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How to Fix a Tattoo That Healed Patchy: A Step-by-Step Guide
A tattoo that healed patchy is one of the more deflating experiences in the process. You waited weeks, cared for it as best you could, and ended up with spots...
Is My Tattoo Infected or Just Irritated?
The single most reliable way to tell the difference: track the direction of change. Normal healing irritation gets better each day. Infection gets worse. A tattoo that looks angry on...
Should You Exfoliate a Tattoo? A Guide for Before and After
There are two situations where exfoliation and tattoos intersect: before a session, and on healed ink. In both cases the answer is yes, with conditions. Exfoliating a healed tattoo removes...
Tattoo Ink Allergy: Symptoms, Causes, and What to Do
Yes, you can be allergic to tattoo ink. True allergies are uncommon, but they happen, and they can appear immediately after a tattoo, during the healing phase, or on a...
What Does "Overworked" Skin Mean in Tattooing? An Insider's Guide
Overworked skin is what happens when a tattoo needle passes over the same area too many times, deposits more trauma than the skin can cleanly absorb, and leaves tissue that...
Is It Normal for a New Tattoo to Be Raised?
Yes. A new tattoo being raised, bumpy, and slightly swollen is a normal part of the healing process. Your body is responding to what just happened: thousands of needle punctures...
Can You Put Sunscreen on a New Tattoo?
No. Not while it's still healing. A healing tattoo is an open wound, and applying sunscreen to an open wound causes irritation, traps bacteria, and disrupts the repair process. Sunscreen...
Can You Get a Tattoo If You Have Eczema?
Yes, you can get a tattoo with eczema. Many people with eczema do, with good results. The conditions that make it safe are specific: the skin at the tattoo site...
Can You Get a Tattoo While Sick with a Cold?
No. Getting a tattoo while sick is a bad idea for three reasons: it impairs how your tattoo heals, it makes the session harder than it needs to be, and...
Infected Tattoo: Symptoms, What's Normal, and What to Do
A new tattoo is a wound. Redness, warmth, mild swelling, and soreness in the first two to three days are part of normal healing. The skin is inflamed because it...
Is It Normal for a New Tattoo to Crack While Healing?
Light flaking and peeling is normal. Deep cracking is not. If your tattoo is splitting open in defined fissures, looking rough and tight, or causing pain when you move, that's...
Tattoo Blowout: What It Is, What Causes It, and How to Fix It
Tattoo blowout is what happens when ink gets pushed past the dermis and into the fat layer underneath. Instead of sitting in the stable middle layer where it belongs, the...