stuff, but not recently, I am sure this would be awesome and I remember it smelling good as well. Maybe I should try some.

In the winter when it's dry, I find that Lubriderm dries too quickly. I use: Shea Moisture - Raw Shae, Chamomile & Argan oil. It's long lasting, smells good for man or woman, don't need much. Pretty much all natural and organic Deionized Water, Raw Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Oil*, Theobroma Cacao (Cocoa) Seed Butter*, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter*, Olus Oil, Argania Spinosa (Argan) Nut Oil, Centhera Biennis (Evening Primrose) Oil, Borage Officinalis Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Oil, Rosa Rubiginosa (Rosehip) Seed Oil, , Tocopherol (Vitamin E), Boswellia Serrata (Frankincense) Oil, Chamomile Extract, Myrrh Extract, Lonicera Caprifolium (Honeysuckle) Flower (and) Lonicera Japonica (Japanese Honeysuckle) Flower Extract *Certified Organic Ingredient.

Just finished with the captain america coverup on my left arm. The pic was right after, so a little swollen and still a little bleeding, but anyway.....

Cover up action. Who doesn't love superheroes? I have one more session in 3 weeks

Emails and direct messages are a wasted. There are way too many tire kickers and time wasters on the web. I have found that after the web contact failed. I have found that going to their shop is the best way. That above all shows that you are serious. Most want to do consults before even scheduling an appt.

How bad is it, do you have a photo? I wouldn't rule out a cover-up unless its really scared