arm tattoos and pets

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Tuesday February 5th, 2008 @ 5:15 PM

Filed under: Tattoos

Hi. I’ve been thinking about getting a tattoo around my wrist but I’ve got one concern. My pets, dogs, a cat, rats, it’s a fact of life that I get scratched and clawed sometimes. Those scratches are sometimes deep enough to scar or atleast take up to a year to fully go away. I could keep my tattoo protected through healing but are these scratches going to effect it in the long term? Could a cut/scratch mess up my tattoo someday?

Scratches from pets or anything else for that matter can cause scarring. The amount of scarring and length of time it will be visible will depend on a few factors (your ethnicity, how prone to scarring you are individually, whether or not infections and complications arise from the wounds, etc.).

This being the case, the effects of these scratches on your tattoo may or may not leave permanent visible damage. It would be a good proactive measure to keep your arms protected whenever you are going to be in direct contact with your sharp-nailed pets. This will minimize the likelihood of your tattoo sustaining damage.

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