im going to get a tatto on my upper back in the middle below my neck, it will be a lion later on i will get tribal tatoo seranding it that will go to my shoulder, im 17 and i am worried that it will strach and look crap as i get bigger. Will it streach?? or will it be ok??
2007-03-18 22:48:48 · 8 answers · asked by andrew 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Tattoos
I have a tattoo in the exact same location you want to get it, and it hasn't changed in shape in anyway. Unless you grow immensly in the next couple years in that area you don't have to worry. Stretching occurs more around areas that change dramatically in size. Like for woman it would be her stomach if she were to get pregnant.
2007-03-18 22:54:52 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you through growing? Can u wait just a lil longer dude?
As far as stretching, if your artist knows what he or she is doing they will manipulate the area they are working on by pulling stretching of the skin and so forth so that it moves and grows with the body properly...they have it down to a science now...
pay heed to this advice:
Fresh Tattoo
Take bandage off in 2 hours
Wash tattoo carefully with warm soapy water
DO NOT SCRUB
Lightly pat the tattoo until dry…
DO NOT RUB
Apply a very thin coat of bacitracin or aquaphor ointment 3 times a day for 3 to 5 days
Although re-bandaging a tattoo is not recommended, if covering the tattoo is necessary a sterile bandage or dressing should be used.
Be sure and wash the tattoo every night and morning…
DO NOT SOAK
Avoid tattoo exposure to direct sunlight and refrain from swimming in fresh, salt or chlorinated water for at least 2 weeks.
After External Healing
Tattoos heal quickly BUT fading can still be a problem
Apply hand lotion once a day until dryness stops
Vaseline Intensive Care, Lubriderm, Nivea, etc...
Tanning fades tattoos
Always cover fully healed tattoo with sun block
DO NOT RUIN YOUR INVESTMENT!!!
2007-03-19 12:13:15 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will look fine as long as you take proper care of it during the healing process. The only thing that will make it look bad is if you do some major body building, bulk up, and then lose all of that and shrink back down again.
2007-03-19 05:52:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
take into account that being young and also a male, your shoulders ar bound to widen quite a bit yet, best to wait a few years to tattoo this area, if u have something quite large in mind.
2007-03-19 07:39:10 · answer #4 · answered by ohmamita 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
if you think your gonna grow then i'd wait, but if you think you have stopped growing then it should be cool, but if you decide you want to go body building and you get bigger that way then yeah it will stretch,
2007-03-19 05:54:38 · answer #5 · answered by sami 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it will fade in color and if you grow a lot then yea i can stretch just like girls who get tattos on there outter back or stomach then get pregnant and it stretches.
2007-03-19 05:51:44 · answer #6 · answered by resqshanna 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my tattoo streched when i put on weight, your best bet is to wait until you are at least 18, you slow down your growth by then! ;-)
2007-03-19 05:53:06 · answer #7 · answered by alaniss2 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
dude, dont worry about it, if its not what you want or imagined you can always get it lasered removed!! Ain't technology great?!! :)
2007-03-19 05:59:52 · answer #8 · answered by babeluv 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋