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ChrisMercer
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So here is my tattoo.

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My question, why is the white ink in my mountains leaving my skin so quickly? It's been 2 days and only about half of the white ink has held to the skin. I've been doing everything you're supposed to with the aftercare. i have a touch up in a month, but is the white just going to die out again? I'm pissed it looked dope with the white caps and white water ripples. Also I was reading that white may turn to yellow after a few years, has anyone experienced this?

Jun 28 2008 3:48AM
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k-rob
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fter your touch up everything should be okay. i think that white turning to yellow depends on the amount of oil in your skin and your pigmentation. i'm pretty sure that darker your skin is, the more yellow the white will become after a long time. but you don't have dark skin so i wouldn't worry about that. dope tat btw.



Jun 28 2008 3:51AM
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comeatmebro
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that's weird. my cousin was going to get a tat that was identical to that. it was a lot more complex but pretty much same concept. damn.
Jun 28 2008 3:59AM
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Korbit
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I have a tattoo that has a lot of white in it....it just takes a while... give it time.... it took a long time for me to be able to notice the white. but if its been a few months...than thats a problem. go to ur tattoo artist and get him to re do it if thats the case...but def give it time
Jun 28 2008 4:08AM
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pho[tog]rapher
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i am no help to your question, but that's def a cool concept. idk if you thought it up, but i like it.
Jun 28 2008 9:21AM
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j-d-s
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The only thing i can think of is that your artist used the wrong size needle for that white section. Same thing happened to me. If your going in for a touch up though everything should be sweet after that.

Jun 28 2008 9:46AM
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ChrisMercer
Posts: 351 - Karma: 30
alright....i'll stop freaking out.....but damn im pissed. it looks like its half white and half skin. ;(
Jun 28 2008 7:31PM
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thelazyboy
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heres the solution ,

paint the rest of your skin black , it will make you inherently cooler and your tattoo will look dope
Jun 28 2008 8:48PM
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ChrisMercer
Posts: 351 - Karma: 30
^ he's having me use 5 days of "A + D" 4-5 times a day, then 2 weeks of lotion, currell non-fragrence.
Jun 28 2008 9:00PM
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skogenchick
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DUDE!!! dont use A/D its too harsh, get some bacitracin, its all i use, and only use that for the 1st two days and only after you wash it and can feel your tattoo get a little crusty. after that move onto lotion, DON'T PICK AT YOUR TATTOO. lotion as much as you can, fragrence in anything is BIG no-no, like when you wash it in the shower don't use anything with fragn. in it, i prefer Dove body wash for sensitive skin.

if you have any questions feel free to message me, i work at a tattoo shop so i hear them all.
Jun 28 2008 9:05PM
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ChrisMercer
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^ i just can't take this girl seriously.
Jun 28 2008 10:05PM
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St.Steezy
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skin can reject certain colors, maybe white doesn't work well.
Jun 29 2008 2:54AM
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anthony_B
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I dig the tat... After yo u get a touch up the white should be fine, I have a some white ink and it looks good and is very clear.
Jun 29 2008 7:18AM
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