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  • #602
    Will
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,183 ✭✭✭✭Will


    Best bet is to ring/call around the studios and ask :)


  • #603
    DiamondEyez
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18 ✭DiamondEyez


    ok!
    thank you!:)


  • #604
    animan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 510 ✭✭✭animan


    Hi a bit of a wierd question but does anyone know if there would be problems with the healing of a tattoo if it was done in an area prone to spots. Want to get one on my shoulder but used to have horrible bacne will this be a problem?


  • #605
    ellieswellies
    Registered Users Posts: 191 ✭✭ellieswellies


    I'm thinking of getting my lower lip pierced, but I haven't a chance in hell of wearing it to work...so...

    1. what is the best way to cover up a lip piercing?
    2. how long after a lip piercing can you wear transparent jewellery or something similar?
    3. How well does it work?

    Cheers folks!


  • #606
    Pierced Off
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 329 ✭✭Pierced Off


    ellieswellies wrote: »
    1. what is the best way to cover up a lip piercing?
    2. how long after a lip piercing can you wear transparent jewellery or something similar?
    3. How well does it work?
    1. Unfortunately as your lips are smack in the middle of your face, there's not a lot you can do. A plaster is about your best bet.
    2. It takes at least 6-8 weeks before it is really safe to swap to a retainer. Any sooner and your not going to do your piercing any favours.
    3. With a clear retainer you can still see that there is a piercing there, it's just not AS noticable at a first glance.


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  • #607
    Gunslinger92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,901 ✭✭✭Gunslinger92


    Is it normal for light scabbing to form after getting tattooed??


  • #608
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    Yep, perfectly normal. Just keep applying the cream and don't pick it!!


  • #609
    unknown13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,659 ✭✭✭unknown13


    Quick one. Lost my eyebrow bar today. Didn't have time to go into wildcat today to get replacment will it close up by tomorrow afternoon. Note I have had the piercing for about 2 years.

    Also do Wildcat in Stephens Green still open on Sundays

    Thanks


  • #610
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    Dunno, it depends on each person. You moght be ok though seeing as you've had it a couple of years. Just get a new bar asap or if you've any other curvbed barbells at home or whatever :)


  • #611
    unknown13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,659 ✭✭✭unknown13


    Yeah, I'm thinking I might be ok. I might get the piercer to put it in aswell since they will have water based lube on site.


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  • #612
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    Yup, always easier when the piercer does it too.


  • #613
    Eroticplants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,551 ✭✭✭Eroticplants


    So I wanna get new jewellery for my septum but I don't know what it's pierced at, I reckon it's 1.6 but is there any way of checking besides going into the piercer, I'm fierce lazy! :P


  • #614
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    Do you have a set of calipers handy? :P If not compare it to other jewellery you have that's 1.6 or 1.2mm to give you an idea.


  • #615
    unknown13
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,659 ✭✭✭unknown13


    Went into Wildcat, got the new curved barbell put in, no problem.


  • #616
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    Woo! :D


  • #617
    lil_tuts
    Closed Accounts Posts: 209 ✭✭lil_tuts


    Can anyone recommend somewhere in Dublin to get this tattoo "The time we shared, it was precious to me" - i have seen some really good work and some really bad work , like squiggly lines i'm just worried the lines wont be straight, its a very important tattoo to me


  • #618
    Cookie Jar
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,264 ✭✭✭Cookie Jar


    lil_tuts wrote: »
    Can anyone recommend somewhere in Dublin to get this tattoo "The time we shared, it was precious to me" - i have seen some really good work and some really bad work , like squiggly lines i'm just worried the lines wont be straight, its a very important tattoo to me

    Rob in colorworks in Temple Bar


  • #619
    Tiriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,182 ✭✭✭Tiriel


    Question - my sister is looking into getting her inner lip tattooed.. I didn't even know people did this and have no idea where she would go or if it is a stupid crazy idea or not. Any thoughts/advice on studios/etc. very welcome!!


  • #620
    Will
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,183 ✭✭✭✭Will


    inner lip? ooh a tattoo, yeah can be done but will smudge and stuff, they're usually reserved for silly tattoos


  • #621
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    Inner lip tattoos don't really last long and like Will said they smudge. I've only ever seen words tattooed there so don't be expecting to get anything detailed at all. Just basic shapes and letters.


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  • #622
    Tiriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,182 ✭✭✭Tiriel


    She's thinking of getting a skull with heart eyes and a stitched mouth.. too much detail? She's never had a tatt.. but has a few piercings alright. I've never seen one done! I'd imagine it really is just a gimmicky thing to do and accept it won't be there for long, or at least hold up in any great shape! Cheers for answering guys!


  • #623
    Raze_them_all
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,477 ✭✭✭✭Raze_them_all


    yes way too much detail as it'll be tiny.


  • #624
    blaze1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭blaze1


    Hi folks,

    Just looking for a bit of advice

    Looking at getting one of the following done just wondering if you have any recommendations on wheres good to go for.

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    Chac.jpg

    Its my first tat and just a bit nervous as I want a good job


  • #625
    Raze_them_all
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,477 ✭✭✭✭Raze_them_all


    Check peoples online portfolios, go into shops yourself, check books and talk to artists

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055505603


    Full thread of online portfolios


  • #626
    blaze1
    Registered Users Posts: 1,559 ✭✭✭blaze1


    Raze_them_all wrote: »
    Check peoples online portfolios, go into shops yourself, check books and talk to artists

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055505603


    Full thread of online portfolios

    Thanks Raze them all,

    I saw that thread a while back and couldnt remeber where!!!:)


  • #627
    Tauriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,536 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    I've been thinking of getting a tattoo for years but I have a problem with fainting whenever a needle breaks my skin. So I was wondering if a tattoo artist would continue doing the tattoo if I passed out. I know on Miami Ink they stopped and gave a woman a drink before they carried on. I am kinda counting on fainting to get through it


  • #628
    tread_softly
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 997 ✭✭✭tread_softly


    mustang shelly wrote: »
    I've been thinking of getting a tattoo for years but I have a problem with fainting whenever a needle breaks my skin. So I was wondering if a tattoo artist would continue doing the tattoo if I passed out. I know on Miami Ink they stopped and gave a woman a drink before they carried on. I am kinda counting on fainting to get through it

    Do you mean you tend to faint when giving blood and things like that?

    Well, I'm the same, when a hypodermic breaks my skin I'm freaked.
    But getting a tattoo feels completely different. Yeah, it's loads of tiny needles breaking your skin, but it's going so fast it doesn't feel like that. Yes it's painful, but it's not the same sensation as getting an injection/giving blood etc.


  • #629
    Tauriel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 30,536 ✭✭✭✭Tauriel


    Well I fainted when I got my ears pierced years ago. I fainted when the first one went in and my aunt told the woman doing to do the other one while I was out. I also fainted after all the MMR vaccinations and thinhs like that when I was in primary school. Also I fainted when I got blood taken and it took about an hour for me to come around, the doc had to push back her appointments.

    I am thinking of getting the tattoo on the left hand side of my upper back so i want to know if I will be lying down for it or will I be sitting would you know?


  • #630
    Will
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,183 ✭✭✭✭Will


    I don't think any tattoo artist would be comfortable tattooing someone while they are out cold. Why don't you go talk to one, explain your dilemma and see what they say?


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  • #631
    TEMPLAR KNIGHT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 961 ✭✭✭TEMPLAR KNIGHT


    I currently have my ears stretched to 6mm and I might go bigger I just have two questions I had my ear pierced when I was younger and then took it out let it heal up and many years later got my ears pierced again then stretched them just wondering if I go bigger the stretch will include the hole that was there since the first time I was wondering will this affect the strecth as the hole is still there, and my second question is what is the point of no return that the stretched ears wont go back to normal I read places that it was 6mm just want to know is this correct? thanks!


  • #632
    Will
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,183 ✭✭✭✭Will


    You will really need to get looked at by a piercer regarding the original piercing. 6mm is generally considered the point of no return, but it really depends on the size of your lobes and how fast/slow you stretch. Rule of thumb is don't stretch if you wouldn't be happy with big lobes for the rest of your life


  • #633
    TEMPLAR KNIGHT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 961 ✭✭✭TEMPLAR KNIGHT


    Will wrote: »
    You will really need to get looked at by a piercer regarding the original piercing. 6mm is generally considered the point of no return, but it really depends on the size of your lobes and how fast/slow you stretch. Rule of thumb is don't stretch if you wouldn't be happy with big lobes for the rest of your life


    ok thanks he did say it could cause complications but ill call into him and see, I dont mind the holes in my ears its I just hate that they get saggy ha


  • #634
    Gingko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 532 ✭✭✭Gingko


    Will wrote: »
    A lot of people seem a bit intimidated to ask questions which they feel may be a bit silly or whatever. Well this is the place to ask such questions. We all were new to this once and the only way people learn is by asking questions.

    Smart ass questions or replies will be dealt with in the form of a ban.

    Anywho go ahead and enjoy :)

    Those of you you may have had tattoo laser removal, what were the results like? Successful? scarring or loss of pigment? I've just had my first session of nd yag laser and it would seem that it has responded well.


  • #635
    RoryMurphyJnr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,071 ✭✭✭RoryMurphyJnr


    TEMPLAR KNIGHT wrote: »
    ok thanks he did say it could cause complications but ill call into him and see, I dont mind the holes in my ears its I just hate that they get saggy ha


    Had mine stretched to 32mm

    Took it out closed a bit but ended up getting surgery to close it up completely


  • #636
    TEMPLAR KNIGHT
    Closed Accounts Posts: 961 ✭✭✭TEMPLAR KNIGHT


    RoryMurphyJnr wrote: »
    Had mine stretched to 32mm

    Took it out closed a bit but ended up getting surgery to close it up completely

    I got mine stretched up to 8mm last week, whats the surgery like?


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  • #637
    RoryMurphyJnr
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,071 ✭✭✭RoryMurphyJnr


    Done under a local. Bit painful but not too bad.
    Ear lobe slightly uneven obviously but I've a bump kaeloid on the back of the lobe. Could get it removed but it may grow back. No pain just looks bad


  • #638
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    So I've been thinking about a conch punch for a while now and I think I'll get it done after the summer. I know it's probably anatomy dependant but what's the kinda max size you could get done? I'd love to have an 8mm one and I'd really rather not have to stretch it! Also where's the best place to get it done? It'd be my first kind of serious mod so I'd like to get it done in the best place possible!


  • #639
    Will
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,183 ✭✭✭✭Will


    It's a fairly serious commitment dude, mine took a year to heal each. First one was a disaster, second one went way way better. There will be days where you will just wanna take it out and let it heal over. I'd suggest 4 or 6mm, if I was to do it again I'd go for smaller and stretch up in .5mm jumps. Just head into your preferred studio and talk it out with them, they will be able to let ya know what's best/safest :)


  • #640
    Atavan-Halen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,183 ✭✭✭✭Atavan-Halen


    Cheers. I have been thinking about it for a long time and after the summer would be the time for me to do it. Is stretching as bad as people make it out to be? :P I just can't imagine stretching such thick cartilage.


  • #641
    Will
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,183 ✭✭✭✭Will


    Like any stretching just take your time, don't be stupid and push your body. .5mm jumps will make it a lot less traumatic also


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