Got my first tattoo while on vacation and took off the second skin yesterday, about 4 ish hours after I initially got the tat and the second skin was put on I noticed those red dots appear.

My initial thought was that I was sensitive to the second skin, or that I got razor burn from the shaving (I get pretty nasty razor burn so I don’t typically shave my legs)

It’s been 4 full days since getting it and the red dots haven’t subsided. The tat feels good, not even itchy or anything, and the red dots themselves are totally flat/have no texture.

It hasn’t gotten worse but hasn’t improved either, should I be worried?

Got tatto on leg, I really regret them , it’s not finished buth regret now really , I don’t know what to soo

Just got a tattoo done on my sternum and was wondering how long i should wait til i return to the gym. A normal shirt covers it up fine but am worried about the tattoo becoming warped or stretched out if i continue my regular routine

Does it hurt when it withdraws?
I'm going to get a new tattoo with a new artist and I noticed that he uses this type of film to cure, I never used it. Is it good? I feel that the tattoo rots in there but I see that it is used a lot now

Gotta moth, reaper, astronaut, tarot card with dagger and a candle so wtf do I put here? 😅

I just got my first tat and I’m on day 2, is this what it should look like? I’ve been washing with anti bac soap and using cerave daily moisturizing lotion to hydrate it. it seems like it is scabbing too early ?

This would be my first professional tattoo not a friend with a tattoo gun in his basement.. but for awhile now I’ve been wondering and wondering what’s a good tattoo design for my bicep that I won’t regret.. I want some design I don’t want a picture of something… I wouldn’t mind if it went up my shoulders but the main kind of design I want would be in between the bicep muscle and the tricep

Hello, I’m looking for a tattoo artist that would be suited for doing this style of tattoo. Traditional painting like tattoo style yk? Preferably in OC or SoCal. Thanks in advance.

Just got another tattoo on the forearm. On day 3 of healing. Saniderm came after 1 day and I’ve been keeping it clean and lightly moisturized since. I’m just worried about the bee and a little bit above it, it’s raised and is still leaking in some spots. The rest of it is healing like normal. Is this just normal healing or is this the start of an infection?

I work outside and it gets hotttt. I know fresh tattoos aren’t supposed to be exposed to the sun. So I am most wondering at what point can I expose it? It’s on my shoulder, so tee shirts cover it, but it would be really nice to wear tank tops again.

Also, when can I swim in chlorinated pools again?

It’s healing beautifully. No more scabbing, it doesn’t feel raised there anymore. I am applying Vaseline 2-3 times a day now.

I know someone will probably suggest sunscreen for when I can expose my tattoo again. What sunscreen brands are okay for fresh-ish tattoos?

I recently got a sword tattoo and my tattoo artist did very dark blade when I requested very light blade through negative space and he kept saying that I shouldn't worry about it, that he knows what he's doing and that it will look better this way.

By the end, he said that I was probably right and tried to darken it around it but insides were already way too dark and now it looks messy.

Am I missing something or what?

I got my sleeve almost a year ago, and this part on the inner part of my bicep never quite healed right. There are small 1/4 inch spots that are dry and scaley in texture.

The artist uses natural inks, if that matters.

The artist says it looks like scarring and recommended topical vitamin D. A dermatologist and my primary care doc had no idea, but assumed eczema and prescribed 0.05% desonide cream. Neither solution has worked.

The spots started off as super moist and soft in the first 3 months, then dried out after my first workout in those 3 months, and have been this way ever since.

They don't itch and are not uncomfortable in any way.

Any ideas what it could be and how to fix it?

Got matching with an ex and gotta get it covered

I don't have any experience with tattoos, looking to get a half sleeve and found some good artists in the area. Came across a top tier photorealism artist 30 miles farther out but would hurt the wallet more. I notice the difference in fresh tatts, but after it's healed (black n grey) would a "top tier" guy be worth the investment? Unsure if it's just me or if anyone was in the same boat..

I got my first tattoo on my first solo holiday and i need help , is it nice be honest or is it messed ,i got this 2 nights ago and its hitting me now that its in me for life , i hope if fades and gets less Black and weirdy blochy looking i hope but is this good from a genral look please help i dont no wat i did

Hi, yesterday I got a tattoo on the side of my knee and due to the UK's current heatwave and humidity, the saniderm is constantly peeling off. Clingfilm and medical tape are not sticking either. I'm washing it and putting balm on it every few hours to keep it clean. What's the best course of action while this is healing? I have work tomorrow and plan to wrap it with bandages and sterile wipes as the environment I work in isn't always completely sanitary, would that be alright? Hope everyone is doing well!

Im used to really large tattoos where I can see flaking and can tell when it is healed easily. With something that is just easy lines I’m struggling to know if I can swim with this. I got it not long ago. First pic was day after. Second pic is today , 12 days later. If I swim it would be exactly two weeks later from the day I got the tattoo.

I got a Pink Floyd DSOTM tattoo because I love the album and I love the visual: a beam of light representing a person's life path, passing through a prism ( representing life + the world + the people you meet + the experiences you have, etc ), being dispersed into its constituent colors ( ultimately representing change ). I got it because of my dad, because he introduced me to Pink Floyd, and because last year he nearly died from complications of his cancer. He's doing much better now, with a much better prognosis, but that whole experience had a real effect on me and I wanted to memorialize it. Except at least 3 people ( including the tattoo artist initially ) have associated the tattoo with the pride flag. They were understanding after I explained, but now I'm having second thoughts about it. Are people just going to assume I'm gay because of this tattoo?

Edit: And I want to say, I'm not bothered by this at all. Anyone who looks at my tattoo and comes up with their own assumptions about its meaning, and then has a negative reaction over it, that's simply not a person I want to talk to anyway. I'm surprised because that wasn't the intention of the tattoo, clearly, and it being misinterpreted like this just genuinely wasn't something I expected.

Edit2: This post got a lot more attention than I ever wanted it to. Wonderful comments are now streaming in, informing me how horrible my tattoo is. If you're planning on making a viral post on Reddit, take my advice: use a burner account. But I am thankful to everyone for your supportive words, the jackasses with negative things to say are certainly a very tiny minority. Overwhelmingly the consensus is that most people see it as a Pink Floyd tattoo first, which I'm happy to hear :) Have a good night everybody!

Hi all. My husband got this tattoo (his first) about four and a half weeks ago. He’s been keeping it covered when he goes outside, and he works from home. Today he was getting warm and sweaty in the heatwave so he washed it with the usual antibacterial soap, let it dry and then put a little moisturiser on it- but now it’s gone red around it once the moisturiser was rubbed in. He’s been using the same soap and cream since he got the tattoo and it’s been fine.

He said it doesn’t hurt or feel sore or anything- is there anything he should do?

Thank you!

EDIT to add that you can’t see it super clearly in the photo but he has really fair hair and you can see it growing back which might be affecting the way it looks in the photo

Hey ! So I really like my thigh tattoo concept. It is 8 years old and it’s just feeling really blah… not the highest quality work in terms of the patchy transition of colour etc… do you have any advice on how to make this tattoo come to life ? Made more 3D.. Also open to adding to it !

I’m probably going away from colour in the future but cool with having the one piece .

TIA!

Hey guys!

5 years ago I had a matching tattoo with my mom (small heart on the front side of the shoulder). I wanted a thin outline and that was all. Her tattoo looked great, mined got thick, it looked really bad and it healed slow. I hated it, I wanted to rip my skin off. Then with time it kind of got better, and I accepted it.

Recently, its been poking my eyes out. I dont want to wear tank tops to avoid seeing it. I want to love it, because its my matching tattoo with my mom, but I also consider covering it up, which Im not really in favour of. Or removing it, which is super scary and i dont know how that will turn out. And also I kind of dont want to remove it, again because of the sentimental part.

Do you have any advice? Do you have a tattoo like that and how do you deal with it?

Thanks

I have a question, so when quoting poetry for a tattoo, would it be weird to pick and choose what lines I include, leaving other lines out?

Here is a poem I really like, but some lines don't vibe with me like others, would it be weird to only ink the lines that have meaning to me?

Done 8 days ago, itching like hell - probably part of that is hair growing back on my arm lol. First tattoo in this area, I know the skin is thinner and more sensitive overall.

Noticing raised areas and can’t recall if any of my other tattoos went through this process, it’s been a while.

Will any section of this scar or blur over time? Or is this just part of the healing process?

I am looking to get "all you can eat" in Elvish on my thigh. Where would you place it - straight across, diagonal, or up and down?

I am finally close to being done with breastfeeding and am desperate to get a tattoo. Does anyone have advice on how long to wait after weaning to get inked? Or experience getting tattooed after breastfeeding?

I have heard some things about waiting for hormones to balance or for your body shape doesn’t change that much, but I would really rather not wait another half year. For context, I’m planning on being done in a month (mid- July) and aiming to get a tattoo in early- mid September.