I got my first tattoo about five years ago and never got it touched up (mainly because I'm a huge slacker). I got my second tattoo today and decided to get the one on my back touched up while I was there. About half of it had to be done and the artist warned me that the blacks might not match, but that we would cross that bridge if/when it came to it. I guess I abstractly knew that the touched up bits would be much more intensely black than the 5 year old bits, but I didn't REALLY realize it until I saw it today. So I'm just wondering how the newly re-done black bits will end up fading once the tattoo heals. Is it going to be much more obviously black or will it kind of fade to a similar level as the old bits?
Partial Touch Up Question
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I got my first tattoo about five years ago and never got it touched up (mainly because I'm a huge slacker). I got my second tattoo today and decided to get the one on my back touched up while I was there. About half of it had to be done and the artist warned me that the blacks might not match, but that we would cross that bridge if/when it came to it. I guess I abstractly knew that the touched up bits would be much more intensely black than the 5 year old bits, but I didn't REALLY realize it until I saw it today. So I'm just wondering how the newly re-done black bits will end up fading once the tattoo heals. Is it going to be much more obviously black or will it kind of fade to a similar level as the old bits?