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New tattoo!

#61
Hey Justin,


Sorry about the pictures! I don't have a digital camera and the friend that i was planning on getting pictures from left her camera at home so she can't get it for a while. Fortunately I talked to a *real* artist about what happened and he said that the Antibacterial stuff was trying to draw the ink out of my skin. I discontinued use and the blisters stopped popping up...my tattoo is all healed now and it's not faded but it does need touching up:(
 
#62
Melf said:
Hey Justin,


Sorry about the pictures! I don't have a digital camera and the friend that i was planning on getting pictures from left her camera at home so she can't get it for a while. Fortunately I talked to a *real* artist about what happened and he said that the Antibacterial stuff was trying to draw the ink out of my skin. I discontinued use and the blisters stopped popping up...my tattoo is all healed now and it's not faded but it does need touching up:(
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No prob, as long as your feeling ok. All tats need fill ins, no big deal... but it should be free.

Either way, after 4pgs of this thread we all need to see pics now... :o

glad your feeling better!... and now your a pro!

:bassist:
 
#65
MAJOR METAL said:
I have seen alot of people getting spider webs right on their elbow, is this a new fassion in tattoos.
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Not really... I've seen them on lots of body joints, thumbs, knees, heels!!!!

My suggestion is to match the general shape of the tat to a body part, i.e. circle/oval=knee, elbow etc. That way... to me.... it looks like it belongs there rather than a splotch of black on the side of a shoulder.

Your body is your temple... adorn it.... don't just mark it.
 
#66
My daughter is a cancer survivor and she said that a lot of the older kids that she saw at camp this winter had tattoos of the Chinese character for "survivor". I would ordinarily be against something like that, but I actually think it's a pretty cool idea.

Kind of funny to think of my very conservative, straight-laced daugher having a tattoo...but I guess she's earned it!!!

As for me, I'd probably get my ear/ears pierced before getting a tattoo...but that's unlikely.
 
#67
BillyB_from_LZ said:
My daughter is a cancer survivor and she said that a lot of the older kids that she saw at camp this winter had tattoos of the Chinese character for "survivor". I would ordinarily be against something like that, but I actually think it's a pretty cool idea.

Kind of funny to think of my very conservative, straight-laced daugher having a tattoo...but I guess she's earned it!!!

As for me, I'd probably get my ear/ears pierced before getting a tattoo...but that's unlikely.
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I think its a good idea.

What would be great is to have the tattoo done over the site of the cancer. If she has a scar from having a tumor removed, I think it would be great to cover it with the tattoo. Imagine turning the site of an ugly scar with a beautiful symbol of strength.

I plan on getting tattoos marking major milestones in my life and one symbolizing the onset of diabetes when I was 10 is an important one.

Also, tattoos arent very taboo or extreeme these days. Not by a longshot. I doubt she will have much trouble fitting into any environment with a tattoo unless its extreemely gaudy.


One last note:
-This past week while I was in Miami, I visited a friend of mine (a priest and teacher from my old HS) and when he saw the tattoo he mentioned that a doctor friend of his told him that a black tattoo like mine increases the chance of skin cancer by an apreciable amount if its exposed to the sun.

Im not sure if its true or not but its worth looking into. I doubt it is though if cancer survivors are having them done.

Peace
Nick
 
#68
Nick man said:
I think its a good idea.

What would be great is to have the tattoo done over the site of the cancer. If she has a scar from having a tumor removed, I think it would be great to cover it with the tattoo. Imagine turning the site of an ugly scar with a beautiful symbol of strength.

I plan on getting tattoos marking major milestones in my life and one symbolizing the onset of diabetes when I was 10 is an important one.

Also, tattoos arent very taboo or extreeme these days. Not by a longshot. I doubt she will have much trouble fitting into any environment with a tattoo unless its extreemely gaudy.


One last note:
-This past week while I was in Miami, I visited a friend of mine (a priest and teacher from my old HS) and when he saw the tattoo he mentioned that a doctor friend of his told him that a black tattoo like mine increases the chance of skin cancer by an apreciable amount if its exposed to the sun.

Im not sure if its true or not but its worth looking into. I doubt it is though if cancer survivors are having them done.

Peace
Nick
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Nick

You should start working on your Priest friend to start getting some tattoo's, some of us younger guys comming up have them so it isint that much out of the norm for the younger clergy.
 
#69
Nick man said:
I plan on getting tattoos marking major milestones in my life and one symbolizing the onset of diabetes when I was 10 is an important one.
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I see every tattoo as a time piece. Every tattoo I own shows the different stages I was at in my life. It brings me back to the time that a got them, and the things that were happening at that point.

Nick man said:
Also, tattoos arent very taboo or extreeme these days. Not by a longshot. I doubt she will have much trouble fitting into any environment with a tattoo unless its extreemely gaudy.
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If people don't like the tattoos that other people have, well thats their tough luck! A tattoo is meant for the person who wears is, no one else.


Nick man said:
One last note:
-This past week while I was in Miami, I visited a friend of mine (a priest and teacher from my old HS) and when he saw the tattoo he mentioned that a doctor friend of his told him that a black tattoo like mine increases the chance of skin cancer by an apreciable amount if its exposed to the sun.
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The body naturally rejects black ink, this is a reason that many tattoos bleed the black ink out while it heals, and leaves holidays(spots where the ink don't take). Sunlight is very bad for tattoos, as is chlorine from pools. It fades them, dries them out, in other words, wrecks them. I'm not sure about the skin cancer thing, but I wouldn't be surprised. Sun alone causes skin cancer, so having black pigment under your skin may help you achieve it quicker.
 

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