Is it possible to do skin branding over existing tattoos? I need to cover up and accentuate one or two...?

Question

skin branding as in skin removal scarification

Answer 1

branding is a third degree burn. it will not only affect your tattoo but more likely plow through it leaving the burned places without color. but not in a fabulous clean lines or detail kind of way. keep in mind that the skin right along the brand will also be involved and will most likely discolor the areas along the line.

Scarification involving cutting will make neater lines through your tattoo, but they will still not be crystal clear and sharp like they were meant to be there.

healing scars like these is not an exact science. how your body heals, where your scars are, and how you care for them will affect how they look, BUT you cant know exactly how your body reacts until youve already made big permanent marks!

if you need to cover or redecorate a tattoo you should find an artist in your area who enjoys doing cover-up work. if youre looking at the idea of incorporating scars and tattoos then you might consider picking a new spot to start scarring and design a tattoo to fit in with it once the scar heals. Scars and tattoos can work together to make striking pictures, but a scar cant really cover up or fix a tattoo. You could even get the tattoo reworked with ink and then a scar around it at a safe distance as a sort of border :)

Answer 2

First of all, skin branding is not skin removal scarification. That involves cutting. Branding involves burning.

You can do either over a tattoo - it will alter your tattoo if you are wanting parts enhanced, and will not fully remove or cover up other parts unless you remove skin, of course, in the case of cutting. By the way, that is illegal unless it is done by an doctor, FYI.

So who are you going to trust in the underground to do it?