Question:
do tattoo's stay in the first place? What makes the chemicals
so special that they will stay while other chemicals could just wash out
or come out with the natural renewing and removal of cells. I cant
understand it.
Answer:
-The iron oxide pigments are different sizes, depending on the colors
used, the needles place the pigments at a particular depth in the skin,
just below the epidermis (which continually replicates and moves upward,
to be sloughed off, and the dermis (where all of the nourishment is,
collagen, elastin, capillaries, most nerve endings, etc.) The micron
size is important, because smaller ones will be attacked by the immune
system and carried away (this is why they fade :), and for the most part
the larger sized pigments will remain where they are placed. Depending
upon where the tattoo is (shoulder, fanny, bicep, or face-like permanent
makeup) and how much sun it is exposed to, how you take care of your
skin, etc. really also helps determine how long it "lasts" - they fade,
make no mistake - but they are permanent. Some lasers can eliminate
particular colors without much damage to surrounding skin. Don't fall
for anyone who tells you they can remove a tattoo with microdermabrasion
- studies have not been proven and you have to draw blood with this
procedure to get any sort of result, so a physician should be the only
one doing this!!!
There, probably more than you ever wanted to know, right?
-No, it was -great- info.
Now, can you tell me why my tattoo on my wrist, done first
in 1976, then touched up with color 2x after, swells and
actually gets 3-D? It itches a tiny bit but that is about
all it does.
-my guess would be that you might have developed a sensitivity to
the pigments. Does this happen after you've eaten something different,
or is it just random?
