bigdrummerboy

I wet heal all of my tattoos with cling film and a long as you change it regularly and keep clean theres no issues . Im shit at dry healing cos I bleed like fuck so scabbing is inevitable .

I scab pretty easily too. What is your healing method exactly? I always thought that if you scab easily dry heal is the best...

Hello brad. Where you from?

Where in NY are you Matt?

OK so on my half sleeve after shading, I scabbed in some areas and it pulled out some ink. What I did was wear the saran wrap for 3 hours, washed gently with dove free soap, allowed to dry and used curel unscented lotion 2-3 times a day. Not sure what I am gonna try with the color appt in 2 weeks. Any advice? I heard of folks using tegaderm, should I go that route. I used tattoo goo on a small tattoo 12 years ago with no issues but I heard they changed formulas. Also 90 percent healed fine, just a few areas on each of the new 5 tattoos scabbed with one area pulling ink.

Picture below shows where scabs were.

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How many weeks has it been since you got the tattoo? And are you sure the scabbed spots "pulled" ink? It might just be cloudy underneath with an extra layer of dead skin giving it the appearance of not so solid ink. I would give it a few more weeks let it completely heal and lotioning it up a few times a day to keep the skin nice and hydrated (as long as all the scabs are off) and then see how it looks. My last tattoo scabbed heavily, i let all the scabs fall off naturally and underneath looked cloudy. Gave it a few more weeks and now the tattoo is nice and solid. Maybe a touch up here and there but way better then i initially expected.

lmao that is great. How did you do.....oh wait nevermind, i'll just google it.

Try Googling Grime & Tattoo.

Whoa genius.

What's googling?

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What's up man? Grime is base in San Fran. This is his shop's website. He post some of his work on the site but most of them are on his fan page. I think it's called Black Claw or something.

Skull & Sword

https://www.facebook.com/GrimesBlackClaw?ref=br_tf

Thank you!! I am aware i could've googled him but i thought to myself "hey, might as well ask since i replied to your post anyways". Hope that didn't bother you. Some people are very tightly wound here.

Best thread i have ever seen and read hands down. And that video....fucking hilarious. I went to school with folks like that. I was the minority, needless to say they are all a bumnch of pussies that can't fight and are only tough when they are walking around 5 deep.

@Kevin Campbell you are the man and i don't think you did anything wrong. You tried to talk her out of the stupid tattoo and she refused.

@Ursula lighten up. This is tattooing, not law or medical field. Give the guy a break.

For me, a cigarette right before and right after and i'm not an avid smoker but that is always what i do. No breaks between tattooing no matter how long the session is however my longest has only been 5 hrs. And i usually have an energy drink while being tattooed. But a cig immediately before and after is what i've been doing since i was 18 lol

I got on Grime's list. My appointment's in 3 years. o__O I want a samurai skull hanya but I might change my mind when it's closer to the appointment date. haha. =P

3 year wait?!?! Holy crap dude!! This guy must be some kind of prodigy. What is his full nane and where is he located? I'd like to check out some of his work.

Oh my god that sucks. Sorry to hear that you have to get rid of such awesome art. However i commend your dedication to this country. I wish tattoos were viewed differently so this wouldnt have to happen. Good luck with everything!!

I find based on questions I get asked a lot from "plainskins" is that people who aren't big tattoo-heads think they have to justify getting tattoos by giving them personal meaning. A quote or a small image is easy to be meaningful. A badass battle royale tattoo probably has no meaning. It's just badass. People can't make that kind of commitment without a personal connection. Just like some people can't have one night stands. (This is just my opinion based on the dumb people I know who get lame tattoos).

One of the most truest statements i've ever read

I'll leave the money part out of the convo since it's a touchy issue for some people talking about money on here... But it ain't cheap, I can say that!

I hear you man but i bet that's gonna cost a nice chunk whatever it is. Do you know what you are getting?

Damn, looks like I just booked an appointment with Tim Kern in February as well. Yes! Now I'll be getting work from him and Cecil porter in ye same month. So stoked. I really gotta get my shit together and tighten up all my ideas and source material ASAP, February is right around the corner

Holy shit i just looked at that guys work and HOLY CRAP!! Where is he located and how much per hour?

No it's all good man. Frustrated for sure. I'm just going to let the thing dry up and let the scabs fall off. Hopefully all is well after that.

These aren't the best pics...but this looks like it was severely overworked ....

I don't know the experience level your artist has, and I won't comment therefore....but, this looks poorly executed.

Let it heal..... COMPLETELY .... And get a second opinion from another shop. Seek out an experience Tattooer, and don't go in trashing on your man...but ask them what can be done......

There's always a chance the client mishandled the after care...but the application, tools and execution can make a mess out of anything if not handled with care.

Good luck with it...I'm sure you'll be alright....

This guy has been tattooing for about 35 years and is the owner of two reputable tattoo parlors in New York. He has even won multiple awards. He did 2 of my other tattoos that healed beautifully but they are black and grey (mostly shading). This is my first color tattoo, maybe my skin just isnt reacting nicely to the color ink. I highly doubt it was my artists fault but i can say he overworked some spots pretty hard because that shot hurt like a mother fucker after the first 3 hrs. I just hope it comes out fine. Right now i'm washing it 3 times per day with antibacterial dial soap, pat drying it, then air drying it then putting light coat of aquaphor on it after each wash (3 times). I hope that will do the trick. I don't want to let it completely dry heal because the scabs will crack and bleed.

You're probably right. Oh well at least i know my artist would have no problem touching it up for nothing. Appreciate it!!

Yea that's all. Sucks though but thanks for your input. Would you advise me to leave it alone for now or continue to moisturize it with lotion?

In my experience it's best to just let it dry out completely and give it time. When I've moisturised scabs they've sometimes fallen off and left a kind of "cloudy" appearance underneath instead of solid tattoo. Worst case scenario, you get it touched up. If you're going to get a lot of tattoos, having some tattoos heal up kind of shitty is part of it.

Yea that's what i thought i should do however there are just so many contradictions out there that it has my brain going "what the f***!!" lol. People saying "DONT EVER LET IT DRY OUT!!" And others saying do not apply any lotion or anything. It's like what the heck to do?!? My artist said stop using A+D and just use a good lotion which i did. But the lotion barely moisturizes it. At least from what i can see it still looks dry and scaly immediatley after lotion is rubbed in. And i'm also afraid the lotion my get lodged under and between the scabs resulting in an infection.

You can check out the pics i just posted in the introduction section.

Thanks Graeme!!

those are nice man. What is that on the elbow?

Ok here it is yesterday which is 2 days after being done, you can see the ooze.

And the other picture is today all dried up. And this is actually right after i put Eucerin on it. Still dry and scaly.

Bigdrummerboy, wasn't saying it was your fault regarding your tattoo, hope it didn't seem that way. Just was saying what I do, not that you did something wrong.

Post your pics up in your intro thread here so we can see how it healed.

Of course not, i know what you're saying lol. But yea i'm pretty sure my problem is that since there was so much black and solid color it was worked pretty hard causing a lot of trauma on the skin which caused a bunch of oozing the next 24 hrs. My problem is i just let the ooze dry up around the 6th time washing it i just said fuck it and let the ooze just harden. I was sick of cleaning and cleaning and cleaning. It would just ooze minutes after. This never happened to me before. I'm going to post a picture now.

I must say i love H2Ocean. Healed up my first couple of tattoos real nice. But since then I would just wash the tattoo the next morning real good to get all of the blood and goo off. Then let it air dry a little bit and then apply A+D ointment very lightly for the first 3 days about 4 times per day. Then would switch to Eucirin lotion for the remainder of the healing process.

This time around something didnt go right. My new tattoo has a lot of black spots and i used the same aftercare techniques i have always used but this time the tattoo kept oozing after every wash and now the ooze has dried up leaving thick scabs. I'm so pissed because these scabs better not affect my tattoo once they fall off. I dont know what to do now....let it completely dry out or use lotion to keep it moist since it is very dry and scaly. SO PISSED!!

I just got my zombie tattoo pretty much 100% finished but will soon after be getting the white rabbit with clock from Alice in Wonderland on my lower right arm.

I'm thinking of doing a leg sleeve of villains, I want a zombie landscape somewhere, besides that not sure. Trying to get all my source materials together for a February appointment I have with Cecil Porter Cecil Porter Tattoos :

In the meantime I'm just gonna keep learning.

How's it going Joe!!

I myself am new to this site although have a few large tattoos. I actually just got a zombie lansdscape (90% done) this past Friday. The reason i joined here though is because it's not healing very well and i am very concerned and wanted some advice from others who might have experienced the same trouble. When i am able to start a new thread come check it out. There will be a picture.

Talk yo you soon Joe!!

Mike

Hello everybody,

I'm glad to be a part of what seems like a very well informed and knowledgeable tattoo community/site. However i was hoping i would never have to post here because usually it means something might not be going as expected....or you want to show off a sick piece. Unfortunately for me it's not the latter of the two, although it is a sick piece lol. I guess i will do more searching to find if anybody has what i am experiencing and will be posting on other threads as well that way i can show you guys what is going on. Hopefully it's nothing serious.

Anyways, thank you for this awesome community and you should be hearing from me soon!!

Mike