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Wow - that's gonna be awesome! (But I gotta say that your unfinished right cheek looks like a piece of broccoli right now :D)

I'm quoting you but addressing all. Yes, we do sarcasm here. But like any group of people in the real physical world, you can't go waving around sarcasm immediately without feeling folks out first, sniffing butts and being really obvious in the beginning that you are being sarcastic. Believe me, we LOVE sarcasm here, and foster conversations and people who enjoy the art. But just like in the real world, you can easily get rebuffed if you aren't being cognizant of basic social graces, which are so much harder to make obvious through a keyboard. And I suspect that's what you are feeling now. Don't turn around and call this group cliquey and passive aggressive as a result - read around, absorb who people are and when/why some conversations (and sarcasm) are had. Or, huff off and demand your account be deleted. Your choice of course. AND NOW BACK TO WHAT IS IMPORTANT. Awesome, @losParanoyas!

I don't know. I mentioned that newer inks don't have the metal problem but they said they follow a researcher and there were other concerns. I recall reading a paper several months back about a different mechanism. I will try to find it and I am also going to call next week and ask for the name of the searcher, and why they think time makes a difference. - - - Updated - - - http://www.fda.gov/ForConsumers/ConsumerUpdates/ucm048919.htm There is no discussion of what "appropriate precautions" is. I will continue to research. Although I have read about placing a wet towel or ice packs over the area. The MRI doc wasn't interested in that. - - - Updated with more stuff I found - - - Maybe the MRI doc might be referring to this research and the "MRI Diametric Particle Agitation Hypothesis" but I will call and ask. But this research doesn't have a time aspect to it. Cosmetic Tattooing & MRI Hypothesis: Possible Cause of Burning Sensations During MRI - Diametric Particle Agitation (MRI-DPA) (2013) Apparently this is related to molecules that have a difference in response to the magnetic field - not necessarily that it's just ferromagnetic substances. It also includes paramagetic particles, which from my limited research and understanding of the find details: "any system that contains atoms, ions, or molecules with unpaired spins can be called a paramagnet." That's a lot more than the usual iron oxide and metal culprits.

I was just denied an MRI on my hip / pelvis / back because my back piece is very large and less then 3 months old. It is a 3T machine and they said they had a problem in the past. And I was about ready to get in the machine.

These are not the Droids you're looking for.

Javier Betancourt. The whip is amazing.

Well, yeah, there I go getting all psychological-like and not even thinking about the "watercolor" tattoo they got. facepalm.

Caring parents get tattoos of young daughter's huge birthmark to make her feel special - Mirror Online I just saw this, and my first thought was, "Wow - that is really cool!" Then about 5 seconds later it wasn't sitting too well with me. Huge blotchy tattoos down their entire legs. I understand the sentiment and it is very well intentioned. Their daughter will get the message that she is loved, they are the same, etc. Full props to the parents for wanting to have their child be accepted. But when they go out, she will still be stared at. Do you think that her growing up with parents sharing her birthmark will give her the confidence to deal with a cruel public? It could have the opposite effect. They will be drawing attention to her birthmark for the rest of her life, even at a point when she might otherwise be more accepting herself - it will remain a constant reminder that yes, in fact, she was different enough that her parents felt that they had to DO something about it. These tattoos will be topics of conversation every time her parents (and she) meet new people - rather than the notion of a birthmark (figuratively) fading over time, it will be kept in the forefront. Hell, she could have grown up to get a tattoo to COVER the birthmark, and still can. And....her parents will still have their tattoos. Will she resist doing anything to change her birthmark because then she might feel she would upset her parents after her parents went through the pain of helping her not feel different? i don't know - what do you think? Did the parents do this for themselves or the child? In this article, the mother is more concerned about her feelings than the child's - how distraught SHE is. It was a gift for HER 40th birthday. She doesn't want the child to feel different. But the child IS different. She is emphasizing that difference. Clearly, the child feels a connection with them right now and the matching tattoos/birthmark will shelter her to some degree, but will it help or hinder long term? i am certainly not in their shoes, but I don't think I would do this to a child.

I don't use any moisturizer on mine either ... mostly because I can't reach most of it! :D But dry skin gets itchy so I'm always rubbing it on my hands and arms. Vanity, too. No one likes a girl's hands to be all chapped and cracked. Although, perhaps I lied. My face moisturizer has UV protection in it - SPF 30. Helps with the sun exposure on my face, and I do take any left over and rub it over my shoulders for a little UV protection for parts of the tattoo that stick out of my shirt. So maybe that's a consideration - using moisturizer with UV protection to keep those colors bright.

Oh, you are completely IN fashion with the tattoos you are rocking! I think the original question was more about moisturizers after the tattoo has healed.

Awesome pic! Oh, I can't wait. This will be me sometime in the future. Consult in April!

Welcome! Plenty of Type-A'ers around here and others to smack us all around and keep things in check :) Ideas are great. Like, "get a panther." So be prepared for that to be a default answer sometimes :-)

I once started a fire that way. But yes, from a pot, dumped into a paper grocery bag, and smothered liberally with melted butter. Eaten preferably at the drive-in with the tinny static speaker hanging in the car door window.

Having trouble deciding if I should get popcorn or not.

Wow - what a story. I hope it all turns out ok and you have a speedy recovery. I bet someone could rework the tattoo if you wanted but maybe it will heal up with a minimal scar. Looks like he did a nice job. Good luck and let us know.

Welcome!

@sophistre - wow - beautiful! I love all that negative space too. Wow. How did I miss this thread?

Udderly Smooth. My favorite - not greasy, no scent, rubs in without feeling like there is a layer on my skin. Udderly Smooth Skin Moiturizers- Soft Smooth Skin- Udderly Smooth Skin

Welcome! B-17 - cool. I got the chance to take a short ride in one a couple years ago - freaking amazing plane.

Have fun with it - my first was Baltimore, where I wandered around looking at portfolios and talking to artists. If they aren't working, people will talk with you about ideas. That's where I found my guy - I'd been looking for someone and just talking with someone in person helped me feel like he could do the job and was interested in it. i didn't get tattooed that day, but I could have. There is the off chance that I will go to this convention. I will be in the area on Sunday with perhaps nothing to do.

Welcome! Well, if you are thinking of doing more than one, then putting something right in the middle of your back, if it isn't really nice and big, will prevent you from using that great real estate at a later time. However, the only place I've ever seen one on a female is where you've stated. Why not upper arm?

Welcome! You have some nice stuff there.

Update?

@DeathB4Decaf - tell us how it goes. @jen7 - welcome from another engineer! A couple folks at work know, but only because I told them. I could not make it well-known without repercussions I'd probably never be aware of happening. @Gingerninja - nice technique!

Oooo ouch, @Kinglambert - but wow!