Is Your Tattoo Fading?

This is every tattoo lovers nightmare, isnt it? One day you wake up and go to the mirror as usual to checkout how good your tatto looks and "holy mother of &%$£*%%" its fading!! Well it is imposible to completely avoid this hapning, but knowing some facts and some tips will help you to protect and keep that tattoo looking good for a much longer period of time.

Delay The Fading Process!

Taking care of your tattoo takes decipline. To make sure your tattoo stays colorfull and beautifull for more than just a few year it is absolutely important that know how to take care of it. Understand that, its inevitable that your bodys natural aging process will cause the tattoo to loose some of its glory. So heres some tips to delay and prolong this inevitable.

Find The Right Tattoo Artist - We have a saying "You get what you paid for!" I'm sure you've heard it. Keeping this in mind, make sure you find a tattooist who absolutely knows what hes doing and has plenty of experience. He will charge you more but you will get a quality tattoo.

How much and how fast your tattoo fades depends on the placement of it's pigments. If pigments are not placed deep enough they will be too close to the skins surface. Ideally they should be in the middle layer of your skin. The epidermis (top layer of the skin) is constantly shedding dead skin cells.When tattoo pigments are too close to the epidermis they also be shed along with the dead cells. A good tattooist will know this. Ask arround, get some reference from your mates. Reputation is important to a tattoo artist.

Care For Your New Tattoo The Right Way - How you care for your new tattoo during the first few weeks is very important. For the first 2 - 5 weeks make sure you apply moisturizers or ointments continuesly. Never pull out scabs as some pigments will be pulled out along with it. Remember less pigment there is, the less vibrant the tattoo's color, which gives it the look of fading.

What Colors? - Colors with red based pigments such as orange, yellow, purple are more difficult to look after, and that makes them more prone to fading. Blacks and blues are the most stable colors. Keepm this in mind when choosing a tattoo design and it's colors.

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Protect It From The Sun - Get into a habit of applying suncream to your tattoo when ever you go out in the sun. Sun's UV rays can harm the pigments of your tattoo and cause fading.

There you have it. Follow these few simple points and in addition live a healthy life. A healthy diet helps supply your skin with the vitamins, minerals and antioxidants it needs to remain young!