Hey guys,
I just thought of this and it might be stupid but I have zero experience with tats. Has anyone here gotten tattoos over stretch-marked skin? How does it look? Is it a good way to cover up the stretch marks or will it make it worse?
Cheers!
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Thread: Tattoos to cover stretch marks?
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07-27-2008, 11:46 AM #1
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07-27-2008, 02:03 PM #2
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07-27-2008, 02:07 PM #3
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07-27-2008, 03:36 PM #4
I not a tattoo expert but I believe I saw on one of the billion tattoo shows that a lady wanted one over a scar and the artist said that the skin is different when dealing with scars and strech marks and will screw the tattoo up or not look right. You prolly just better off talking to a tattoo artist
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07-27-2008, 04:20 PM #5
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Stretch marks are scar tissue, and generally, scar tissue will not accept the pigments used in tats. If you try to cover the marks up with a tat, you will clearly see the mark because it won't have any pigment in it.
There's another process called multi-trepannic collagen actuation, also known as dry needling, where fine needles are used to pierce the scar tissue and break it up, forcing the skin to repair itself and bring in new natural pigmentation on its own. It lessens the appearance of stretch marks however does not eliminate them.
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07-28-2008, 06:24 PM #6
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07-28-2008, 06:27 PM #7
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07-28-2008, 06:32 PM #8
I suggest a tiger lashing out at the person looking at the tattoo, with the tears being the stretch marks
Mongol General: Conan! What is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women.
Mongol General: That is good! That is good.
Lo, there do I see my Father.
Lo, there do I see my Mother, and my Sisters and my Brothers.
Lo, there do I see the line of my people back to the beginning.
They do bid me to take my place among them
In the Halls of Valhalla,
Where the Brave may live forever.
-13th Warrior
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07-28-2008, 06:41 PM #9
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07-28-2008, 06:49 PM #10
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Most tattoo artists aren't gonna tattoo over scar tissue, it just doesn't take ink very well or for very long, however, you can have an artist work around the stretch marks to mask them or make them less obvious.
If you happen to find a tattoo artist sketchy enough to tattoo over your stretch marks....run.Work Hard. Rise Fast.
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07-28-2008, 07:34 PM #11
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07-28-2008, 07:56 PM #12
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07-28-2008, 09:21 PM #13
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07-28-2008, 11:30 PM #14
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07-29-2008, 07:43 AM #15
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07-29-2008, 06:28 PM #16
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07-29-2008, 06:54 PM #17
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07-29-2008, 06:59 PM #18
you can get stretch marks from gaining weight (or muscle for that matter) too fast, and also by losing weight too fast. Basically anything you do to your body to cause your skin to stretch one way or the other faster than your body's ability to heal and keep up with the stretching will give stretch marks.
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07-29-2008, 08:24 PM #19
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lol i feel your pain. i started to develop some by my chest and it's painfully frustrates me. **** got me depressed, and i said the same thing to myself man. but truth to the matter is you'll have to get used to it and learn to live with it. it'll make ur live easier. just look at it in a different aspect, thank god that you're not retarded or have no missing body parts or extra head or something. i saw this kid on the news the other day with no arms and legs, it's disturbing. but by thinking like that tho, it makes my life easier to live.
lol i hope u get my point bro'S' on my CHEST
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07-30-2008, 12:55 AM #20
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07-30-2008, 05:30 AM #21
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