Tattoos on ankles
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Tuesday May 27th, 2008 @ 7:05 PM
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I’ve been toying with the idea of getting small tattoos of wings on my ankles, but I’ve heard that jointed areas are prone to rejecting the ink. Would a tattoo in that area be advisable?
I don’t think jointed/bendy areas are necessarily more prone to rejecting ink, but they do experience much more movement and friction during the healing period, making them a tougher area to heal…which can result in loss of ink. In addition, jointed area often tend to have thinner skin, making it a bit harder to put the ink in without also doing too much damage to the skin. This may result in some artists going a little “light” when working in these areas, thereby not getting good coverage to begin with.
I don’t have my ankles tattooed, but I do have both of my kneecaps done. I definitely found the healing of these tattoos to be more difficult, but I didn’t find that they lost any more ink during healing than less bendy spots I’ve had tattooed.
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That’s my ankle and it healed fine.
Melody on May 28th, 2008 at 1:13 amIf you look around and think about it, ankle tattoos are quite common, especially among women. My boyfriend’s mother has one that’s her only tattoo, and when I’m out in public (especially now that it’s warmer and everyone’s wearing shorts/capris) I can look down and will a good chunk of the time find a woman with a tattoo of something on her ankle.
I have a full chain and pendant tattooed around my ankle, and had the exact same concerns while I was healing it. I was constantly checking it to see if anything had blown out or if the ink was taking. I’m happy to report that everything looks great and all that worrying did was drive my boyfriend nuts for a week.
In short: I say go for it! If it doesn’t take as well as you want, a lot of time tattoo artists have no problem doing small touch ups for clients. If I were you, I’d worry more about steeling myself up for the pain, because ankles do tend to hurt a bit more than the more fleshy areas
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