Red ink tattoo query

keevita

Hi guys,

I'm looking to have a red tattoo done, and i'm wondering does every tattoo artist do this or will i have to find someone who does? the reason i ask is when i got my first tat done, i wanted it in brown ink and the guy told me it would fade so wouldn't do it. i got it done in black in the end and actually quite like the way it has faded a bit over the years.

Did a search there on boards for my Q but couldn't find it, if it has been answered elsewhere than apologies!

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Star Lord

There should be no problem with getting a red tattoo done. My bio-mech heart is primarily red (as you'd expect) and there's no probs with it.

Melion

Every place should do red in a tattoo. Just be wary of reactions to it though, i read online that some people have a serious reaction to red ink for some reason. I have some on my back and leg and there was no reaction thankfully.

punk_one82

My tattoo is fully red and I had no problem getting it done and no reaction. Nothing was even said to me about people having a reactions so I'm assuming it should be fine.

Star Lord

I believe reactions to red ink were more common in the past when the colour (I may be wrong on this) was mainly using metal oxides to get the red pigment.

The problem here is that the inks are not regulated, so the make-up of the inks varies from one manufacturer to another.

If you go to a reputable tattoo parlour then they will be using tried and trusted inks, so the chance of reaction are much much less, but allergies are not predictable, and you can even develop an allergy years down the line (to anything!)

keevita

cheers for the advice!

QOTSA90

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

I believe reactions to red ink were more common in the past when the colour (I may be wrong on this) was mainly using metal oxides to get the red pigment.

There were cases of mercury being used.. MERCURY!:eek:

Delorian

keevita wrote: »

...when i got my first tat done, i wanted it in brown ink and the guy told me it would fade so wouldn't do it...

Does anyone know what the story with brown ink fading is? I'm not brave enough to get anything too strong on my forearms, but think a subtle brown design could be ok for me. Being pastey white, I'd like it to look like a mid to dark tan colour. Is there a decent chance this would fade away to nothing? Does it depend on the skill of the tattooist as well as the colour & after-care?

Mellor

DamoElDiablo wrote: »

My bio-mech heart is primarily red

Pic?

Star Lord

This was immediately after it was done (you can actually still see a drop or two of blood)

Kitty k

If you are worried about red ink you should ask the artist to do a "test patch" to see how well it heals for you I have heard of reactions but never seen one apparently your body tries to reject the ink so the Tattoo wont heal until all the ink is gone.or so I have heard!

hibrat

I got a pretty bad reaction to red ink about 2 years ago. While the ink didn't reject, the area looked really raised and scarred for a very long time and kinda messed up the healing...in saying that I got the area touched up when i was adding to it last year (in a diff studio-possibly diff brand of red ink?) and it healed perfectly-happy days