Tattoo position on upper body to balance out scar concealing leg tattoos

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on October 24, 2022, 02:45:12 PMIf an authentic south pacific tribal tattoo will last, then an American street shop fratboy tribal like the ones he posted will last.  His concern was based on durability.

Please do as there appears to be a thriving business based on the idea.

i guess i misinterpreted durability for will this tattoo still look good a couple years down the line.

i will admit having seen some more of the scar camouflage tattooing it does look pretty good, i was under the impression it was just going to a tattoo parlour and asking for the artist to color in your tattoo and not a specialized paramedical procedure. so thats ignorance on my part.

Quote from: SpeedDialer on October 24, 2022, 06:20:51 PM
5. Sun could maybe make the scars worse? Not an issue for me given my lifestyle.

the sun will darken your scars and make them more pronounced
speedialer what ethnicity are you?/ how do you scar?
asians are more prone to hyperpigmentation and darker skin types are more prone to keloid scarring/ hypertrophic scarring
if you are prone to hyper/hypotrophic scarring you absolutly should factor in dermatologist/plastics follow up after having your rods removed. you can get steroid injections for reducing sizing of scar, and scar correction

ive personally seen plastic surgeons work wonders with scar revision procedures and the end result is amazing/can be unnoticable

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Quote from: lessthanavg8300 on October 24, 2022, 08:33:43 PMWhy is skin color tattooing such a bad idea off the bat?  I dont know everything about it but the results when you search for it look pretty good.

Heres one random site showing before and after.  And these are terrible scars, way worse than LL: https://www.ruthswissa.com/permanent-makeup-before-and-after-pictures-2/scar-camouflage/

Some of these you cant even see after.

Impressive results. I hadn't given this option serious consideration until seeing these pictures of before and after. However, it felt like many of the photos the entire complexion was different in addition to the scar being colored similarly to the rest. That seemed odd to me.

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I feel like this would've worked on some of mine but not others.

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Skin colored tattoo looks great but,
say you're on a vacation, laying out on the beach getting some sun...
does the skin color patch also get tan?

I kinda like the more intricate steampunk tattoos.
Maybe shoulder to chest so it can be hidden under a shirt if needed.

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Quote from: Medium Drink Of Water on October 25, 2022, 01:01:14 AMI feel like this would've worked on some of mine but not others.

Skin colored tattoos would have looked strange on darker skin tones?

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I think its a great option for your hip scars if you do femurs.  Youll never get sun there unless youre on the beach butt ass nked.

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I wonder how much flattening work can do

Like my scars are linear

But some are raised not just like under the color of the linear scar but raised slightly in just the immediate surrounding skin too if that makes sense?

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Quote from: SpeedDialer on October 25, 2022, 08:54:13 PMI wonder how much flattening work can do

Like my scars are linear

But some are raised not just like under the color of the linear scar but raised slightly in just the immediate surrounding skin too if that makes sense?

sounds like you have some mild hypertrophic scarring

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Silicon scar sheets might help.  If they are really raised revision surgery may be needed.

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Something I'm wondering about is whether its worth it to do scar gel/scar sheet stuff before the nail removal, anyone know?

I mean supposedly it should help a bit but before nail removal, you know they are just going to cut it open again