tattooing a scar

karlh

Hi all,

I'm wondering if anyone has ever had a scar tattooed or heard if tattooing scar tissue is possible.

I have a neat, thin, straight scar from my belly button to my side (childhood operation) and thought it would be cool to decorate it in some way.

I'm thinking of getting a zip tattooed or my favourite:

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>8 cut here

My immediate thoughts are that it is not possible or at least it would be hard to find an artist willing to do it.

Any Ideas?

eth0_

You can do it but the scar will still be highlighted.

karlh

so the ink will end up a different colour on the scar or it wont take to scar tissue?

Hellrazer

Usually a tattoo on a scar looks kind of "shiny".Ive a burn on my upper arm that I got tattooed to try and cover it.It covered it ok but the tattoo on the scar itself looks shiny.
Richie

j0e9o

m8 ure forget a vital rule of life chicks dig scars

karlh

i hear ya!

i just say it was from a lion in the zoo, jumped into the enclosure to save a cute, deaf, blind, underprivalaged boy......

coldenmean

Originally posted by j0e9o
m8 ure forget a vital rule of life chicks dig scars

hes right.... i certainly do anyway :cool: ... wanna meet shark attack victim now....:p

Jim

My sister had a huge scar running vertically down her stomach. She got a tattoo over it and you wouldn't even know there was a scar there. Perhaps she'd still notice it slightly, but imo it totally covered it.

karlh

nice one, thanks all.

my scar is really thin but very long so i think even a tattoo right close beside it would look cool too.

thinking the final design is:

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>8 cut here

whatcha all think?

i could start a poll i suppose (joke), either this is a zip which i think would lok really cool too...