Thigh Tatto
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Monday October 19th, 2009 @ 3:31 PM
Filed under: Tattoos
I’m planning to get a tattoo on my outer right thigh that will span from hip to knee. I’m 18 and this will be my very first tattoo (No worries, I’ve been planning this damn thing for five years). The problem is that I very very rarely wear shorts or loose fitting clothes. I wear jeans 90% of the time. I was wondering how my choice in clothing may affect the outcome of my tattoo and cause unnecessary scarring.
Another thing, I tend to get A LOT of ingrown hairs. I’m middle eastern so I have thick course hair that sucks. I get ingrown hairs everywhere no matter the irritation. How would this affect my tattoo and would it also cause scarring?
I have a large tattoo from my hip to my knee and I never ever wear shorts. The outline of the tattoo was fine after 24 of sweats to allow time for the wound to seal up.
With a solid colour piece, you would definitely want to look into wearing loose fitting pants while the tattoo is weeping.
Most of my large colour tattoos are covered by clothes and I find that gently wiping them with a warm cloth a few times a day in the first week helps keep all the sticky, scabby grossness that get stuck to clothes and bedsheets to a minimum.
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3 Responses to “Thigh Tatto”
I get ingrown hairs as well, and I’ve discovered that getting waxed a few days or a week before getting tattooed and exfoliating really well (in the days before, not during the healing, of course) helps. After it is healed exfoliating and whatnot to help with the ingrown hairs has not been a problem for me.
Erin on October 21st, 2009 at 1:47 pmI have both my thighs covered with large tattoo, one with a large blackwork bird and the other with a large, full detail, full color elephant. For both tattoos I found that wearing gym shorts under your jeans for the first week or so can prevent the seam from rubbing on the fresh tattoo preventing both discomfort and degradation of the tattoo.
Scott on October 26th, 2009 at 8:48 pmThanks guys. Since I’ve submitted this question I’ve gotten two tattoos. The first didn’t turn out well at all, since I found out that I just don’t heal well. I ended up with a lot of scarring and lost a lot of the pigmentation in the tattoo. The second has gone beautifully. Unfortunately the “you live you learn” process is what I went through in tattoo care. I have no regrets though, and am very thankful my question was attended to.
Muna on October 31st, 2009 at 6:32 amLeave a Comment