Hello! I have this about 2 inches long mostly black and red tattoo on my inner wrist. I do NOT like it anymore and want to get it re-done (with a different design, completly different!) I went to a few tattoo artists, and they said red and black is too hard to do a cover-up tattoo, and that i should get it removed first(or at least lightened alot) and THEN get a cover up tattoo. However, i met this guy the other day who is a tattoo artist, and he says at his shop he can do a few sessions of putting white ink over the black and red, and after a few sessions, i can do a new design over it. Can you really do this????? Thanks
NO! It doesnt work, lets put it this way, most of the time white ink doesnt stay in blank skin, it wouldn't work to cover black. My boyfriend working in a huge tattoo parlor and I'm tellin ya that guy is trying to rip you off.
Sara is right. Most times white ink falls out anyway. I've seen it done, and it doesn't lighten the tattoo, it just scars the skin and makes the old tattoo look worse. He might be talking about this new ink that is actually clay that you tattoo into your skin and then, because the clay irritates the skin, the ink is rejected and takes some of the old tattoo with it. I don't know how well this works, but, since I haven't heard anything about it being a good option, I'd imagine not well. Sadly, your best bet is probably to save the money to laser lighten the tattoo and then get a cover up. A mall tattoo shouldn't cost more than 3-400 to lighten. I know it sounds like a lot of money, but its a bargain if it gets you a tattoo you are happy with. Cheers,
I have a tattoo that is just white ink that didn't come out or anythingg and is fine, but I feel like it is doing so well because I put it on a really white area void of sun exposure. I don't think it would cover up red and black at all, and I think doing this a bunch of times would cost a lots of money and prob not be too effective. If I were you I'd figure out something black that could cover what you have if you don't like it that much, or just learn to see it as a symbol of the time you got it?
Ive seen my artist do this, and we used it some in my cover up piece. IT WORKS! when the extra white ink comes out it takes some of the darker color with it. (peeling is looseing extra ink) It most def works. Ive seen in. ps. Hi DSOTM!!!!!!!
The chances of it actually working is VERY slim. This guy is just trying to rip her off. Any decent tattoo parlor wouldnt rip you off by trying
I dont know. My tattoo artist is decent. Its silly to pass that kind of judgment based on a method. Ive seen it work. Thats all im saying.
I'm sure it CAN work in some cases, such as covering light colours, however that being said it wont work well or at all over black. I'm speaking based on knowledge here not bias, one of my close friends is a tattooist and he told me it's a total rip off. Seeing as he's been a tattooist for 20+ years I know he knows what he's talking about. Removal is a option or getting the piece covered with something that has a larger surface area of black. I have a shitty spider web done on my finger that i wanted covered up and I asked if he could cover it up with a flesh coloured ink and he said it wouldnt work, my tat is so faded it's mostly blue, if it wont work on that there is a very slim chance of working on soild black.
Its not that the white covers it up. The white draws out the ink, and fades the tattoo so its easyer to cover.
This method doesn't work. You may be talking about the clay ink I mentioned in the earlier post, but plain white tattoo ink will not work. You may notice some lightening of the tattoo, however, this is scar tissue over the ink, not an actual lightening of the tattoo. Trying to cover up black with white will only lead to more scaring(which makes it more difficult to get a good tattoo, more pain, and more wasted money before she goes in to actually laser off the old tat. Its actually very logical to pass judgement based on a method. I'll say any doctor who still supports bloodletting is a quack based on his method. I'd say any tattooist who re-used needles is dangerous based on his method. And...I'd say anybody who tries to coverup a black tattoo with white is either incompetent of a scam artist based on his method. Some methods just are no bueno. Again, the best options are either to laser lighten or cover up with black design elements. Lasering a small black item enough to lighten it isn't much more exspensive than a few sittings of futile white work. Imaginepeace...I'm not trying to be argumentative, but one anecdotal experience is not enough to say something is a good idea. I'm saying this is a bad method that has been disproven by many experienced artists. It is dangerous to give someone looking for advice on this subject such un-founded advice because she is obviously hopeful that it will work. When somebody is looking for advice(or in this case, the answer they're hoping for), they can throw dozens of pieces of solid advice to the wind because of one piece of encouraging evidence. The human brain is very acrobatic this way. Peace
I was just saying my tattoo aritist isnt a "undecent" person because of this. It doesnt make him a bad artist bc he does this when all my work is great. And I know how people think and how the brain works, and if someone takes my personal experiance and it doesnt work for them its not my fault. i was just sharing how we helped fade out the green and extra black in my tattoo when i got it covered up. Peace to you as well.
