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Anytime you have a tattoo that’s that small and composed only of a few lines, many of which are either straight or circular, you are going to see flaws. There is no “touch up” that’s going to make it look any better. It would more than likely ruin it altogether. My advice would be to live with it awhile and see if it grows on you. If not, you’d have a lot of options to cover it up if you go to a good artist and give them some freedom. Best of luck!


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I have full sleeves. And I've NEVER had an issue before.

IMHO the best way to protect it would be to skip exercise classes until it’s a little more healed. I don’t go to the gym or do any type of intentional exercising until it’s about a week and a half to 2 weeks healed.


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Thanks for the reply’s everyone, I know it’s what it means to me but equally don’t want to be getting something that represent something I’m unaware of if that makes sense?
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So I love this post. I was starting to feel ridiculous about complaining. I feel like my artist was WAY overly heavy handed though. I can barely walk without being in pain. I did just get mine yesterday though. It bled all night and theres actually a small cut on his ear. I can't take anything but tylenol due to my NSAID allergy, but if anyone has suggestions I'm willing to try. I love this tattoo but I dont want it infected and I would LOVE for it to stop being so swollen and painful. 

Watching a tattoo heal is one of the most stressful things I think I've ever done, especially in an area that's so visible.

So don’t watch it heal so closely. The only real communality in healing tattoos is that it takes time. Give it a month or two. Hands are delicate areas and move a lot and tend to take longer to heal.

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Not sure if anyone will read this now as it's such an old thread, but worth a go. 
I had a tattoo on the back of my calf just over a week ago now and it's still very painful, especially to walk, stand from sitting or stop/start walking, I don't know if that is just where the tattoo is tightening where it's scabbing or something else. It's the first tattoo I have in this area so all new to me. I let it dry out a few days ago as I had put too much lotion it it. Its still got the plasma coming from it and yesterday there was quite a lot - made my trouser leg quite wet! 
I phoned the non-emergency phone number here and they have advised me to phone my doctor in the next 3 days - they will open at 8:30 tomorrow morning. If I post some photos, I'm hoping for someone to be able to give their opinion on it too. 
The tattoo is black/grey but at the start of healing there was a lot of plasma/blood leaking out so the red scabbing I'm not sure if it's from that. I've been at work all week and spend all day on my feet, so not had chance to keep my leg raised. I've also added a photo of it when it was first done so you can see what it's meant to look like. 

If it were me I wouldn’t be putting ointment or any heavy lotions on it at this point. Those are to avoid heavy scabbing. Looks like you are already scabbing heavily. Be careful showering and don’t smother it or you run the risk of swelling the scabs and them falling off early. Probably going to take longer to heal and you may need a touch up.


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You are right it’s not accurate or a good way of comparing cost and I honestly thought goods and services in the U.S. and South Africa were closer. 600-800 seems like a pretty normal shop minimum after looking at a few well reviewed shops.

I’d see what the shop says about it. It really doesn’t look like it was applied well from the pictures. As long as it’s no longer open I’d try putting some aloe on it to help with the scarring. That and time could really help settle the scarring.


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Yes 700 rand to me that's a lot of money I only work once a year due to high unemployment rates and my race. 

Yes this was done in a shop by the shop owner. I paid 700 bucks for this. I live in South Africa. 

Go to an artist you trust and let them draw on you. Go in with a loose, general idea and give them enough freedom to make something work. I’d expect geometric patterns to be a bit more difficult for a cover up because you’ll need to completely cover or utilize the existing lines. Expect to go quite a bit bigger than what you have there.


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If it’s just those little areas I wouldn’t worry too much about it. The tattoo is still very new. If it’s obviously not infected I don’t see the reason for putting antiseptic on an already irritated section of skin. If it were me, I’d leave it be and let it heal and settle then see about touching the spot up if some of the ink fell out.


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Seems reasonable that it could be altered. Any pics? I had a cover up done of a solid black tattoo. My artist was able to pound green into it and have it show over some of the black.


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I need to clarify. The muscle ache goes away when I put lotion on, but when I don’t it aches.

I’m still experiencing muscle ache and very little weakness on my arm when I don’t put lotion on. When I do, I don’t experience this.

An “artist” didn’t do that. No way it was done in a legitimate tattoo shop either. Do yourself a favor and go to a real tattooer for the cover up. I hope whoever did this used sterile equipment at least. You’re lucky if all you got was a crappy tattoo out of it.


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Back progress. 3 sessions in. I will probably start a reaper back thread eventually.


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Where did you get this done?


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He said as long as it isn’t hurting it should be fine based on the inner ankle location and slow healing process.

Not normal. Doesn’t t look like a well done tattoo at all. Where did you have this done?


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Pick an artist based on their portfolio matching the style of tattoo you want not necessarily subject matter. Know that whatever you are imagining will need to be adjusted at least some to be adapted into a tattoo. Bring the artist references. The more specific you want your tattoo the more references you should bring. Bring references for subject matter as well as tattoo style. Bring references you like and maybe some you don’t so you can talk through it with the artist. Be open to suggestions from the artist as well. Definitely don’t bring someone else’s artwork and expect him/her to tattoo it on you. Don’t even ask.


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