tattoos & stetch marks
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Thursday February 26th, 2009 @ 9:56 AM
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Hi,
i’m wanting a pretty big tattoo on my belly of my dogs & horses, but i’m worried that in a few years time when i decide to have kids the tattoo will stretch & be distorted. Am i better to wait til after i have kids to get it?
Thanks Bryony…
I think that it’s a wise decision to hold off on tattooing your stomach until after having kids, yes. We don’t all bounce back after pregnancy as well as Twwly (sadly!), and stretch marks will surely change a tattoo!
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3 Responses to “tattoos & stetch marks”
Even if you lose all of the weight in a timely way, as I did, your tattoo will very likely stretch along the major lines because the underlying tissue has been pre-weakened.
The tattoo was on the front of my left hip and the size and shape were not affected, I just had stretch marks along the outlines.
Years later, after waiting to make sure I wasn’t going to gain a lot of weight, (six months ago) I had it re-inked, and it looks fine.
Stacie on February 26th, 2009 at 11:52 amIs there any known way of minimizing/preventing some of the damage from stretching? Maybe some kinds of lotion or vitamins that boost skin elasticity? I don’t know how there would be, but I guess anything is possible.
fireship on February 26th, 2009 at 4:39 pmStretch marks are hereditary, you’re either prone to getting them or you aren’t, and NOTHING is proven to prevent or get rid of them.
Lori St.Leone on February 27th, 2009 at 4:51 amLeave a Comment