Tattoos & Ingrown Hairs

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LJ57
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Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:21 pm

I want to put something over the heart area on the chest but shaving there causes the most terrible ingrown hairs/bumps imaginable. The last time I made the mistake of shaving it I had bumps and irritation that lasted for several months. I'm just wondering if I could simply trim it as close as possible with a trimmer and would they be able to ink me that way...without it being smoothly shaven?
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SweetSubversive
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Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:36 pm

I don't think you can just trim and it be okay. But there's several things you could try instead...

You could get your chest waxed like a day or two before you get tattooed.

or

Try this stuff called Tend Skin, it's about $20 a bottle and you buy it from a spa but it really works. The only thing is you could put it on at home if you shave your chest yourself but I don't think it'd be a good idea to put it on the area you get inked afterwards.

I'd say just go get waxed.
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Tue Mar 18, 2008 7:54 pm

Nair
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Tue Mar 18, 2008 8:59 pm

Duct Tape... cheaper than waxing.
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yorvo
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Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:11 pm

Trim your hair as short as you can and let the artist shave you. He/she should be much more experienced at shaving than you. I wouldn't tattoo you unless you were shaved.
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Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:46 pm

use nair. its like $5 a bottle and it works. or get waxed, which costs 10x that amount.. up to you
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Aivanne
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Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:30 am

yup. we can't have dead skin for some multiple reasons. even if you use nair, he should still shave you to expose fresh skin. the stencil will hold better that way.
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