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Yep. It's not really possible to lighten the wrist outcome without some laser work 1st. 
The ankle could be reworked and added to to make it more crisp overall. 
Finding the right new artist for either case is paramount. 

Indeed. I did 6 hours x 6 times for my left leg. 

Indeed. I did 6 hours x 6 times for my left leg. 

Yeah, I'd be curious about their "guaranteed placement" claim and results. Ask for references from previous students and literally go talk to as many as you can. 

hundreds of thousands of people have had laser removal with no adverse side effects. 

The ink goes UNDER the skin, you can’t wash it off. See your artist about a touch up.

Update on this - the gnarly section did heal pretty poorly, but nothing that we can't touch up.  One more session left, which will include fixing the damage done to her gun section.  I love how this is turning out

It's been awhile since I posted, worked with my artist Brian to come up with this sweet wolf idea:  Had the linework done today, just need to get back in to get the color filled in.
Super happy how it's coming out so far, grateful being able to share with you all who appreciate/understand the process/result!

I do like it, thank you. It was a long journey to get to this point. 
 

Read alllll the other threads about this very same topic:
Keep it clean and dry. You are putting too much shit on it and smothering it. If it isn't hot with puss, it likely isn't infected.

Not sure why...I can see it. Ah well. Here's my artist's Instagram. He posted pics and a video of my new cover up.
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbAtW_xrNRN/

looks too fresh to make any judgement

looks too fresh to make any judgement

what else is planned besides the dragon? 
the paw prints could be hidden in the shade of something - a building or whatever . . . but alot depends on what else is going back there . . . 

tattoo regret should be a different forum all together. 

tattoo regret should be a different forum all together. 

Read up on tattoo regret before you go all the way. The good news is that it goes away, but you should know about it so you don't freak if you get it. I've never had it so I can't help you with it.

Started out with sleeves myself .. and only afraid of showing my mommy 😆

ouch!

As long as it's not red, swollen, hot or painful then you're on track. It'll take 4-6 weeks to completely heal. 

Not too busy at all. 

I just had some more added to the dove and clock to try and tie both images up. I was happy with it but wanted to fill the gaps so I added the cloud and sun rays. I think it looks quite busy and am still getting used to it but I did want to tie both images up so I’m happy to complete it! It’s only been a week so still healing yet. 🙂 


 

Thank you all for your help. Unfortunately the tattoo was really bad, I will ask another tattoo artist to redo or touch up it with thicker strokes in a few months.

Looks overly faded to me. How long has that tattooist been a tattooist? Do you know other people who have had work from him/her?

I'm still waiting for a response to my question from last April. Otherwise still the same opinion.