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That would be great ... Bryan Randolph 12:00 Saturday.

I am going to mingle and look and meet some poeple I know there, and maybe if Tim or Greg can squeeze in a  banger.  😁
I'll be there all day Saturday
the artist list is amazing
https://capcitytatcon.com/
 
 

I've heard that before. Fortunately, I didn't have any problems with mine at all . . . 

yep. both. some geographically located by body part - some not. 

I've heard that before. Fortunately, I didn't have any problems with mine at all . . . 

yep. both. some geographically located by body part - some not. 

My knee is BRUTAL. It's scabby and still a little warm after six days. I will not be doing my other knee in a hurry because YIKES. 😭  Healing this damn thing is awful.

I have had to have my knuckle/finger tattoos touched up a couple times because of fallout, but I knew that going in, but the top of my hands have held the outlines and color pretty well.
 

Hi Everyone,
 
First time poster here. Been getting tattooed for about 12 years now, all my work is done by the same chap, lovely guy and one of my closest friends. Over the years I've actually ended up with a full bodysuit.
We started my hand tattoos a few months ago and BOY let me tell you... These have been a massive pain.
The first session I had the worst fallout I've experienced to date. I'm used to tattoos not healing perfectly, especially in spots like the elbows and knees and upper inner thigh. But usually it's one or two small portions of lining that once touched up tend to hold a lot better.
Hands? Not the same experience.
 
All around the knuckles and edges of the hands had significant fallout.
 
We ended up doing the lining 3 times to get it to hold and have done the black shading on the edges and knuckles 3 times now also, I've attached a picture of how bad the fallout was from the first session as well as photos of how the tat is currently looking (I'm going to be blacking out the leaves and redoing the rest of the knuckle black again)
A bit of info:
My artist runs 2 rotary pen machines, 14rs for shading and colour packing.
1st lining sesh was with a 9rl bugpin and subsequent 2 were with an 11rl. 
Voltage: everything done between 8-9v.
Inks: colours are all eternal and black is dynamic.
Healing: I get home, wash the tattoo with scentless soap and warm water, pat dry and leave it alone for the first 3 days.
I even go so far as to not let it get wet, wearing a latex glove with an elastic band round the wrist in the shower 😂
From day 4 I tend to be in the gym every day, I wear protective hand pads and make sure to put a smidge of cocoa butter on the tat before lifting, just to give the skin some moisture and prevent cracking. Peeling tends to start this day or the next day.
From day 6 I start using my hand more like normal, no more shower glove!
 
However, it seems regardless of what I do the knuckles and edges ALWAYS have fallout or don't heal as dark as a regular tattoo. Experience has been the same with the other hand too.
 
Is there anything I can do better? Can anyone offer me any advice to help pack the ink in? Or am I just going to have to keep going back and blasting the knuckles until they finally hold the ink consistently?
I'm obviously super experienced with tattoos and the healing process and have never overly cared for them, just left them to it and they've all healed great. Such a bizarre experience.
Thanks everyone!

Yes! I talk with him on Insta and met him just before COVID took over. I’m a massive fan. He’s just the best guy.

Lyle!

This is obviously still healing, but here’s the other one I got the same day.

I'm healing through a half finished forearm these days. Should have finished photos in about a month or so 

Nope. Not me. 2.5 months is obviously too long for bruising, too. No idea. 

the second pic looks like simple bruising,  and regarding the first pic, put the microscope away

HURRAY! I DID IT! Hahaha. 
It's feeling a little better today, but it is still oozing plasma. ICKY. Still love it!
I also got a caricature of one of my favorite musicians on the back of my right thigh, but it is black and grey, which always heal super easily on me. I keep forgetting it's there. Haha. I'll have to post a photo of it soon.

Sorry you're hurting - BUT SOMEONE ACTUALLY POSTED A HAPPY PICTURE OF A NEW TATTOO!!!

Sorry you're hurting - BUT SOMEONE ACTUALLY POSTED A HAPPY PICTURE OF A NEW TATTOO!!!

I got my left knee done yesterday, and it is HUGELY swollen.  Absolutely brutal. I couldn’t sleep last night because it hurt so much. I’ll be glad when it starts healing. Even my elbows didn’t hurt as much as the knee.

no technical advice available on this forum. 

no technical advice available on this forum. 

welcome!

here is an example of what a good artist can do to rework/freshenup a tattoo,
I follow this guy and IMO he is very good, this is one he freshened up for somebody.
 

Hello, glad to be a new member.
I recently got my first tattoo after wanting one for over a decade. I'm learning a lot about myself in the aftermath of it, and have found that I have changed in certain ways as an individual. 
 Always looking for advice and ideas for new pieces in the future. I hope to get another couple in my lifetime!

For reference… done by Phuc Tran as Tsunami Tattoo, Portland ME. Can’t wait to start the back now. Thanks dude!