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Apr. 9th, 2010 08:02 pmI'm feeling much better about the fail tattoo after going back to No Ka Oi to ask about it. It's still ugly as sin, but the color loss wasn't my fault and it can eventually be fixed.
When I first showed off my arm the three people there had definite O_O faces, started asking about my aftercare routine, then called over the owner of the shop, Anna, so I could talk to her. She was great in explaining what was happening and just plain reassuring me- she actually talked to me more about this tattoo than either the artist or the woman I did the initial consultation with. She assured me right off the bat they can redo this, then she outlined the healing process for larger tattoos, as well some of the problems colored inks can cause. It looks like it was the size of the tattoos and the brown ink that complicated this one. Scabbing is normal, but since these tattoos are so small the scabs covered pretty much the entire inked area, and then brown ink comes out easier than black ink (which NO ONE TOLD ME back when I got the tattoo- they said brown would fade more, not that that it would be more difficult to heal). But, the level of scabbing/swelling it's at right now is normal, even if the color loss isn't. She recommended I give the marks a month to heal and come back to discuss redoing it. She offered to do the retouches herself, which I will be taking her up on. She even gave me a hug :) (I'd told her I was kinda panicking and probably looked like I was about to cry, so yeah, hug was appreciated.)
So, a month. I'll have to dig out all the long sleeved shirts I can find because aside from keeping it out of the sun, my arm has this "attacked by a flesh-eating virus" look to it right now. I can deal though.
When I first showed off my arm the three people there had definite O_O faces, started asking about my aftercare routine, then called over the owner of the shop, Anna, so I could talk to her. She was great in explaining what was happening and just plain reassuring me- she actually talked to me more about this tattoo than either the artist or the woman I did the initial consultation with. She assured me right off the bat they can redo this, then she outlined the healing process for larger tattoos, as well some of the problems colored inks can cause. It looks like it was the size of the tattoos and the brown ink that complicated this one. Scabbing is normal, but since these tattoos are so small the scabs covered pretty much the entire inked area, and then brown ink comes out easier than black ink (which NO ONE TOLD ME back when I got the tattoo- they said brown would fade more, not that that it would be more difficult to heal). But, the level of scabbing/swelling it's at right now is normal, even if the color loss isn't. She recommended I give the marks a month to heal and come back to discuss redoing it. She offered to do the retouches herself, which I will be taking her up on. She even gave me a hug :) (I'd told her I was kinda panicking and probably looked like I was about to cry, so yeah, hug was appreciated.)
So, a month. I'll have to dig out all the long sleeved shirts I can find because aside from keeping it out of the sun, my arm has this "attacked by a flesh-eating virus" look to it right now. I can deal though.
