eat sugars,I eat Skittles and MM's before and during my tattoo,as well as a good meal right before and pre-hydrate the day before and during the tattoo with water.
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my mix of M&M's and Skittles works great for me,and yes,standing up right after a tattoo is always weird,you are endorphin high at that moment,after a long tattoo like that,I grab my water,relax,breath for a few minutes before anything else.hell,after a 6 hour session I can't even count money ! LOL
I don't have any back work done,but this was a 9 hour one shot,and I made it through,a little endorphin high,but I made it,like was said,if you have your back done,you will be fine with a side/rib piece.
so excited ! after months of waiting,I finally nailed down an appopintment May 11th on Maui with Mo'o Tatau | Polynesian-style tattoos at Maui Tattoo & Body Piercing Shop - Blue Hawaii Tattoo Lahaina, Maui to get a hand tapped piece ,looks like a great last day of vacation .
ya,I agree,location and color too for me, yellow,blue,and some reds heal terrible(depending on location).I just got my leg & hand tattoo(10 days ago),on the same day,same colors,and my leg(inner thigh) healed 10x better than my hand is.
yep,I wash starting after 3 or 4 hours after the tattoo application in a warm shower scrubbing the tattoo with the palm of my hand with a anti-microbial soap and then 2 or 3 times a day for the first 3 or 4 days.
I know ! I had not either,I have been getting tattoos for a long time,when I was in my 20's & 30's etc etc,no big deal,no bruising,so I guess I just write it off now that I am 56 and my skin is different,the bruising is gone now,but the last couple years of tattoos I have experienced this bruising.Oh well,I should be happy that I am still kickin' ! LOL
yep ! pain management is all about putting yourself somewhere else,putting yourself in a good happy place,the challenge and control of pain management is an amazing thing our bodies are capable of,it is different for all of us,but the theory is the same.
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yep ! pain management is all about putting yourself somewhere else,putting yourself in a good happy place,the challenge and control of pain management is an amazing thing our bodies are capable of,it is different for all of us,but the theory is the same.
I have had bruises on my inner upper arm last summer and on my inner thigh just last weekend from getting tattoos.pretty normal,it will go away.
I got it from last weekend,like I said,mine always go away.it can also bruise from the tattooer grabing your arm or leg while tattooing.
this pic below was a couple days after the tattoo and a couple days ago and looking at it now the bruising is already fading.
yep ! I have an old one from 95 when my mom passed away,it's an old school tattoo.
she was sick with cancer,so I got the main tattoo so she could see it,then I added the RIP & date after she passed,but I was very happy and she liked it when I got the heart and banner.
too bad,we could have met up,and Oliver said he has been going to this expo for 10 years. :)
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too bad,we could have met up,and Oliver said he has been going to this expo for 10 years. :)
so we went to the Fresno,CA tattoo expo yesterday and had all saturday afternoon with Oliver Peck. Central Valley Tattoo
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I got these two,
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and this one on my left lower thigh,it's a little bruised now.
and Saniderm on it.
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and my wife got this
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we had a really great day getting tattooed together at a convention,it was awesome.