I have cystic acne scarring pretty old from my teens all over my back and its embarassing. I was wondering if I should just get tattoos to cover it, but would they stilll be noticable and can you tattoo over scarring? The laser treatments and etc my dermatologist said were very painful and could make the scar look worse, in my case. Any suggestions?
2007-04-20 15:23:57 · 7 answers · asked by shannon h 1 in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Tattoos
laser treatment can be costly-but so can tattoo removal if the tattooing over the scar tissue doesnt hold- or fades and leaves a mess. tattooing over scars is a touchy issue with tattoo artists.some will automatically say no. just like most of them will not tattoo over moles-beauty marks.
tattooing over keloid scar tissue (raised scars) wont hold up 90% of the time. its uselss really.
your best bet is to shop around at your local shops and conversate with *experienced* tattoo artists about thier professionall views on it. and thier experiences tattooing over it.
you definitley do not want an artist tattooing over your fragile scar tissue if they have never done it before! it can just turn into a bigger mess sometimes.
i wish you luck
2007-04-20 16:15:25 · answer #1 · answered by Star 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-05-25 21:37:52 · answer #2 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A lot depends on the scarring, of course, but you can get a tattoo with a lot of different colors and a complicated design and it will hide or distract from the scarring rather well.
Much has been done with lasers these days - possibly your derm is not involved with them, but laser resurfacing has been promising. The problem is, it does, at times, take away normal pigment so people end up with hypopigmented areas but they seem to prefer that over the deeper scarring. There is nothing wrong with trying a test area.
Also, a lot has been done with dry needling over the scarred areas. You might want to find a tattoo artist that does that.
Regarding raised scars as someone mentioned - those are hypertrophic scars. Keloiding is rare and that is an actual growth of tissues.
2007-04-21 03:32:17 · answer #3 · answered by tatt_bratt 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
NATURAL ACNE PROTOCOL
1/ Never, ever touch your face.
2/ Use 3 facecloths to wash your face, one to soap on, one to soap off with very hot water, one to rinse off with ice cold water, in that order, once a day.
3/ If you are under 18 take 5,000 IU of vitamin A once a day with a full meal
4/ If you are over 18 take 5,000 IU of vitamin A twice a day with a full meal.
Do not get pregnant while taking vitamin A. Do not take any more, like Accutane, it will stop you growing.
5/ Never, ever. pick, squeeze or pop your spot. Read number 1 again.
6/ Do this for 90 days.
7/ Invest in a brand new pillow and 2 new or more pillow cases to �double bag' your pillow. HOT wash every couple of days.
Source:
A bit of advice given to me as a teenager, a bit of science as I am studying allergic reactions and vitamin A is a part of that. A bit of research: I sat in a lecture at the back and watched the acne prone pick at their faces, those with the worse acne touched their faces 32 times in an hour, the clearest complexions didn't touch their faces even once. I have circumstantial evidence that acne is the result of dermatophyte transfer from hands to face...where it does not get washed off and is well fed by hormones, sweat a
nd oil...just a hypothesis... But it would explain why vitamin A is so effective as vitamin causes skin to remove dermatophytes.
The secret is never to touch the spots
Tips on how to treat acne and achieve perfect clear skin in as little as 7 days?
2016-05-14 15:50:38 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on the scar, many scars won't tatoo. However a good artist will be able to make a design that will take peoples attention away from the scar. They did some work lik that on Miami Ink, I can't remember which episode. Tell your tatoo artist what it is you are trying to accomplish they will be able to tell you if they can do it.
2007-04-20 15:39:20 · answer #5 · answered by Cassandra warrior within 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would really look into laser treatments. Ive seen people get great results.... Or there is also a procedure i heard about called camouflages where its like skin ink to blend things in....
2007-04-20 16:09:03 · answer #6 · answered by Spabrat12 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why don't you try the Obagi blue peel? It would probaby cost about the same and I hear it has good results.
2007-04-21 02:10:01 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋