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Re: Der Tattoo Thread.
« Reply #1600 on: 18 Nov 2008, 13:19 »

Ah, that would be the problem then. The only time you should really put anything at all on it is if you know it'll get the shit rubbed out of it otherwise. Like say, you just got a foot tattoo and you absolutely have to wear shoes. I mean, there's certainly nothing wrong with the bandage, but with the saran wrap you can guarantee that the person is going to have no trouble getting it off and no possibility of it sticking at all. It really is an issue that's simply preference. I could see someone arguing against it because they don't want it to absorb anything. I could see it being a worry that it could encourage the ink to leech out during the first few hours, though it seems pretty unlikely.

As far as your tattoo goes, it's possible it's just small amounts of scar tissue from lower layers.
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« Reply #1601 on: 18 Nov 2008, 13:33 »

My wife spent years doing research on human skin, and she tells me to uncover healing wounds as soon as possible and leave them that way as much as practicable.
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« Reply #1602 on: 18 Nov 2008, 14:00 »

Pretty much.
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« Reply #1603 on: 18 Nov 2008, 14:04 »

meh, it seems to have gone fine. Ash has been tattooing for years and has tons of tattoos and I really trust his judgement (Oh, and BTW if you happen to be in my town and country any point and you want a tattoo- go to Custom Art tattoos which Ash runs. It is small, but awesome) I kept the clingfilm on mainly cause it was on my back and I didn't want the bugger leaking all over my sheets. Took it off as soon as possible to let it breathe.

Also, yes. Everyone was telling me to go for something smaller for my first one, on my arm or something, and I thought- No. This is my birthday present, I'm getting what I want done , and if I go for my biggest one first no other one will be as bad, apart from possibly the filling in that still needs to be done on mine.


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« Reply #1604 on: 18 Nov 2008, 14:48 »

My wife spent years doing research on human skin, and she tells me to uncover healing wounds as soon as possible and leave them that way as much as practicable.
Every medical professional I've talked to agrees with this. Band-aids actually make you heal slower!
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« Reply #1605 on: 18 Nov 2008, 15:03 »

Yeah, the practical reason for the initial wrap is mainly to give you a few hours to get used to get it set in your mind that that spot needs to be left alone. Especially since your not just wanting it to heal, but wanting it to heal without screwing up the tattoo due to laying on it or rubbing it against something, and you're almost guaranteed to forget that a time or two.

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« Reply #1606 on: 18 Nov 2008, 15:19 »

Well, it can be smart to have a bandage on it if you get it in the summer. You sure as hell do not want a fresh tattoo exposed to direct sunlight. My first tattoo was miserable because I was an idiot and got it at the end of July and was forced to wear long jeans for fear of burning the skin.
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« Reply #1607 on: 18 Nov 2008, 15:26 »

Well, in that case you should wear a shirt (with long sleeves if needed, or not shorts or whatever) instead, cause if you have a fresh tattoo you shouldn't be doing anything in the sun when you're not wearing a shirt/pants. Despite how amazing it is to not wear pants.
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« Reply #1608 on: 18 Nov 2008, 15:32 »

When i got the outline on my chest I was told to put saran wrap on it when i work because i was a butcher so my chest was rubbed and moved a lot.

But that was just to relieve friction and i took it off pretty quickly.  And my entire chest is textured, like the outlines of almost everything is raised.  This is the same with another friend with a chest piece, so it could just be the spot.  And mine is more textured on the part that had to be redone.
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« Reply #1609 on: 18 Nov 2008, 15:34 »

That's scar tissue, assuming you were wondering what it was i mean.
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« Reply #1610 on: 18 Nov 2008, 15:36 »

If you mean me, then yeah thats what I figured it was, I went back and read your past aftewards though.
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« Reply #1611 on: 18 Nov 2008, 18:22 »

Yeah the Great Conjunction diagram on my back has been a bit raised for a while now, or rather has sunken in, but that's rather like all my scar tissue. I guess I'm lucky that I basically wear nothing less than jeans and t-shirts everyday anyway, even in 40 degree heat.
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« Reply #1612 on: 18 Nov 2008, 18:28 »

I am getting my septum done on Sunday! Woooo. I am excited.
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« Reply #1613 on: 18 Nov 2008, 19:46 »

Man Jodie I thought you were cool.
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« Reply #1614 on: 18 Nov 2008, 20:11 »

Man, Jodie will look great with her septum pierced. No doubt.


Also, this is totally off subject, but Jodie, when you got the new Cure album, did you get a poster with it? We have some extras at work if you want one.
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« Reply #1615 on: 18 Nov 2008, 20:31 »

No-one looks good with their septum pierced :(
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« Reply #1616 on: 18 Nov 2008, 20:33 »

Est that is just not true. I have seem some incredibly gorgeous women who look really good with their septum pierced.
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« Reply #1617 on: 18 Nov 2008, 20:33 »

To me it would probably be "in spite of" if at all.
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« Reply #1618 on: 18 Nov 2008, 20:34 »

Est, all I have to say is "pshaw, pshaw, pshaw"
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« Reply #1619 on: 18 Nov 2008, 20:36 »

And I am just saying that every single person I have seen with a septum piercing looks better without it.
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« Reply #1620 on: 18 Nov 2008, 20:39 »

Hi my name is est and sometimes I have opinions.
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« Reply #1621 on: 18 Nov 2008, 20:46 »

Emaline, what, no!  I want a poster!

And guys. GUYS. GUYS.  Seriously, let me say again what I said last night.  I don't actually care what you think.  So I am going to get it done because I like them.  And if EVERYONE else hates it, and I still like it, I will keep it, because I really don't care about how other people perceive me, and whether or not the internet thinks I look dumb.  And if I get it done, and I hate it, THEN I CAN TAKE IT OUT.

It is not  permanent thing, let me do what I like without having such a giant cry about it!  The way some of you are acting it is like I am trying to put things in your nose, not MINE.  Which is mine to do with as I please.  I'm sorry if I cound cranky about this but seriously guys, what the hell?


That is all.
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« Reply #1622 on: 18 Nov 2008, 20:50 »

Guys, I am just playing you you folks. Everybody has different opinions and all that jazz. I would hope we can all remain civil on such a topic.





Also, pm me with your address Jodie, and I will send you a poster.
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« Reply #1623 on: 18 Nov 2008, 20:58 »

I don't really care what you do with your own face, Jodie.  I made my initial post mostly in jest based on what I've said about this kind of thing before, but then felt compelled to explain my own viewpoint when others disagreed.  If this conversation were in Gabbly I probably would have said the original thing, you would have told me to shut up & I would have said "ok!"
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« Reply #1624 on: 18 Nov 2008, 21:08 »

Hey guys I am going to have my septum pierced as well. I am way more hardcore than jodie, though, I am getting my heart septum pierced.
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« Reply #1625 on: 18 Nov 2008, 21:09 »

Also I'm doing my penis too.
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« Reply #1626 on: 18 Nov 2008, 21:10 »

Penis Septum!
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« Reply #1627 on: 18 Nov 2008, 21:16 »

I wanna pierce my brain, guys
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« Reply #1628 on: 18 Nov 2008, 21:20 »

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« Reply #1629 on: 18 Nov 2008, 21:22 »

i'm thinking of piercing my piercings

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« Reply #1630 on: 18 Nov 2008, 21:23 »

Oh man I did not realize that brain-piercings were actually a real thing.  That is...disturbing
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« Reply #1631 on: 18 Nov 2008, 21:25 »

Em I really don't want to think about metal in brains oh god.

Amper I think you should go for it.
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« Reply #1632 on: 18 Nov 2008, 21:43 »

Guys we should all just start piercing our bones.

(P.S. I can name every bone you have, if you were wondering which one to get done.)
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« Reply #1633 on: 18 Nov 2008, 21:47 »

I got this done back in 2007, in April I think.
My twin got a matching one with me. :)

It's on my neck.. and I can't take a good picture of it by myself.. so the flash made everything.. blah.
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« Reply #1634 on: 18 Nov 2008, 21:54 »

Oh man I did not realize that brain-piercings were actually a real thing.  That is...disturbing


It is not real. Just photoshop and internet mockery.
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« Reply #1635 on: 18 Nov 2008, 21:57 »

Good. I still don't like thinking of it. Seriously, that would be a massive infection risk constantly. No sane doctor would do that for you.
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« Reply #1636 on: 18 Nov 2008, 22:01 »

Wow I am relieved (and gullible)
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« Reply #1637 on: 18 Nov 2008, 22:04 »

Imagine if you fell asleep and flies found the wound.
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« Reply #1638 on: 19 Nov 2008, 03:45 »

I am getting my septum done on Sunday! Woooo. I am excited.

Eeeee it's gonna be super cute, can't wait to see.
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« Reply #1639 on: 19 Nov 2008, 04:42 »

I'm not a fan of septum piercings either, I think they tend to make noses look short and fat.

HOWEVER! Jodie manages to pull off stuff that I'd call fug on 98% of the population, so it just might look badass.
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« Reply #1640 on: 19 Nov 2008, 07:31 »

I got this done back in 2007, in April I think.
My twin got a matching one with me. :)

It's on my neck.. and I can't take a good picture of it by myself.. so the flash made everything.. blah.

Love it!
For the neck thing, yeah, I have the same problem. Any 'good' pictures of my tattoo are taken by other people.
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« Reply #1641 on: 19 Nov 2008, 08:38 »

So guys, for the past month or so I've been thinking about the aum/om/ohm, I really like it in a lot of ways. However, do you feel it would be disrespectful if I was to have one tattooed though I'm do not practice Hinduism/Buddhism/Jainism/Sikhism/etc? I practice meditation and subscribe to certain ideals of some of the religions associated with it, however, I do not practice as any of them. I just kinda want people's views on this. (also to get away from the septum dealio)
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« Reply #1642 on: 19 Nov 2008, 09:34 »

Personally, I believe it's disrespectful, but I take the idea of religion more seriously than some others on this forum.

It would also, in part, depend on your reasoning for getting it. If you just think it looks cool, I find that kind of dumb and disrespectful, but if you subscribe to at least some notions behind the idea of the religion, it might be acceptable. The idea of coopting a religious symbol for a tattoo when you don't believe in said religion feels to me kind of like getting someone else's family crest done on yourself.
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« Reply #1643 on: 19 Nov 2008, 09:46 »

It's just a symbol to you and I, but to a person who follows its religion, it's something much more.
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« Reply #1644 on: 19 Nov 2008, 12:04 »

What script would you want it written in, and why that particular one?
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« Reply #1645 on: 19 Nov 2008, 12:34 »

Probably either the Devanagari or the Tamil script. Why is kind of a complicated difference and I'll have to explain later when I do not have a headache. I'm leaning towards the Devanagari script however, but I also like the Tamil(because it's also aesthetically nice, has the same meaning, as well as a duel meaning of what I've come to understand as 'Yes it is'). I'm really not sure, but I have quite a while to think about it.
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« Reply #1646 on: 19 Nov 2008, 15:01 »

I'm planning my next tattoo. Hugin and Munin. Thought and memory. The twin ravens from Norse mythology. I'll probably have to sketch out what I want or use PS to get a better idea of how I want it..
But I was thinking it would be on my right side, with some tribal looking thing in the middle and one raven on top and bottom.. Maybe have some blue in their feathers so they match my butterfly.. maybe some purple in the tribals.
Iono. Anyone else planning a tattoo? Have anyone designed their own?
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« Reply #1647 on: 19 Nov 2008, 15:18 »

My memory is shit so I use notebooks named Thought (notes) & Memory (long-term reminders/to-do) to help me out.  I've been thinking about getting them done somehow, but I am not sure they are a good tatt for me.
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« Reply #1648 on: 19 Nov 2008, 17:04 »

That seems like a pretty cool idea though. Where would you get them?

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« Reply #1649 on: 19 Nov 2008, 18:15 »

It's just a symbol to you and I, but to a person who follows its religion, it's something much more.

I respectfully disagree. I feel like there is this mistaken notion in the West that religions practiced primarily in Asia are somehow more holy and should be treated with a careful reverence (as opposed to  Judaism, Christianity and any other forms of worships practiced primarily in the Western world which are respected to the degree that their followers are absolutely free to worship in most places but which are not above criticism and ridicule in pop culture, the media, etc.).

I mean, I'm culturally Jewish (though not observant) and I would have no problem with a non-Jew displaying a Magen Dovid (Star of David) on their person, wether as a tattoo or an item of jewelry, provided it wasn't in a racist context. Depending on that person's reasoning I might find it somewhat ridiculous or amusing but I would certainly not be offended. I fail to see how a practicing Buddhist, Sikh, or Jainist is any different.

For example, for years our next door neighbors (who are an awesome gentile gay couple) have had a mezzuzah on their doorpost. A mezzuzah is a decorated case containing a scroll with holy text from the Shmah written on it, the symbolism behind which stems from the story of Passover and the Exodus, and the idea that God protects his chosen people- the Jews (mind you I am not promoting my own beliefs, which in most cases differ from those of practicing Jews, but merely explaining the significance of this religious item). They claim that when they bought their apartment, the previous tenants, who were Jewish, left it behind and that since then it has brought them luck in their catering business. I take absolutely no issue with this; in fact, I almost embrace it.
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