Why Does My Tattoo Look Smudged?
– Tattoo blowouts occur when a tattoo artist presses too hard when applying ink to the skin. The ink is sent below the top layers of skin where tattoos belong. Below the skin’s surface, the ink spreads out in a layer of fat. This creates the blurring associated with a tattoo blowout.
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What does a tattoo blowout or smudge look like?
Is It Normal for Tattoos to Smudge? – For most first-timers, the typical inquiry is: Can a tattoo smudge? The answer is yes, tattoos can smudge, and it may be due to various causes. On the other hand, smudged-looking tattoos are not very common, and you may minimize your chances of getting one by following a few easy procedures and taking specific precautions.
- Choosing an expert and experienced artist should be your top priority when looking for a tattoo shop;
- Cleaning a smudged tattoo does not just involve soap and water – it needs professional assistance, such as a tattoo artist or a dermatologist;
The skin may have absorbed the ink due to wrong aftercare practices or wrong tattooing procedures.
Why does my Tattoo look distorted after one day?
Does Your Tattoo Have Blowouts?
Why Does It Happen? – Tattoo blowouts aren’t studied since people don’t generally report such cases for whatever reasons. But, what we do know so far is that they happen because the tattoo needle has gone too far into the skin, penetrating beneath the surface layer and into the fat below the surface. Here is a summary of the main reasons blowout happens;
- The tattooed area is bony and has thin skin
- The skin was stretched too much during tattooing
- The tattoo needle was inserted at an awkward/slanted angle into the skin
- The tattoo artist pushed the needle too deep into the skin
- There was excessive movement during tattooing
Because of this, after several days, your initially perfect tattoo becomes blurry and the edges start to spread. The overall image can be mildly or seriously distorted. The blowout cases tend to appear more frequently in older people, where the skin is stretchy, less elastic, and more brittle, but it can also happen in younger, more elastic skin. Also Read: How Deep Should a Tattoo Needle Go?.
Why is my Tattoo ink seeping out of the bandage?
2 Some of the ink will seep. – Your tattoo artist will cover your tattoo in a plastic bandage, and you’ll generally be advised to leave it on for about 24 hours. You’ll very likely wake up in the morning and discover that the ink has seeped into the bandage — and it can be disconcerting, because it looks like your entire tattoo somehow got smudged.
What causes a tattoo blowout to blur?
– Tattoo blowouts occur when a tattoo artist presses too hard when applying ink to the skin. The ink is sent below the top layers of skin where tattoos belong. Below the skin’s surface, the ink spreads out in a layer of fat. This creates the blurring associated with a tattoo blowout.
