I got this the day before yesterday and the pain has been severe. On the advice of a friend of a friend who is a tattoo artist, I went to urgent care today and was prescribed cephlaxin and mupirocin ointment. The tattoo was a cover up of stuff from years ago and my friend's friend thinks it was seriously overworked. I'm hoping there's still a chance it might heal okay. Just wondering if anyone has had experience with this.

hi, i have wanted to get a tattoo to remember a pet dog. he hasn't passed yet but is getting on and looking for ideas beyond just a portrait. I've seen these pets in mechs (https://www.instagram.com/pisatche) anyone else have any quirky artist I could look at (hopefully UK based)

so my fiance and i went to the pirate museum in st. augustine a few years ago. i’m a big pirate guy. loved pirates as a kid, still think they’re cool as hell, and have always wanted to get a skull and crossbones tattoo.

this is a pic of one of the oldest surviving pirate flags. it’s sick af and i want to get it tattooed on me. problem is, i don’t want people thinking i’m a nazi or something.

am i overthinking this? any advice/two cents?

Hello folks! This is my second tattoo I’ve gotten. Now it’s just over 2 weeks old. It’s from a pretty popular artist and I was really excited about the design, but now I’m still a little concerned that it looks kind of faded and blurry. Am I just tripping? Should I be worried or go back and get it touched up? I appreciate any advice!

Would they just end up turning into black blobs eventually

Hi, this is my first tattoo and I’m not sure if this is a reaction to the second skin that was used or something worse?
The redness started about the morning after taking the second skin off and seems to follow where the second skin was. (Around 4 days post tattoo)

Just got it from someone who’s an amateur she did a good job just feeling like it needs something else any suggestions?

I’m getting one of these tattoo in my armpit. I scheduled an appointment for this tattoo before but change locations. I’m getting this tomorrow.
I have multiple tattoos and am aware of what I’ve signed up for. I would like to hear about the healing process for this location.
What was your experience like? Should I know something I haven’t thought of?
I’m prepared for no deodorant until it’s healed (obviously). Washing multiple times a day.
I am a pretty sweaty person so I’m getting nervous about the healing.
The tattoo will be black and white.

Got this 4 x 4 scratchy done Oct 6th. All my other tattoos are much smaller and not filled in like this one, so I'm not sure what to expect as it heals. I went through the peeling phase already, but it feels raised and overall looks/feels very dry. My artist said to wash and use a light layer of lubriderm lotion. Should I be doing anything else at this point? Thanks for the advice!

We got completely carried away by how cute all of the flashes were (and how the one we chose had meaning to us), that we forgot to check the artists experience.

She seems to be starting out so the lines aren’t great and the stencil looked different from what we actually got. To me it honestly felt like just a tracing situation than an actual drawing of the stencil and bird.

I know tattoos need to be completely healed to get them laser removed, but my question is:

“is there a way to make them start to fade away while they’re still in their healing process?”

We got them about three days ago now.

Any help is appreciated, we’re not new to tattoos, but definitely got caught up in the whole “hey there’s a pop-up tattoo at this event, we should get these since we want matching ones!”

To me the eyes and face seem to be whats bothering me the most. They look more cartoonish rather than real.

Added pictures of both tattoos and the stencil for reference.

Out of my 9 tattoos, I've never had reddening of any kind around aside from general line work. This was taken shortly after leaving the shop.

It's a local and respected artist, I have 4 done by him so I trust his work and cleanliness.

Hii I got this tatto done 2 says ago by a friend who said hed do it for 100 bucks, im kinda starting to regret getting it now since he kinda didn't do much shading and messed up the skull shape, idk if its just my paranoid mind telling me its bad or if it actually is bad

Edit:thabks for the opinions guys it really makes me feel better about it, ill probably get it abit more shaded later down the line

I’ve been in the tattoo industry for three years and I’ve been tattooing for two and a half years. Within that time i’ve been able to establish a pretty solid clientele, and I feel like i’ve put everything into my job, and that it’s fully become my life. I’m so grateful for everything tattooing has brought, and it’s genuinely been my dream job since childhood. The issue is i’ve also had ocd my whole life; and most of my compulsions are centered around contamination and they have now shifted to focusing around my career. it’s the act of tattooing and dealing with blood, needles, as well as hyper fixing on every single piece i do and hating it. it’s been like this since the first tattoo ive done, and i thought it would get easier, but instead recently it’s become extremely unbearable. I’m at a crossroads since all i ever have wanted to be is a tattoo artist, and i am so in love with tattoos and tattooing, but recently especially the act of tattooing has been eating me alive. i want this to be for me, i’ve never wanted anything as much, but im afraid that maybe this isn’t for me. I’m debating on taking some time off to focus on my mental health and try to recover since it’s not only tattooing ocd, but my ocd in general has been absolutely unbearable, i feel like im constantly suffocating and going to be sick. i also don’t want to do anything rash, i keep telling myself that maybe this could just be a tiny break, and i can always come back once im mentally doing better, but i still feel like a complete failure and i can’t get over not being a tattoo artist anymore. If anyone has some experience with this, or general advice it would be appreciated.

I have around 8 tattoos on various parts of my body (side of and above the knee, shoulder, most of my forearm, collarbone, back of my arm, etc.), and today I went in to get a tattoo on the underside of my wrist.

Not even 5 minutes in, I had a vasovagal response, which I’ve only had once before when I was having an IV inserted into the top of my hand. Super not fun, but I would really like to go back and finish the tattoo.

Would numbing cream possibly prevent this response? I know it affects the tattoo process, but I care less about that and more about not having just a line on my wrist lol.

***Included the tattoo I was going to get for placement reference

Edit: All of the advice is suuuuper helpful! I made sure to eat, but maybe I should have had more, and will definitely be lying down next time.

This is my first tattoo so I’d really like some advice.

i’m turning 18 soon and want to get a tattoo for my 18th birthday, the issue is i don’t know how to tell if an artist is good at tattoos, i actually don’t know anything about them.
i want to pick a good artist, who does tattoos that age well, any advice ?

I am on day 3 and the hummingbird has a little blob on its belly. Hoping it's not bad!

I'm planning to get the text above tattooed. It's in reference to the kid's movie Matilda, and it's the font they used for the title of the movie.

It just hit me that this might look like a tattoo dedicated to someone. Do you think it will, and do you think it will be much of an issue if it does?

The job i work at requires us to wear jeans, is there a way for me to heal hip tattoos while working? i can get maybe 2-3 days off but thats the most i can do and i know jeans will cause irritation. Any advice?

I have 4 small (palm-sized and smaller) black and gray tattoos. I am now getting a full color patchwork sleeve done, had my first session yesterday with an experienced but new to me artist. My artist started by designing a section at the top of my arm and a section on the top forearm. He did the outline of both designs, and said they should heal for 30 days and then I could come back for color and shading. Is this how it normally works? I was expecting to leave the session with one full color section complete, not two outlined sections. I'm not at all upset, just curious.

The ink fell out and it’s now tender and scabby. I’ve been cleaning it regularly. Do I need to go to a walk in clinic or should I wait it out? Any over the counter medicine you’d recommend?

I'm unsure as to what direction to go next for my tattoo. I like the asymmetry of keeping one side of my body tattooed. For the time being I'm going to forego any work on my arms or neck/upper chest, but I wanted to get something done on my torso. I was thinking of doing a try climbing up my torso on the same side as my current tattoo, with branches to sort of cover the more naked area between my tattoo and shoulder. Possibly in like a bold blackwork style? I'm not sure if that would look well with some of the finer line work of the current tattoo.

I'm going to keep lurking for ideas but any suggestions would be much appreciated :) thanks

i was in icu so i had some marks on my forearm which gives me trauma what shouls i get there are 4 dot like marks