Question about tattoos...
I'm wondering...for those of you in the know...would they do a tattoo from someone out of town? Is there any sort of aftercare required? Would you not need a follow up appointment in time to check it? Or am I overthinking it? Since it's become more mainstream and not so back alley, I must imagine that good places would have some sort of requirement. Now, I'm pretty whimpy, so to be honest with you...at the first sign of trouble I'm heading to a doctor, not back to a tattoo place anyway. And this is not my attempt to back out. The tattoo places I've seen in my town look pretty scary, and the one in Vancouver looks nice, clean, and welcoming. If they were both down the street I KNOW which one I'd pick. And, if we got there and things didn't seem right I'd have no issues with walking away. I'm really just wondering about the rules for out of towners and follow ups. Any advice? |
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| Just make sure to have a six pack of "Loaded" Corona's prior to the tat being done. It will help to numb the pain. |
| Tattoos have a relatively easy upkeep. Some tattoo artists will sell you an antibiotic cream, but you may already have a tube at home. You want to apply the cream occasionally to give the tattoo some moisture and to keep any scabbing from happening. If you DO get scabbing, don't pick them! Let them work themselves out. Tattoos are VERY addictive. Once you get one, you start to plan for more. As the saying goes "your body is your temple; it's your job to wallpaper it." Currently I have a three moon design across the nape of my neck; a fuzzy paw at my right ankle surrounded by a tribal crescent moon design, and the original Nintendo D-pad controller on my left shoulder. My next tattoo will probably be the duck hunt controller on my hip. |
baileesdad wrote: Just make sure to have a six pack of "Loaded" Corona's prior to the tat being done. It will help to numb the pain. Though this is an amazing idea...they will not tattoo you if you are drunk! Alcohol thins the blood. You aren't supposed to take any meds that could possibly thin your blood within 24 hours of the tat. They usually have you sign off on it. I don't think they will have a problem tattooing you because you are not from the area, though usually they'll want you to come back in a couple weeks for a touch up. Not that big of a deal. You can go to a local shop to get it touched up. The original shop will do it for free, though.  I got my first tattoo on the inside of my ankle (RIGHT on the bone) and it was practically all yellow so I think he was pushing extra hard.  I went back a year later and he re-colored it for me for free! Remember...no pain, no gain. Good luck! |
Nice thing about tats on the legs, as you age and the tat ages, it looks like a weird vein disease.  |
| None on me, but both my daughters have tats. Lisa had hers done in college, in the same town as her school. She had a butterfly done on her low back - has color but is a lot of black. Not quite tribal, but not "cutsie" either. She has words added a year later - something in latin, can't remember what it is...in a scroll-type black. Lisa had a reaction - some bubbly raised infection on one corner right after the butterfly - trip to the ER and all was well. No trouble after the lettering. That was done at the most reputable place here, with the best artists. No further work or touchups needed yet on either - it's been 8 yrs. LeAnne had her's done here by the same place Lisa had her letters added, about the same time Lisa had her butterfly. Her's is 3 shooting stars in 3 colors, with a stream of stardust behind them. No issues, no further work done. 8 yrs for hers as well. They are on the top of her foot, a wider strapped sandal can cover it if desired. Good luck! |
| NYYkaos214 "Though this is an amazing idea...they will not tattoo you if you are drunk! Alcohol thins the blood. You aren't supposed to take any meds that could possibly thin your blood within 24 hours of the tat. They usually have you sign off on it." That may be the case now, but I'm one of those 60's rebels and believe me when I tell you many of my friends back then were more drunk than you could imagine and that was the only way they wanted it done. Hopefully the Tat Art has evolved to the point it is much more painfree. An old Navy Chief friend of mine had 2 large propellers done on his butt cheeks and he claimed he would never have made it without his allotment of his favorite beverage.  |
baileesdad wrote: NYYkaos214 "Though this is an amazing idea...they will not tattoo you if you are drunk! Alcohol thins the blood. You aren't supposed to take any meds that could possibly thin your blood within 24 hours of the tat. They usually have you sign off on it." That may be the case now, but I'm one of those 60's rebels and believe me when I tell you many of my friends back then were more drunk than you could imagine and that was the only way they wanted it done. Hopefully the Tat Art has evolved to the point it is much more painfree. An old Navy Chief friend of mine had 2 large propellers done on his butt cheeks and he claimed he would never have made it without his allotment of his favorite beverage. Haha! I'm sure the tat shops are trying to cover their butts with their policies....the artists can (and will) refuse a paying customer for anything they want. When I first wanted my tattoo....I had quite a few artists turn me away because I wanted a Yellow Submarine and (because it's obviously all yellow) they didn't want to do the tat! I even had one guy say "You look like a bit of a sun worshipper, I won't put any tattoo on your body." Needless to say, I do tan (not like the crazy Jersey Shore cast) and I got my tattoo and it is perfect! Maybe we just have some stuck-up artists in my area....I can only imagine they could possibly turn her away drunk when they turned me away for being tan |
| ok is the tat a sheepdog |
baileesdad wrote: An old Navy Chief friend of mine had 2 large propellers done on his butt cheeks We need photos!!!!  |
Sad to say, Sheepdogma he died. Maybe from a butt infection!  Or he may have been cut by the turning of the props. |
| I am too wimpy even to have my ears pierced. Make sure to take a picture! |
baileesdad wrote: Sad to say, Sheepdogma he died. Maybe from a butt infection! Or he may have been cut by the turning of the props. LOL. The 'ol butt infection cause of death. |
| Thanks for all the comments. I'm really leaning toward getting it done here, before we go on our trip, as it would be nice to heal at home, rather than potentially dealing with healing at the convention. Yes, we are indulging our inner geeks and are going to the Supernatural fan convention in Vancouver in less than a month. YAY! We are both getting the same symbol (it's from the show). He wants a large one on his upper arm (typical man), and I am thinking a much smaller version on my chest, over my heart. I considered the top of my foot, but I hear it hurts more where there's less tissue over the bone, and I have hideously ugly ankles which I keep hidden from the world...so I'm thinking it will probably be my chest. I also considered the back of my shoulder, but then I'd never see it either... In other news...I donated blood on Tuesday evening, went home (after dinner and a movie) and woke up with a fever of 104 degrees. It came down a few hours later, but has been hovering at 100 ever since. Stupidly, I refused to give up a nail appointment (some things are non negotiable) so I went on Friday and actually passed out in the chair. (I love the person who does my nails. She saw me fading, ran to get a wet towel, and threw it at my face from across the room as I lost consciousness...brought me back fast...fortunately I was sitting at the time or it could have been a whole lot worse!) She's my hero. I've been in bed ever since. (Well, first I had to drive MYSELF home as DH doesn't answer ringing phones...he doesn't like them.) I've talked to blood services, and had my donation pulled. I thought it was a bad reaction at first, but it's looking like a viral infection...my lymph nodes have ballooned and are painful! (Thank goodness for my secret stash of T3s...I'm a whimp and do not want to tough it out! But I'm also saving as many T3s as I can for tattoo time itself.) So, my dear friend called this morning to check on me and to tease me that if I'm too delicate a flower to handle a simple blood donation that maybe we'll see if the tattoo artist in Vancouver can give me a starter tattoo...with a Crayola marker! I get no respect! But I don't care.....I get to meet the Impala!!!!!!!! |
| NO tatoos here. I'm to much of a wimp. Good luck and have fun. Lisa and Frankie |
| No tattoos here, don't want them. But, I love our most popular tattoo parlor's logo - "Tattoos while you wait!" |
| A friend of mine decided to have his fiancee's name tattooed in an, ummmmm, an indelicate place. When he was, ummmmm, was looking at her you could read "Wendy", but when he was less interested all you could see was "W-y". So they were married and went to one of those couple's places in Jamaica for their honeymoon. On the third day there, my friend was sitting at the au naturel pool bar when a guy sat down next to him. They were chatting for a bit -- the guy was a local with great stories, when my friend glanced down and happened to notice "W-y" on his new friend's ummmm, yeah. "Oh," Said my friend. "I couldn't help but notice the 'W-y'! What a coincidence! Is your girlfriend's name Wendy too?" "No mon," said the man. "Mine says 'Welcome to Jamaica mon, have a nice day'" |
| Tee hee hee. |
They have things called "cameras" in this day and age! A lot less painful! I do always laugh when I hear a young person explain why they want a tattoo, ' I want to look different'! Hhhmmm! (just like every body else with tatto  os) |
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