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Ok I'll try not to be so paranoid about it! I had always been told scabbing will take colour out but I don't know, as I've always tried to avoid it!
my entire lotus flower tattoo scabbed (see original pic) and the color is still just as vibrant as the day i got it (over a year ago)

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So question for those with ink. As I've just had some done, how to you treat your tattoos after they have been done? Do you use creams? Wrap them? Leave them alone?

I'm in the middle of doing my healing process. I wash the tattoos gently with antibacterial soap. I then pat dry and put on Bepanthen (a nappy rash cream here in the UK) in a thick layer to keep it wet. I then wrap in cling film and rinse and repeat as required. I do this for about a week. I find it stops them from drying out and scabbing which I believe takes the colour out, even though being wrapped in cling makes me feel like a sandwich! :D

lots and lots of aquaphor. dont keep it TOO wet, let it breathe a little. scabbing will happen it wont hurt anything
 
Weird! Suppose different people think different things! The ladybird and bee are healing nicely right now! Not too itchy...yet!
 
All my tats were designed by me.
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All my tats were designed by me.

i really love these, even though it's not my style (i'm an old school-fanatic myself) but the placing is brilliant and from what i can see from the slightly blurry pictures, they're well done.
 
Those are great rich! Nice to see someone else with gamer tattoos!! :D

Oh you have no idea! lol I plan to have my entire body tattooed with gaming memorabilia that filled my childhood with joy. And on a side-note: I've always believed that I'd rather die with my artwork than someone else artwork.

There's this incomplete piece I've designed awhile back that will eventually be tatted on my back:
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I forgot to post up the designs with my tats but here they are:
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Now I can't find the rest of the designs for my other tats. Damn.
 
I don't really have any pictures of mine, but I have a Halloween tattoo on my back, a lotus tattoo on my finger, and a feather (the start of a large piece) on my wrist.

I'm saving to finish the large piece right now. It's hard because I keep using the money for piercings...:mad:
 
Oh you have no idea! lol I plan to have my entire body tattooed with gaming memorabilia that filled my childhood with joy. And on a side-note: I've always believed that I'd rather die with my artwork than someone else artwork.

There's this incomplete piece I've designed awhile back that will eventually be tatted on my back:

I forgot to post up the designs with my tats but here they are:
Now I can't find the rest of the designs for my other tats. Damn.

i know you said i should stooo~p (:D) but the first one is just gorgeous. when do you plan to get it?
 
I plan on getting it entirely on my back. However, that design isn't complete sp I won't get it anytime soon. :/

that's be problem i currently have with my sleeve... i have the funds and the artist but the design's incomplete/not perfect yet.
 
that's be problem i currently have with my sleeve... i have the funds and the artist but the design's incomplete/not perfect yet.

You have the opposite problem to me. I have the exact tattoos in mine that I want I just don't have the money or the artist.
 
Ohhh yes... this is my worry, otherwise I would have had one done already.

Ha not to worry, it actually doesn't hurt that much if you get one in a place that is padded with more body fat. So if you get one on say, a buttcheek or your stomach, it's not going to feel that bad.

I was a macho ******* and went for one right on my sternum for my first time. At some points it felt like someone was sanding my skin off with a red-hot nail file :P The pain kind of grew on me though. Something very cathartic about it
 
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