My new tattoo

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-05-20 02:29pm

This is a pic of my right ankle taken just hours after having it done:

It's now pretty much healed, but is beginning to itch, and is dirty as hell coz I can't wash it.

Dartzap · Post by **Dartzap** » 2004-05-20 03:56pm

It looks sore

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-05-20 04:10pm

CAN'T WASH IT?????

Who in the FUCK told you that shit?

WASH IT, NOW!

The Care and Feeding of New Tattoos, by Frank Hipper:

Upon leaving the shop with your new tattoo, it should be bandaged lightly and sparingly covered with an antibacterial ointment. Never use an anti bacterial cream, they contain bleaches that adversely affect the ink.

The bandage may be removed after 4 hours.

Wash your tattoo gently in warm, soapy water EVERY DAY! Dirt leads to infection, infection leads to one screwed up looking tattoo.

In applying the antibacterial ointment, it is important to apply it very lightly. Too heavy a slathering will inhibit the formation of scabbing, and the healing process.

Scabs are your tattoo's protective crust; while healing your tattoo will itch badly, slap it, DON'T SCRATCH IT!

I'm quite possibly the board's most heavily tattooed person, trust me on this.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2004-05-20 09:22pm

no offense, but i don't like the dragonfly. it's too.. amateurish.

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-05-20 11:32pm

My artists have both said bandage it for one hour, then wash it gently with antibacterial soap and water. Then use antibacterial ointment for one day. Then nonscented lotion till it finishes scabbing.

Nice tattoo, but take better care of it! It's an OPEN WOUND.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-05-21 03:16am

Antitrek: that's the red pen he used to make possible alterations. And the fact that a 4" open wound is sore.

Frank, hon, it's not my first

The reason I'm not getting it wet is because every tattoo studio i've been to has told me that after the intial rinse with water not to get it wet. So I'm not.

I would never use antibacterial anything unless I had a bacterial infection because antibacterial soaps sre the work of the devil. I use Tattoo Goo.
It's not infected: It's not even itching and is currently in the snakeskin phase of healing.

Oh, and you forgot to warn me about direct sunlight, soap, and other drying and fading agents

Kojikun: Fuck off. I didn't post pics of my permanent body modifications for you to insult them. You wanna critique art? Go critique something that can be changed.

Meest · Post by **Meest** » 2004-05-21 04:54am

InnerBrat wrote:Kojikun: Fuck off. I didn't post pics of my permanent body modifications for you to insult them. You wanna critique art? Go critique something that can be changed.

Whoa calm down a bit, not everyone is going to like your tattoo, no need to chew people out.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2004-05-21 05:28am

Cool. Your foot looks sexy

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-05-21 05:48am

InnerBrat wrote:Antitrek: that's the red pen he used to make possible alterations. And the fact that a 4" open wound is sore.

Frank, hon, it's not my first

The reason I'm not getting it wet is because every tattoo studio i've been to has told me that after the intial rinse with water not to get it wet. So I'm not.

WTF?

I would never use antibacterial anything unless I had a bacterial infection because antibacterial soaps sre the work of the devil. I use Tattoo Goo.
It's not infected: It's not even itching and is currently in the snakeskin phase of healing.

Tattoo Goo, so I've heard, is pretty good, but have never used it. What's it like?

Oh, and you forgot to warn me about direct sunlight, soap, and other drying and fading agents

I thought about that earlier when I was surfing another board and advising people on the paing of under-the-shoulder tattoos..

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-05-21 06:55am

verilon wrote:
The reason I'm not getting it wet is because every tattoo studio i've been to has told me that after the intial rinse with water not to get it wet. So I'm not.
WTF?

Water dries the skin, especially with soap. Dry skin ->flakey skin -> badly healed tattoo. Dry skin also -> tight skin -> flakey scab -> badly healed tattoo.
Water bad. Lotion good.

Tattoo Goo, so I've heard, is pretty good, but have never used it. What's it like?

s'good.
I used it on my last, and that went without a hitch. Keeps the area supple, easy on, cools, relives itching.
I like

Post by **Zaia** » 2004-05-21 08:59am

*takes notes to be prepared for own first tattoo*

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2004-05-21 09:00am

i decree that you shall get an additional tatoo: one of a man pushing a lawnmower through your crotch.

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2004-05-21 10:59am

Showin' a bit of the ankle eh? Getting a bit friskey are we?[/pervert from 1850]

Crown · Post by **Crown** » 2004-05-21 11:56am

See, I was going to get a tattoo, but then I realised that it would interfere in my career as an international assassin/man of mystery if I had a distinguishing feature like a tattoo - oops! I've said to much!

Where is Bean and his amnesia dust when you need him?

Post by **Ghost Rider** » 2004-05-21 11:58am

Crown wrote:See, I was going to get a tattoo, but then I realised that it would interfere in my career as an international assassin/man of mystery if I had a distinguishing feature like a tattoo - oops! I've said to much!

Where is Bean and his amnesia dust when you need him?

Amnesia dust is for wusses.

What you use is Superman's patented KISS OF DO...FORGETFULNESS.

It allows you a free feel up on women folk and they don't remember the next day.

As for the Tatoo...very nice, IB.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-05-21 12:54pm

It looks pretty cool to me and more unique than most of the stuff I see people getting.

As of this year we have a new rule were I work where tattoos can't be visible when you are working. "It's unprofessional"

Which is pretty funny if you've ever lived in Tucson or even other parts of Arizona. Anyway, the rule has been a bit of a problem for some of the women who like to wear skirts and have tattoos on their ankles. It makes me wonder what they would do if someone had tattoo sleaves like many career Navy guys, or if someone had one of those tribal tattoos on their face like Mike Tyson?

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-05-21 01:13pm

Tsyroc wrote:As of this year we have a new rule were I work where tattoos can't be visible when you are working. "It's unprofessional" Which is pretty funny if you've ever lived in Tucson or even other parts of Arizona. Anyway, the rule has been a bit of a problem for some of the women who like to wear skirts and have tattoos on their ankles. It makes me wonder what they would do if someone had tattoo sleaves like many career Navy guys, or if someone had one of those tribal tattoos on their face like Mike Tyson?

My sister's a teacher, and she has to keep all hers covered.

I guess it depends on the job. I dont' see them enforcing it on academics.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2004-05-21 01:38pm

InnerBrat wrote: I guess it depends on the job. I dont' see them enforcing it on academics.

In this case it must have been someone's pet peeve. Most of the people working there wear scrubs all the time. How professional do people look in pajamas anyway?

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-05-21 04:09pm

Using antibacterial ointment, or even vaseline, would allow you to wash regularly and not worry about drying, that's why I never even thought of it.

I swear by Neosporin, it really does promote faster healing.

InnerBrat · Post by **InnerBrat** » 2004-05-21 04:26pm

Frank Hipper wrote:Using antibacterial ointment, or even vaseline, would allow you to wash regularly and not worry about drying, that's why I never even thought of it.

I swear by Neosporin, it really does promote faster healing.

I've been told a thousand times not to even think about vaseline, except as a way to keep dry during a shower, as long as you remove it straight after.

It's doing fine. Tattoo Goo's fantastic.

The Duchess of Zeon · Post by **The Duchess of Zeon** » 2004-05-21 05:24pm

Is it possible that there is a different method for applying tatoos in the UK that leads to these virtually opposite methods of treatment?

It is very nice, incidently, though a bit on the shiney side, but I assume that is just the camera.

Frank Hipper · Post by **Frank Hipper** » 2004-05-21 05:47pm

The Duchess of Zeon wrote:Is it possible that there is a different method for applying tatoos in the UK that leads to these virtually opposite methods of treatment?

It is very nice, incidently, though a bit on the shiney side, but I assume that is just the camera.

There are different methods of care espoused all over the place, but the actual techinques are the same.
I heard a horror story told to me by a tattooist, one I wouldn't let touch me with a gun in a million years BTW, how when a tattoo virgin asked for tips on how to keep it clean, he told them to scrub it with a wire brush!

The shinyness is because it was brand spankin' new when photographed.

Tattoo trivia:
The first modern electric tattoo gun was patented in the U.S. in 1891.

Modern western tattooing with steel needles and electric guns is more painful than traditional Asian tattooing done by hand with bamboo needles, but not as painful as Polynesian bone needles.

Post by **haas mark** » 2004-05-21 08:53pm

InnerBrat wrote:
verilon wrote:
The reason I'm not getting it wet is because every tattoo studio i've been to has told me that after the intial rinse with water not to get it wet. So I'm not.
WTF?
Water dries the skin, especially with soap. Dry skin ->flakey skin -> badly healed tattoo. Dry skin also -> tight skin -> flakey scab -> badly healed tattoo.
Water bad. Lotion good.

Well, I knew THAT much... but to *stay away* from water completely?

Comosicus · Post by **Comosicus** » 2004-05-22 05:56am

It looks pretty nice. I hope you'll enjoy it. I'm not a fan of tatoos but if you wanted it so be it