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  1. Hogrider
    What exactly do you think someone can touch up? Don't ever use that artist again if your goal is to get good tattoos.
  2. Hogrider
    Tattoos take 4-6 weeks to heal. Put away the microscope and wait.
  3. Hogrider
    You won't know what it's going to look like until it's healed. Who told you it was infected? Is it oozing puss? Does it smell? If neither of those, it's unlikely that it's infected. If it IS infected, you need to see a doctor to get antibiotics. You have way too much lotion on that, it looks like it's drowning. The idea is to use just enough to keep the skin from drying out. Did you get that done in a shop? Whoever did that really mauled your skin.
  4. Hogrider
    Tattoos take 4-6 weeks to heal. Every single spot doesn't heal at the same rate or the same way as every other single spot.
  5. Hogrider
    Nobody will care but you. 😉
  6. Hogrider
    Most tattoos take 4 - 6 weeks to heal. All the worrying and hand-wringing and pearl-clutching that goes on before it's healed is a waste of time. Unless it looks infected, just let it heal.
  7. Hogrider
    Saran wrap. I've been using it for 10 years with no problems.
  8. Hogrider
    It's peeling. normal. Tattoos take 4-6 weeks to heal.
  9. Hogrider
    Try this!
  10. Hogrider
    Don't monkey with it. You'll likely make it worse, not better. You'll get used to it.
  11. Hogrider
    You got fine lines on thin, delicate skin = prone to blowout. I'd recommend putting away the magnifying glass and just enjoying the tattoo. There's no such thing as a perfect tattoo.
  12. Hogrider
    Go see a professional that specializes in coverups. You aren't going to "fix" that.
  13. Hogrider
    Try walking on your feet, not the tattoo! Seriously though, that's very common for lower leg tattoos, give it a week. Then give it 4-8 weeks to heal completely.
  14. Hogrider
    Then don't wash it for too long or bother the scabs. Guy: Dr. my eye hurts when I drink coffee every morning. Dr.: Take the spoon out of the cup.
  15. Hogrider
    Your tattoo takes 4 -6 weeks to heal. You won't know what damage you did or did not do until it's healed. I'd be very surprised if, after a week of healing, it had any affect at all ... not that I'd suggest doing it again.
  16. Hogrider
    Just go see a good tattoo artist. There isn't a specific style for getting a tattoo around your waist. See what ideas they can come up with. Be prepared to gird you loins, there is nothing fun about getting a tattoo there.
  17. Hogrider
    Sure it will!
  18. Hogrider
    +1 Don't try to fix it. You can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit.
  19. Hogrider
    Absolutely nothing. Your chances of making it worse trying to fix it are about 99%.
  20. Hogrider
    I wouldn't go back to that tattoo "artist." Wait until it heals (4 -6 weeks) and then find someone that specializes in coverups. People think that simple tattoos are easy. They aren't; it takes a really good tattoo artist to draw a simple design that works and lay down all the lines evenly. Good tattoos (and coverups) aren't cheap.
  21. Hogrider

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    Hogrider replied to cgrave's topic in Initiation

    All tattoos don't heal exactly the same. Put away the microscope and just let it heal. There is NOTHING you can do until it heals anyway. 4-6 weeks.
  22. Hogrider
    Not at all, especially considering how many shit tattoos people walk around with. It's hard to think of everything, that's why really good tattooers are so rare, expensive, and necessary. Just some things to think about next time.
  23. Hogrider
    Find an artist whose work you really like and consult with them. My best tattoos are the ones where I just said, "Do whatever you're feeling."
  24. Hogrider
    Lines don't "get" crooked. It's not a bad tattoo, but the design could be better. The script is too close to whatever plant that is. The 1 in Psalm 91, the 5 in Her 13:5, the "I' in the quote is too close and looks like a 1 and the spacing is all over the place. Having said all that, most people wouldn't even notice. The only reason I bring it up is so you do your homework next time you get a tattoo. Script is NOT easy to do, you need to find someone that does a lot of it and is really, really good.
  25. Hogrider
    DON'T CHEAP OUT. Script is not easy, you can't go to just anybody to have then done right. If it's not done perfectly it looks terrible. The lines all have to be even, the spacing has to be right, letter high has to be consistent. Having said that, don't do it. Do you really think this is something you'll be happy to have in 20 years?
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