It's been a few days since you left the tattoo studio. Your new tattoo glistened when you left. Now, it's a totally different story. Your once beautiful tattoo is covered in scabs, oozing a strange liquid, and is daily becoming more and more distracting and uncomfortable.
Your beautiful, amazing tattoo is now hurting to buggery, is all red, bruised and swollen. It constantly aches and every time you move it you wince. The short answer is yes. As you got your tattoo, a needle rapidly pierced your skin, passing through several of its layers to deposit ink below the epidermis.
The short answer is yes. Tattoos are not necessarily supposed to scab, though it is completely normal for them to do so. If you're wondering what to do about them, don't do anything! The best thing you can do is simply let the scabs fall off on their own, which they will do 99% of the time.
Your tattoo artist should wrap your fresh tattoo with cling film before you leave the studio. Laws in many countries specify that a freshly completed tattoo must be covered entirely with a sterile bandage that is securely taped down with medical adhesive (tape). Whilst in bed, during sleep When you are asleep.
Tattoos are experiencing a revival in popularity, the reality is that they damn well hurt! Anyone who claims that they didn't feel a thing and fell asleep on the table is telling porky pies. Tattoo's will hurt to varying degree's depending on certain external factors such as; body placement, type of tattoo and outline versus colour.
If there's an interesting story to tell, there's an interesting tattoo to design, and that's the truth with the cult hero 'Hellboy,' who has been a fixture among fans for those who know him for some time. His unique reddish skin gives him great...