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    Default Tattooing over scars

    I have about 4 large raised scars on my leg/upperarm. They are from cutting/burning and have healed about...2 years to 18 months. They are slightly raised and puffy, and I would like to get tattoos over them.
    I want like a wrought iron design/thorns with roses here and there, all in black.

    Is it safe to tattoo over scars? Who has had this done? Any advice?
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    Default Re: Tattooing over scars

    From what I've read, it's advised NOT to tattoo over scars. Not only is it difficult and long, but it's not the same kind of skin. That can pose problems.

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    Default Re: Tattooing over scars

    According to the husband and tattooist, you can if it's old enough and you hve an artist that knows what they are doing. If you don't have an artist shop around your area and talk to some. You may also be able to tattoo around the scar and disguise it more.

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    Default Re: Tattooing over scars

    My mom got a garland of flowers tattooed over a c-section/tummy tuck scar. It looks gorgeous.

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    Default Re: Tattooing over scars

    ^^A girl at my club did a similar thing with her c-section scar, however she didn't tattoo over the scar, she just added leaves around it so it looks like a vine.
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    Default Re: Tattooing over scars

    Quote Originally Posted by TifaRae
    My mom got a garland of flowers tattooed over a c-section/tummy tuck scar. It looks gorgeous.
    wow, if I ever have a scar there I may consider that. lol. sounds cool.

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    Default Re: Tattooing over scars

    My mom kinda did the same, she was in a really bad car accident a long time ago and had lots of scaring...add that and a c-section and a bunch of other things....yeah. So she got a patch of grass on the csection, a vine going up to hide the emergency c section, and little vines coming of that to represent her 3 children...what a fortunate coincidence. lol. it looks amazing. soooo gorgeous. there's a tinkerbell coz she loves that, and a hummingbird, same reason. She wasn't one for tattoos either, but she couldn't stand having the scars (bad bad memory). Only thing she said was that it hurts SOOOOO much worse going over the scar, it 'drags' as she put it. ouch.

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    Default Re: Tattooing over scars

    Are C-scars generally raised, or flat?I think that would make a big difference. It's cool how your moms had good results with them. Pain isn't an issue as I have a freakishly high tolerance for it.
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    I have a thick scar down the middle of my tummy ... guys ask me what happened all the time :-(. i plan to get a tattoo because i can't find any doc to safely remove it. when i get it done in two months i will post before and after photos.... i hope that helps.

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    Default Re: Tattooing over scars

    I wouls probably not reccommend it as scars have different kinds of elaaticity that healthy and normal skin. Definitely go to someone you trust and who knows their shit.

    My artist would not tattoo over a scar on my leg (flat, from a motorcycle pipe) but would over another scar I have that is raised.

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    Default Re: Tattooing over scars

    Definitely talk to different artists and find a good one, see what they all say about it. I would think different artists would have different preferences on tattooing scared skin.

    A good tattoo's not cheap and a cheap tattoo's not good. (unless you know someone )

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