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Works now...thanks.

OK, I'll ask. When do you do this? At the shop or can you wait until you get home? How long do you keep the hot towel on your new tattoo? I'm starting my chest/half sleeve piece next week and I'd like to try this. Thanks, Kevin

Looks great!! Congratulations!

I got this little Purple Monkey done yesterday. I know its on the cheesy side, but I got it for my daughter. I've called her Punky Monkey since she was born and her favorite color is purple, I let her pick out the design (she's four by the way) and location. It is also on my left arm which I plan on using for totally random stuff. Damn camera phone sucks ass, bad quality photo.

That's awesome, I love Sailor Jerry art!!!

How about a snake shedding it's skin? The snake represents the power of your voice and/or fighting inner struggle and the skin represents the struggles you've defeated.

I'm having no issues using my PC or iPad. I'm running Google Chrome and Safari.

I'd go for the rib, you already have what I like to call a, "Fuck you, in your face!!!" tattoo. For clarification, I define a Fuck you, in your face!!! tattoo as any tattoo that is visible while wearing shorts and a short sleeve t-shirt. Anyone that sports this gets my respect, I fucking love it, nonconformist!!!

This is so wrong

I had four hours of work done and my foot swelled up pretty good. Today is day three and all the swelling has gone away, now I get to deal with phase 2 - the itching, I love that part. Hopefully my right foot is more in line with MsRad and irezumi. Should only be about two and a half hours of works so I'll keep my fingers crossed.

So if you are thinking about getting tattoos on your feet, he's some friendly advice: 1) Most important, only do one foot at a time. Your foot is going to swell and hurt like hell for a couple of days, you want at least one good foot to hobble around on. 2) Starting the day before hydrate as much as you can, drink tons of water and cut out the salt, continue this for a couple of days after your tattoo. Good hydration reduces swelling and swelling seems to be the biggest issue with the foot. 3) Make sure you have a minimum of two days off after your tattoo. You do not want to wear shoes until the swelling goes down. 4) When you get home elevate your foot, lie down on the couch, turn on the TV and get your foot as high up as you can. Once again helps prevent/lessen swelling. 5) Fill a ziplock bag with ice and keep it on your foot for as long as you can stand it, continue this every few hours for the first two days. Yup, you guessed it....swelling. 6) Motrin is your friend eases the pain and reduces swelling. If you haven't figured it out, swelling with feet tattoos is a bitch!!! Hopefully this advice will help you out. Now, if you get a dime sized star tattoo, you can probably disregard everything I said. Kevin

Streaming from Netflix: Ip Man & Ip Man 2: found in the foreign section and is about the life of Ip Man (Master of Wing Chun)

Sorry about the triple post, I didn't realize that a moderator had to approve it before it went up. Can someone delete the last two?

Got my left foot done yesterday by Carlos Everhard at Octopus Ink in McAllen, TX. My right foot is scheduled in two weeks.

For my last two tattoos I've kept the bandage on overnight, and washed it (the tattoo not the bandage) in the morning with warm water and ivory soap rinse with cool water and let air dry for 15-20 minutes. For the first two days I wash it every 4-6 hours and put lotion on it every 2-3 hours. I use Aveeno fragrance free and only enough to put a thin layer over the entire tattoo and then rub it in. After the first two days I wash the tattoo once in the morning and once at night and use lotion about every six hours. I also wash my hands before washing the tattoo or using lotion. My last two tattoos did not scab, though that's probably mostly attributed to the artist.

Just got my foot done yesterday, it was a lot better than what I had expected. There was a spot close to my big toe, one on the very top of my foot, and one in the middle, all about the size of a dime that freaking killed. Most of the rest of my foot that just felt like any other tattoo. There was also a big chunk where I felt nothing at all, zero pain, kinda weird. The worst has been the swelling, tomorrow's going to suck when I have to put shoes on and go to work.