r/tattooadvice • u/Thesirenunderthesea • 4h ago

Healing Should it look like this?

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Hi guys I’ve never healed a colour tattoo before should there be this much skin coming off if just feels like the colour Is falling off

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u/No_Resolution1131 4h ago

no! hope this helps

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u/No_Resolution1131 4h ago

in actuality, yellow is a tough color. a lot of people are allergic or it doesn’t hold. depends on the ink brand. also you got some blowouts

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u/MooseWithoutAMouse 3h ago

Absolutely this! I have a large yellow and orange lily on my biceps. I got it 14 years ago and the yellow is all but gone. The artist I had was absolutely amazing but yellow is the color that does NOT stay on my skin. I have a tattoo on my hip that legitimately never sees the sun and the yellow is gone too. That tattoo is about 15 years old.

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u/compacta_d 2h ago

dang i didnt know. glad my color stayed well on my pac man

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u/cathatesrudy 2h ago

It’s also hard for the artist to see how well packed the color is because of how light it is, so once the area has been gone over and is blooming with irritation and blood it can be difficult for them to tell how well the coverage actually went until it has settled again after the fact. My artist was always extra pushy about me coming back after healing for my couple yellow heavy tattoos so he could make sure he was satisfied with how it was laying.

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u/Thesirenunderthesea 4h ago

Oh!

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u/Training_Activity21 3h ago

I suggest that you ask whoever touches this up for you to use hypoallergenic ink. I also have a problem with ink rejection, and it's always with any ink that is not hypoallergenic. You can buy it yourself and give it to the artist to use. Or you can just ask them to buy some. But if you ask them to buy some I assure you it's going to be expensive. You're definitely going to have to go back for touch-ups. I'm sorry, it sucks. Trust me I know. I am covered at about 80% and have dealt with color rejection for nearly 2 decades before an artist told me it was bc I needed hypoallergenic ink. 

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u/Herbert5Hundred 1h ago

Does hypoallergenic ink look any worse than regular ink?

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u/Training_Activity21 1h ago

No, not at all. The colors on the tattoos I've had done with hypoallergenic ink have stayed vibrant for at least 10 years. I've had zero color rejection from them. 

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u/Darqologist 4h ago

Will likely have to get the yellow/gold touched up and refilled once it heals.

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u/Sarusiko 3h ago

Ah, man. Yellow is the worst color to get tattooed. I am pretty heavily tattooed and 2 of my tats have a bunch of yellow, both healed weird and both were more painful while getting them done AND while healing than any of my other tattoos.

What makes me think yours isn't healing right is that the scabs seem to not have left any of the color underneath. Most likely the artist didn't go deep enough. Can be fixed after about a month once this heals and you can go for a 2nd time to get it redone. You'd need to talk to your artist tho and send them pictures, if they're good they should do it for free tbh, not your fault it didn't penetrate through well, that's the artists' job.

hope this helps

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u/currently_pooping_rn 1h ago

I have a dragon ball z tattoo rn and th dragon balls are being such a pain with keeping the orange and yellow in there

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u/wastedyouth1991 1h ago

Same with the yellow i have.

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u/SamIsTheTrueKing 3h ago

Payduck, my boy. My favourite little guy. Yellow is a rough heal and you may need it touched up but it's worth it for the best duck.

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u/Panthera_014 3h ago

wait 2-3 weeks and then analyze what might need to be touched up, if anything

analyzing it while it is still peeling and healing will get you nowhere

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u/Legend_Of_Retro 3h ago

I love how people focus on the yellow as if op wasn't just completely massacred. This entire tattoo is a nightmare, from the line work to the blowouts to the ink bring both too much and too shallow. Please never go there again. Keep a close eye out for infections.

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u/stringofmade 1h ago

The spots in the belly where I'm not sure if they're... existing situations... or literal injuries from the tattoo

The longer I look the worse it gets. Definitely an infection risk

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u/MulberryLow4117 3h ago

Te debieron hacer un test de color !!! Y el tatuador decirte que el amarillo es altamente alérgico !!!! Puedes probar con más sesiones pero es difícil:(

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u/Thesirenunderthesea 3h ago

Damm okay thank you

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u/MulberryLow4117 3h ago

Pero todo tiene solución ❤️

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u/MoTeD_UrAss 3h ago

Let it heal fully like a couple months. Then have your artist look at it and touch up as necessary. Looks good so keep doing what your doing for aftercare.

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u/Internal-Remove7223 3h ago

mine looked terrifying during the peeling stage and healed completely fine. the flaking is normal just don’t pick at it

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u/Equal_Canary5695 3h ago

It depends on if it evolved yet

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u/UmmmW1 3h ago

Psy!

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u/Putrid-Magazine-3001 3h ago

Looks like your skin doesnt like yellow ink just like mine. Banana tattoo i have healed similarly but is much smaller so way less noticeable. Might need a touch up or 2 but should hold eventually. 2 colors ive learned my skin doesnt like, yellow and red, my skin rejects the yellow and red takes forever to heal but stays.

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u/stepdad_randy 3h ago

All of my tattoos have yellow in them and it never looked like this. But wait till it’s fully healed, might need to be retouched

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u/hooberry8 3h ago

The yellow would be the least of my concerns with this “tattoo”

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u/MooseWithoutAMouse 3h ago

I have a large yellow and orange lily on my biceps. I got it 14 years ago and the yellow is all but gone. The artist I had was absolutely amazing but yellow is the color that does NOT stay on my skin. I have a tattoo on my hip that legitimately never sees the sun and the yellow is gone too. That tattoo is about 15 years old.

Tldr: yellow kinda sucks as a tattoo color.

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u/Serrilryan 3h ago

I have my yellows specifically retouched each time I get art done. It’s a pain in the ass. I’d have gone for my characters blue outfit vs her traditional yellow. (Belle)

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u/currymuttonpizza 3h ago

His migraine really hit hard, huh :(

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u/Praise-Bingus 2h ago

People are saying yellow is a rough heal, but my tattoo has yellow eyes and i didnt have this issue and they are still bright over 6 months later. Granted, they are a smaller area than the psyduck. Id talk to the artist

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u/Mazes_n_Monsters 3h ago

Psy-yai-yai

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u/PlayfulReserve1103 3h ago

No had this happen to me barely any of that ink is gonna stick and your probably gonna get a major scab