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10 days is too early to tell. Might just be bruising. Aside from blow-outs (which occur during the tattooing application) ink does not migrate once it's been applied.

i got a reply from the tattoo artist guys 🙂 i was getting worried. i probably would have tried to book him on a later date if he hadnt replied but good thing he did.

Nobody else will ever look at it that closely! (Not even a spouse/partner.)

Your tattoo looks good!

Yeah, Hogrider is right. Just enjoy your tattoo. Quit staring at it with a microscope. You will hate it more if you have the artist start futzing with it. I have NEVER looked at any of my many, many tattoos with such scrutiny. It is an art form, FFS. Enjoy your art. Stop obsessing.

If I was the artist I'd tell you to take a hike. "Fixing" tattoos makes them worse more often than better in my experience. The tattoo isn't even healed and you're complaining about it. Rushing to "fix" something is a recipe for disaster. I can't tell you how many times I was getting tattooed and someone came in with some shitty glob of ink on their body crying about how they hated their tattoo so they ran out and got a coverup and now it's even worse. You've basically got a lot of lines. They can't move them, they can only tattoo over them. My honest recommendation is "Don't get any more tattoos." Tattooing is an art, not a science. There is no such thing as a perfect tattoo. Your expectations are very unrealistic, in my humble opinion anyway. Sorry to be so harsh, but I think you need a wake up call.

Shit, I'd be thrilled just to get the artist I'm interested in to respond to my email.

Topics of and/or subject matter for something as major as a sleeve shouldn't get much input from strangers . . . 🤐