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 Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:08 am Post subject: black and grey down the road..??? how does it hold up? |
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dont know if anyone would have a good asnwer for this..dont know if the style has really been around long enough to tell yet..
for black adn grey tats..how do you think it would look 20/30 years down teh road..often tats fade and or bleed..only natural as your skin gets old and what not..
do you think the black and grey would fade into itself and still hold a nice clear image as it is already a faded style..??
or do you think OR KNOW i should ask, if it would get blotchy and blurry..
id be concerned with a black and grey sleeve turning into one of those blurry sailer tats you see on the school janitors forearm from back in highschool.
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obviously todays ink is alot better thenthe ink they used 30 years ago, but does anyone have any knowledge of the above..again , im not talking about 5/6 years....i jsut dont want to look like a blurry ink blotter card when i am 50. |
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The ink is under the skin so fading isn't really as much of an issue as how you treat the "window" you see the tattoo through. In other words, if you put a high SPF sunblock on your tattoo whenever you are outside (cloudy or not) and want to leave it uncovered by clothing, if you make sure to take care of your body and not fluctuate too much in your weight and care for you body and skin in general, the tattoo should look well for a long time. Everything I've ever heard about tattoo preservation is that the sun is the number one enemy of the tattoo...it's an investment and you should treat as such. 
Might sound girly but keeping a firming cream on it should keep your skin tight and staying in shape and drinking lots of water will help your skin stay healthy. Getting fruits, veggies, and other fresh nutrients will help too. In order to preserve your tattoo so it grows well with you (black, gray, color) you need to care for your body and skin as well as use that sunblock.
The reason those other tattoos you see look blurry and faded is first of all most people aren't really strict with using sunblock (most probably tan outside still without any sunblock) and you don't know how they've cared for their bodies in those 20-30 years but I doubt they were concerned with how their tats would look several years down the road. Same reasoning with why you see ladies in their mid 40's who have leathery skin because they were tanning freaks and now lament not using sunblock in their youth. It's all about how you preserve it and if you do I have no doubt it will look about the same as it did when you first got it as when you are 50 years old. I hope that answer helped. |
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Yes, sun can damage. I'm 45 years old and had skin cancer
on my face (cheek) about 4 years ago. 2 operations.
The skin cancer came from bad sunburns i recieved as a
child and teenager the doctor said. The doctor told me for
the kind of skin cancer i had, it usually takes 20-30 years
to come out on you.
So, cover that tattoo and exposed skin with sunblock/sunscreen. |
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The healing process is also very important.
Most of the old sailors were told not to wash the tattoo for the first two weeks.The big scabs they got took away a lot of the ink.So those tattoos didn't look so great after a few weeks already.
And if you have a lot of hair growing over your tattoo, shave it.
A nice tattoo covered with a bush looks old and faded too.
If black and grey tattoos have a lot of contrast (instead of one grey mass) I personally think they only start to look better in time. |
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| hanalotus wrote: | The ink is under the skin so fading isn't really as much of an issue as how you treat the "window" you see the tattoo through. In other words, if you put a high SPF sunblock on your tattoo whenever you are outside (cloudy or not) and want to leave it uncovered by clothing, if you make sure to take care of your body and not fluctuate too much in your weight and care for you body and skin in general, the tattoo should look well for a long time. Everything I've ever heard about tattoo preservation is that the sun is the number one enemy of the tattoo...it's an investment and you should treat as such.
Might sound girly but keeping a firming cream on it should keep your skin tight and staying in shape and drinking lots of water will help your skin stay healthy. Getting fruits, veggies, and other fresh nutrients will help too. In order to preserve your tattoo so it grows well with you (black, gray, color) you need to care for your body and skin as well as use that sunblock.
The reason those other tattoos you see look blurry and faded is first of all most people aren't really strict with using sunblock (most probably tan outside still without any sunblock) and you don't know how they've cared for their bodies in those 20-30 years but I doubt they were concerned with how their tats would look several years down the road. Same reasoning with why you see ladies in their mid 40's who have leathery skin because they were tanning freaks and now lament not using sunblock in their youth. It's all about how you preserve it and if you do I have no doubt it will look about the same as it did when you first got it as when you are 50 years old. I hope that answer helped. |
the inks can and do fade as they absorb uv through your skin. They also permanently change color due to this reason. With black and grey work, it does'nt really have these problems. It can look bad over time if it is not particularly strong in the beginning. The good news with this style is that if it does start losing it's clarity you can very easily sharpen it up much easier than a color piece.
The reason tattoos appear blurry over time is that the pigment migrates a certain amount. It is sandwiched between layers of skin and will move around a bit more around areas of the body that move i.e. elbows, ankles, etc... A well done black and grey tattoo will generally soften a bit over the years but actually age quite a bit nicer than a color tattoo. The inks have'nt changed so much as the knowledge base of the people putting them into your body as improved.
Always use a sunblock with the highest spf rating you can find on your tattoos to help them remain vibrant. As mentioned the healing period is the most important factor in the life of a tattoo aside from the skill of the tattoo artist. |
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I put moisturizer on every day. I am already fucked with skin cancer, since I surf.
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| Black and gray work ages better than any other type. It just becomes lighter. When a color like red lightens it becomes pink. |
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| Aivanne wrote: | | I put moisturizer on every day. I am already fucked with skin cancer, since I surf. |
the experts say that skin cancer we're seeing now is most like a result of exposure while we were young anyway. I used to get burned to shit every summer as a kid. I had a friend die from it last year at the age of 28. I try to put sunblock on more than just my tattoos now but it's probably too late. |
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| jinx13 wrote: | | Aivanne wrote: | | I put moisturizer on every day. I am already fucked with skin cancer, since I surf. |
the experts say that skin cancer we're seeing now is most like a result of exposure while we were young anyway. I used to get burned to shit every summer as a kid. I had a friend die from it last year at the age of 28. I try to put sunblock on more than just my tattoos now but it's probably too late. |
skin cancer is a sneaky bitch. i did a research paper on it in college....
I think one extensive sunburn gives you like 80% more chances to get cancer.
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| oh shit...I just came off the worst sunburn of my life from TIG welding in a t-shirt. I was angry red for five days then on the sixth it started to blister. When the red was gone I just looked dirty. Not even a tan from it. I healed up lighter than before the burn I swear. |
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| jinx13 wrote: | | I healed up lighter than before the burn I swear. |
oh I ve beenthru that before. it s pretty lame. i ll give you that.
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