I'm a cancer survivor and I got an MRI today and it was clean!!! I'm super excited!

@treacletatts

7 ай бұрын

Yaaaaaay!!! Oh my goodness so happy for you my love 🫶🏻

Peace and love. Just wanted to say that a raised tattoo doesn't necessarily mean the tattoo was done poorly. Most of my tattoos aren't raised, and some of them are. It more common the more melanin you have in your skin (speaking from experience as a tattoed Black woman and tattoo enthusiast). The more melanin, the more easily your skin develops scar tissue after trauma (tattoos are traumatic to skin in the literal since). Basically, if someone is asking in good faith if a tattoo--even a well done one--can change the texture of your skin, the answer is yes, it might, but it probably won't. Again, peace and love.

@lilystoker6658

7 ай бұрын

I have eczema and sometimes my tattoos on my arms will become raised and slightly itchy when I have a flare up. My tattoos normally are healed very well and feel smooth most of the time, but occasionally my ink turns into braille 😅

@krikets.evrywhre5246

7 ай бұрын

Also, certain health conditions can influence body's ability to heal, regenerate and form scar tissue.

@kimberlysmith2750

7 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure most of not all my tattoos are slightly raised. All professionally done and I'm really happy with them

@tetrahydraa

7 ай бұрын

I have script down my spine and we purposefully made some letters raised more than others and it makes it really unique and interesting :) I think the artist actually used different needles and different pressure to create the different effects, but it is more than 10 years old now and never caused me any issues. I am sure there are situations where skin flares and the tattoo becomes raised when it is not meant to, but that is going to be very rare and more of an individual case caused by other factors and not necessarily because it was done poorly.

@finnh7483

7 ай бұрын

Most of my tattoos are slightly raised - I think the tattoo artists and my aftercare were decent, but yeah - I think my skin just reacts differently. When I was younger I used to form keloid scars, which I do not do anymore, but maybe it still has something to do with it.

I once had an older person look me dead on and tell me that tattoos make people look ugly no matter how well done or tasteful they are. I honestly just laughed, I couldn’t even be offended. Never had anyone tell me something like that so bluntly.

@danilampkin9306

7 ай бұрын

I had someone say the same thing to me while I was working as a cashier years ago. Like that’s nice random woman I’ve never met before tf?

@zuzuturtle

7 ай бұрын

@@danilampkin9306 relatable af, I had a guy ask about my lip piercings in this "why would you do that" way and then he finished that off by saying he would never allow his daughter to do something like this. I was mostly confused but unbothered back then (like since when are my piercings your problem sir? You scared your daughter's gonna see me and get inspired? xDD) I'm pretty sure I just went "okay then sir, I like them tho, so I have them and I don't regret it" or smthing along those lines. After work when I was talking about it with my mom I was pretty amused and I'm laughing about this situation till this day so I guess I at least got some entertainment out of it lmao (it still doesn't hold a candle to this one time I pretty much got offered to be a retired police officer's sugar baby but still, kinda funny if I do say so myself 😂)

@SpookyscarySayge

7 ай бұрын

A man was saying hand tattoos make women so ugly. I made sure to hand him his change in a way he'd see my hand tattoos 😂

@Mienarrr

7 ай бұрын

@@SpookyscarySayge Men always have unnecessary opinions on womens bodies 🙄 I once told an (ex) guy friend that I had been thinking of an underboob tattoo, and he flat out told me that it would look bad because my boobs werent big enough for it to look good? 😂 I can laugh about it now but back then it did deter me from thinking more about it

@TheDeviIDogg

7 ай бұрын

Honestly if you think about it there's nothing wrong with someone saying that because some people just don't like tattoos and have their own opinions on it. Sure it's not that nice of a thing to say but not everyone was taught to keep some things to themselves. Like my nephew who told me my tattoo was stupid so I called him stupid

I got asked “are those tattoos?” only once. I have two full sleeves. No, mate, I came out of my mum like this.

I'm not engaged or anything but I get worried I won't be tattooed enough by the time I get married 😂

@angreed7429

7 ай бұрын

I feel this! My partner and I are fine just never getting married but in case it ever happens I don't want too much empty space 😅

@TiBunCosplay

7 ай бұрын

I'm currently planning my first tattoo and kinda regret not doing it sooner because I got married in 2022 and wasn't tattooed and I just thing that a tattooed bride with a beautiful lace dress is stunning (my dress was lace)

@AmberKelly82

7 ай бұрын

Heavily tattooed brides are so stunning!!

@idalarsen2540

7 ай бұрын

Absolutely!!!

@ekl1457

6 ай бұрын

I got married with 1 session done on my half sleeve because of LOCKDOWN. I still looked cool.

My answer to "is that tattoo real?" is looking shocked and starting to rub the placement xD

@SaheeliRai

2 ай бұрын

That's a great reply 😂

Ah! The tattoo at 19:05 is made using a lino carving. That’s awesome! Essentially the artist carved the design into a block of linoleum (the cardboard-y looking stuff) inked it up and stuck it on : )

@claressadubs

7 ай бұрын

It's essentially a stamp anyway so it's actually a genius idea to just stamp it onto skin!

@lillianfulgham9280

6 ай бұрын

I've made lino prints before and honestly want to get something inked in that style! Love it

@charlieTtea

6 ай бұрын

Came to the comments just for this! Printmaking is so cool and I love linocut. Combining that technique with tattooing is so cool

@timothyverlinde7531

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the kind words peintmaking and now tattooing is my religion

@esmeb3

6 ай бұрын

@@claressadubsi absolutely adore stamp tattoos they r so adorable and stamps come in all styles and sizes

One of my older uncles was trying really hard to convince me at a family gathering that full sleeves are ridiculous because when the person gets older the tattoo is gonna look "ugly and wrinkly". I told him I'm gonna look ugly and wrinkly anyway, so I might as well get my full sleeve when I can. I think he's speaking from experience for having one (1) very small tattoo that healed terribly because of course he didn't take proper care of it, so now after over a decade it looks like a smudge lmao. Older people will really just say anything sometimes.

@Xan1ver

7 ай бұрын

Exactly this. I'm going to enjoy my 'youth' and enjoy wearing the art I ink on my body for life. I really don't care if they look different when I'm old and wrinkly. Probably not gonna be running around in shorts and a tank top at 80, but then again, maybe I will just to spite people. Besides, all my friends are going to be sporting wrinkly tattoos too 😅

That tattoo artist that said "don't be a bitch" about tapping out like what!? I got my back done yesterday with no numming and at the 4 hour mark my tattoo artist called it. I was going into shock. She said "Hun you have nothing to prove tattoos are painful tapping out ain't a bad thing." Thats why I always go to her for all my tattoos

@EurydiceAllAlong

6 ай бұрын

Literally I got tattooed yesterday and it was on my leg and she knew how much the back of my calf killed me so she would always ask throughout "Are you ok? Do you need a break? If you need a snack let me know?" Tattoos suck! There's no shame in needing to stop and finish it at another time

I’ve been married 20 years next month and I got asked so many times about covering my tats. My wedding dress was strapless corset style which showed off my dragon chest tattoo as well as my arm tattoos. I would have hoped that attitudes had changed towards it. People still ask me about how I’ll feel about what they’ll look like when I’m older, dude I’m older, I’ve been getting tattooed for 30 yrs and I’m fine with them even though I started at 16.

@kitkatmccabe

6 ай бұрын

My SIL has 2 massive black and white sunflowers on her shoulder down her arm and another sunflower on her other arm they looked amazing when she had her wedding.

I have a big leg tattoo, it took 13 hours and I absolutely love it. Unfortunately I kept it covered for many years because about 6 months after I got it done I was in the grocery store minding my business (wearing shorts) and a creepy man probably in his mid 50's (I was 18) squatted down and started caressing my leg. He was also racist imo because he said it only looked good because I had "beautiful white skin". The was he said it was awful 😔 I don't know what would possess someone to do or say those things to a complete stranger. I abandoned my shopping and left immediately. I'm 41 now and have only started wearing shorts again in the last few years. Of course, I'm much better at sticking up for myself. Even got the other leg done lol. The one I got at 18 y/o still looks incredible, probably because it didn't see sun for 20 years 😂

@ItsOKtobeNormal

6 ай бұрын

That really sucks and I totally know how you feel even though I'm Hispanic and not white, I've gotten all kinds of comments and it's always from old white men. I wouldn't even bring race up cuz I'm not that kind of person but it's seriously only ever been 40 plus year old white men who have done and said creepy things. I've gotten so used to it at this point that I almost don't even remember it after a week later, I think they fetishize tattoo women but also condemn or judge us... I don't know I'm sure you know what I'm trying to say though.

@kitsindel7884

14 күн бұрын

The first time someone saw my back tattoo I was asked "does that make you weigh more" like I think they thought led was in it or sompthing ....

My response when a family members says "Oh I could NEVER get all those tattoos!" I smile and respond with "Well, thats a good thing these are all on me and my skin, instead of yours!" This usually ends the convo lol

Once, my friend wore ripped jeans in front of my grandma and her friend. My grandma’s remark was: “I would’ve gotten in trouble if I wore those to school.” Like, ma’am we’re not even at school, let alone one fifty years in the past.

@karakask5488

7 ай бұрын

My grandma saw me wearing sneakers and said she would have never worn shoes that made her feet look that big!😂😂😂

Bite mark tattoos are cringe and the worst trend right now

Random people: you’ll regret that when you’re old. Me: I’ll just be happy to be old🤷‍♀️

so the theory behind pfd is that it stops the white spots from appearing, which means you can do more laser pulses on the same area because usually you can't penetrate the white part with the laser. which would also be why the area is more irritated than usual - they've basically got double the lasering in one session! it's only been around for a few years but looks like no major safety issues so far

The ‘cardboard’ things looks like it might be a linocut! It’s a type of block-carving for making prints. I’ve never seen it used as a tattoo stencil, but it makes sense to use it to transfer art 😮

I always think about how cool people with tattoos look in wedding dresses

The thing I never see people talk about with the bite mark tattoos is that, whilst you can disinfect the area before tattooing, to bite the skin hard enough to leave a mark you are traumaing the area. People underestimate how knarly human bites can be. I had someone bite me once and the day of it just looked like a few little red marks, like they look in these videos, after a week it was black and blue. The worst bruise I've ever had. As a tattoo artists, if someone had a bad bruise, cut, or sun burn I wouldn't want to tattoo that area and would tell them to wait for it to heal first, I see this as the same thing. It's a cute idea but if you can get a picture of a bite mark for your artist to replicate that is a lot safer and will most likely heal better.

I don’t regret any of my tattoos but I do regret some of my placements, I wish there was a way I could change where they are at times. Mostly because I want to fit more in! 🤣

@majesdane

7 ай бұрын

Exactly this. I wish I could have planned out all my tattoos and placements in advance. 😂

@montananerd8244

7 ай бұрын

I was so concerned about it fading that I put my thigh tattoo up pretty high. Should have tried on several different pairs of shorts with it. It's a very cool wolf paw with the pad done as a Celtic Cross. Unfortunately where most of my shorts fall, I have what looks like the bottom inch of a tattoo of testicles...

@Xan1ver

7 ай бұрын

100% this. Wish I'd known I'd end up getting full limb sleeves and had thought more about placement before I started my legs. Luckily I left my arms til last so they're much more aesthetically pleasing and well considered.

Has anyone else heard of the "command strip" method of 2nd skin?!?!? My last artist recommended warming it in water and then with a steady tug, pull down working from bottom and going up. Exactly like a command strip on a wall hahah it was such great advice for my large piece. Please someone tell me they have shared that too😂

My personal most hated question “Why would you do that to your body?” What answers are they looking for? Also, I think when it comes to regret of tattoos it’s fine to maybe have moved on from a style but way I look at it is that my tattoos are recognition of where I’ve been, who I’ve been and change is inevitable

I'm Brazilian and the sedation video is from Brazil, so I would like to explain it a bit. Basically, in Brazil is illegal to the artist put numbing cream in a costumer, I think even if they just agree they could have problems. Basically, only doctors/nurses can safely sedate/apply numbing products. So they got a medics team to sedate him in a safe and legal way (that's what I understood).

As a Metalhead. I will check it out and show some support

@treacletatts

7 ай бұрын

🥹🩷

My tattoos get raised sometimes and i heard that’s normal from my other tattooed friends. It’s not all the time, mostly when the weather changes or my skin is dry

@majesdane

7 ай бұрын

Same here! It always seems to happen when I’m dehydrated.

@blackhagalaz

4 ай бұрын

Just did a post about this here. I have the skin condition utricaria which is sometimes affected by weather. Sometime there are just "those days" when I randomly scratch myself and look like someone was in a fight with me lol. Since I have tattoos i found out that now my skin tends to raise more on the tattooed spots. But hey I guess now I can show off my tattoos to blind people too 😅

When my Grandad saw my first tattoo (a couple years ago now), his first words about it were "Well at least you get cold a lot so you'll be wearing long sleeves." - I'm just waiting until Christmas this year when he finds out I have since gotten another, bigger tattoo right underneath the first 😂

@brightknight1965

7 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh please update us! That sounds hilarious. My grandmother has lost all hope for me so she doesn’t even care that I got a huge forearm tattoo

Have had to tap out on a couple tattoos, the last one being my sternum! i did not feel well after. Never be forced into continuing a tattoo if you physically can’t do it. A good artist will allow you to stop and if sensible will not continue to tattoo you

29:43 oh no, jake back at it again, i swear man is just wild

I think people define regret differently, a lot of people just use regret to mean "I wish that didn't happen". You can regret a bad haircut and it's not that strong a feeling

lol that moment at 12:04 where she pauses for a second and checks her R/L hand tattoo to remember which hand that is. total mood

28:38 my dad tried bullying me for my ripped jeans, and he was literally a metal head in the 80’s and I remember him having jeans with the whole knee on both sides gone. I reminded him and he was like “oh, that’s true,” and then stopped. 😂

my best comeback when family ask about my tattoos is that they're for my "target audience," which is my students, and my elementary schoolers LOVE my tattoos. so that's all that matters.

I contemplated getting "just breathe" tattoo, but I am asthmatic so it would be a point for me to focus on during an attack. Instead I'm doing something else, but not until spring. I'll share it with you then. 😊

@KiraJCrawford

7 ай бұрын

Hope it goes well and we are eager to se it :)

@mookinbabysealfurmittens

7 ай бұрын

GL! Please be diligent with the aftercare! And hoping you've got the asthma safely under control. (I've been on the nebuliser machine thing... It made me feel like I was slowly drowning!) I feel you on the "just breathe" focal point and reminder, as someone who needs to focus on breathing for anxiety & chronic pain. (Slowing down the breaths, smoothing them from sharp cortisol-raising ones.) That was all waffling, but anyway happy tattooing! :)

@Joyfulellyn

7 ай бұрын

@@mookinbabysealfurmittens oh trust me, I am diligent with my aftercare. I have tattoos that are ten years or more old and they look half that. I've had the machine in the past. Asthma is in control, but when I have a cold or allergy flare up it's good to have the reminder. Smell the rose blow out the candle.

@mookinbabysealfurmittens

7 ай бұрын

@@Joyfulellyn Oh cheers!

Love your intro! Also, I don't have any snacks or beverages but I have my cat (which is the reason why I can't get snacks) 😅

@treacletatts

7 ай бұрын

Oh yes you let that wee baby rest!!!

I was expecting to be questioned recently for my heavily tattooed arms visiting my grandparents, my nanny had previously been mortified that my mum got her stomach and back completely tattooed (covering surgery scars) Surprisingly she didnt care at all, she even complemented them and complemented my partners tattoos. She also made sure to tell my mum that she didnt care and was being silly, overreacted and liked her tattoos too.

My only "be aware" on numbing creams, is basically don't do too much new stuff at once. I used to think I reacted badly to numbing cream and it made the colour fell out, but nope! I just also tried 2nd skin for the first time at the same session and i was allergic to the adhesive in the 2nd skin. So numbing cream saved my ass for my thigh and calf as I wanted to cry so bad!

@sleeplessinscotland9394

7 ай бұрын

I’m allergic to a lot of plasters so I’ve always avoided second skin just to be one the safe side - the post tattoo itch is bad enough without adding all allergy on top!

Re: numbing cream, Emla is in fact super safe!! I was prescribed it as a child from an actual doctor! A lot of people in my family have metal allergies and/or got really bad infections from having earrings put in as babies (and it just felt weird to her to put metal in the ears of a literal newborn without them knowing what it was), so my mom waited until I asked for them myself and let me get them when I finished my first year of primary school as a kind of "yay you made it" present and because I was older and could take better care of them (knew not to tug on them, cleaned them myself, and was actually old enough to understand it was gonna hurt and that I was making somewhat permanent holes in my flesh and it was my choice to do so), but since she didn't want me to have too bad a time with them, she took me to my gp and they gave us Emla, which is also used for some topical medical procedures. You can totally get it over the counter, my mom just wanted to make sure it was safe, and with the doctor's note we got it at a discount lol

LOL I looked cute as hell with my floral wedding dress and floral tattoos! such a dumb question

Love that Lauren looked at her L and R tattoos when talking about her legs. So cute, love to see those working for you! 😂❤

It says it’s silicone infused with PFD and allows for 4x the laser pass per session apparently. I’ve never heard of this either. Lots of new stuff today. The cardboard stencil transfer was well executed and the alien tattoo was excellent. 👍

The blackout sleeve removal lol. That's gotta be no fun! My artist uses that numbing cream and I haven't really seen any issues with it. Maybe it's just a person by person type of thing. I do notice that it doesn't last very long anymore while we are working on my back. A four hour session used to stay numb for about an hour, and now it's about 15-25 mins.

I just wanted to comment and tell you that i appreciate your content so much. You are funny, intelligent and super interesting to watch as a sort of tattoo-comfort zone when my mind is riled up or i am stressed. Thank you for your videos, Lauren❤

@treacletatts

7 ай бұрын

You’re so sweet thank you 🥹🫶🏻

The stencil that you didn't recognise is a linocut! It's a method of printmaking where you carve lino to create a stamp almost & then you can print with it. I've seen a few tattooers who also work with printmaking use them as stencils and I think its a really cool idea !

The PFD patch consists of a dual-layer medical-grade transparent silicone film. The bottom layer is tacky so it can be easily applied to the skin, and perforated so the optical clearing agent, PFD, can wick into it (Biesman 2017). It does evaporate rapidly, so you'd have to apply it multiple times. It is used to reduce epidermal whitening (this is what produced during the laser treatment). This makes it possible to do multiple passes of the lasers during removal because the PDF patch is supposed be a barrier. Basically it protects the skin from thermal injury so you can use the laser more, thus reducing the number of laser removal treatments needed. It may or may not alleviate the pain a little, but no definitive proof. It also might reduce the odds of dyspigmentation in the skin (I am a medical librarian, this response is a combination of resources! I still recommend doing your own research!)

4:22 i got that type of question about my kids all da time! My children look EXACTLY alike...& ppl still asked constantly, "are they twins"

@SaheeliRai

2 ай бұрын

To be fair, i knlw several cousins and siblings who look like identical twins

I like the feeling of getting tattooed it makes me feel alive. 😊

My mom loves my tattoos but for some reason really hated dyed hair lol 🤣

No one ever told me to take off second skin in the shower until you started this series 😬 thank you for saving my skin 😅

My grandpa didn't really go with the trends and once I came with ripped jeans to a family dinner. He didn't make any comment, but afterwards he pulled my mum aside and asked her if we had money problems because I had to wear old, ripped jeans. He was so concerned and just wanted her to know he's here to financially support her. It was the cutest thing!

With my tattoos I was once, just plain as day, told that I had ruined myself and that I looked disgusting🫠I didn’t have a come back I just sort of stared at them🤣

The last tattoos I got were the first I had second skin on, and when the time came to remove it, all I could hear in my head was your voice saying, "Take it off in the shower!" And it was so easy! So I thank you!

I could listen to you talk all day! And once again i love the makeup!!!!

@treacletatts

7 ай бұрын

Thanks sweetness 🫶🏻

Hi! The "strange stencil " is not a wooden plaque but a lionleum engraving on wich you put stencil ink. Lots of tattoo artists are doing it here in France, especially if they have an illustration / engraving background or style. Hope this helps 🐛✨

"Is that a tattoo?" No Phyllis, it's a portal to hell

@treacletatts

Ай бұрын

LOL!!!!!

Around my dads family I just wear long sleeves/long dresses, skirts etc simply to avoid any comments because I know they're not super keen on tattoos in general.. They know I've got them, but the discussion always turns to "I wanted a tattoo once and never got it and now I'm glad I didn't", "what if you don't like it in X amount of years" etc. When my cousin started his sleeve though he was definitely excited to show me though cause he knew I'd be the only one who would actually appreciate it 😄 Also Toms band 10/10, they'll be going on the spotify playlist!

So happy to see this pop up, perfect for my bus ride home from my second ever tattoo!

@sleeplessinscotland9394

7 ай бұрын

Ohh what did you get? I got two wee zombie figures this week

@oonapans

6 ай бұрын

@@sleeplessinscotland9394 so fun! I got a pomegranate and some floral ornamentals :)

I just finished my 3/4 blackout sleeve and I’ve had more older people ask about it (probably 60+) and like it then not! I was not expecting that response especially being in North Alabama.

The infamous ‘ that’s enough now huh? Like that’s your last one right ?’ Like yeah sure I’ll just stop getting tattoos cause you said so mate 😅

I'm pretty lucky in the fact that I grew up with both of my parents tattooed so I never had the fear of being judged in that way, and remembered being shocked of parents or family members who act like that to my friends. The majority of my family members have at least 1 tat so it would be a pretty funny situation if someone said something like that :')

I've always said that there's big letter words and little letter words. it's the intensity of the word that matters in those cases. In this case, Big letter Regret means you really mean it, little letter regret means you've thought about it some and might have done different. But we don't have twenty differents for snow, so we have use the same word both ways. Makes language and speaking so fun.

My grandma who has dementia, whenever she sees me she'll say "when did you get so many tattoos? I'm going to get one soon you know. She's not because she bruises so easily now but it's nice that she'll always compliment my tattoos then say she's gonna get one

@SaheeliRai

2 ай бұрын

You could try some of the temporary tattoos with her together 😊 (but depending how her dementia is, maybe gently remove it with oil at the end)

@ashleymartin9590

2 ай бұрын

@@SaheeliRai she's starting to get into the aggravated phase where little things will set her off so I don't know if she would be irritated by me offering the temporary and not the real thing but I do have some temporary tattoos, maybe next I see her I'll ask if she wants me to put them on her.

@SaheeliRai

2 ай бұрын

@@ashleymartin9590 oh, that's sad. I hope you have many happy memories with her to come ❤️

I sing the "wonderful girl" song to my dog at least 10 times a day, and it makes me so happy every time.

My mom is obsessed with telling me that i wont look good in a wedding dress cus i have tattoos on my arm, little does she know i do not want to get married EVER

Hey Lauren and anyone wondering, the tattoo stencil you 'weren't used to' looks like a lino print. It's a rubber that artists carve a design into and normally use for printing ink on paper. It looks like they used stencil ink instead and placed it on the body!

Someone once stopped me in the street asking if hair could grow on a tattoo. They seemed genuinely curious about it so I showed them the one on my calf which obviously had hair all over it. I just mentioned the need to shave while getting it but that it grows back the same as anything else. I have a very faintly raised tattoo of lettering on my hip but I actually enjoy that

@luciamarzi

6 ай бұрын

Talking about hairs. I’m removing a tattoo and the hairs over that area have gone white. 😂 I was surprised.

during the last family gathering, my grandma noticed a new tattoo (which is an angel with a skull hehe) and surprisingly she commented on all the other ones (like didn't she notice them before? i have no idea). she was shocked telling me how beautiful i am and don't need them, how my heavily tattooed friend looks like a prisoner and she doesn't want the same for me, begging me not do more tattoos thanks to my dad (who's not a fan of tattoos in general) for standing up for me and telling her that i'm an adult and decide myself, they can't tell me not to do anything already

😂 I thought of you when Jake did that. Poor guy hasn’t been the same lately. Thanks for the video Lauren. ✌🏻💚☺️

We love your videos, Lauren!

Love how you checked your hand tattoo so you knew which side was your right 🤣

Lauren, I really appreciate your winter wonderland set. It’s clear you put in a lot of work decorating and making things look gorgeous! Thank you! ❤

Whoop whoop 🙌🏻 Love this series ❤

I love your blackwork/blastover sleeve so much. Looks so badass ❤

absoloutely love null as well as your content xx

17:00 the bite mark- bro's not gonna last long in the zombie apocalypse

I love the Midwest " I am sorry but I don't like tattoos" that I have gotten

Watching this while getting hyped up about my tattoo appointment tomorrow!!

This is totally my type of band. I'm definitely going to check them out.🤘😁

As someone who's had several facial piercings since middle school, the most compelling reason for me to not get a hand/face tattoo as a first tattoo is the "You want experience with how tattoos heal and age first" point. I think that's something a lot of people won't think about, especially if they already have other body mods and are used to the stares and questions and career limitations that come with it. Definitely good advice there.

Looking GORGEOUS! (As usual!)

Good morning Treacle! Hope you're doing wonderful today. Glad to have a new video with my morning coffee :) I thought for SURE that last guy was going to lick the plasma. D:

@treacletatts

7 ай бұрын

Have a great day 🫶🏻

I love my grandma so very much, but from all of my close relatives she's the one who hates my tattoos and is vocal about it. A couple of months ago I was having lunch with her and she said "I feel disappointed that you did this" and I just said "Well, it's a good thing that I'm not here on this Earth to comply with what anyone thinks but me" and she just dropped it. I mean, I really couldn't care less about anyone's opinions, and deep down she knows it, so she says this here and there but I just... genuinely don't care - and in the end, she loves me no matter what. PS: greetings from Brazil :)

Lmao that’s Jake Webber at the end there omg - he’s wild, chaotic, hilarious & I love him; that TikTok doesn’t surprise me in the least, bless him 😂

That Alien tattoo is amazing!!!

Lauren I love your makeup & fashion! I don’t know if you do already but I would love to see content like outfit links and maybe a makeup routine! No pressure but I just adore your style 💅💗

Re people treating you differently being visibly tattooed: I am not even heavily tattooed, and I am constantly made to feel uncomfortable by non-tattooed people, mostly strangers, which always boggles my mind. PSA to anyone considering visible tattoos who doesn't already have them, the reality is, if you get ANY visible tattoos (even just one or two), you WILL encounter the following interactions and more: "What is that?" "What does that say?" "Why did you get it?" "Did it hurt?" "Can I touch it?" "You know that's permanent, right?" "Hope you don't regret that!" Plus you'll get more specific interactions based on your actual tattoos too. I have had such gold as: "Is that a tattoo or did someone write their shopping list on you?" (...why?) "Does that say miso soup?" (I wish it did, just to have been able to say yes) "Well, that's a depressing design." (to avoid the most awkward moment, I usually don't tell the speaker that it's a tribute to my friend who passed away a few years ago) But you know what, it gives me a laugh doesn't it

@claressadubs

7 ай бұрын

Honestly, just replying "yes well it's a tribute to my friend who passed away" would probably immediately end the interaction at least. And hopefully make the other person think twice before making that type of comment in the future. 🙃 I accidentally did this to a teacher who was asking me about a necklace I wore to class, it had been my sister's and I kept it to wear after she died. I told the teacher that and she was immediately silent and never asked me about anything I was wearing again. Woops. 😅

The anesthesia tattoos will always scare me. Anesthesia is balancing you on the brink of death essentially, so your body can handle extreme things like surgery! It takes a huge toll on your body! Combining that with what your body goes through during the tattooing process? Noooo thank you.

My mother once told me at Thanksgiving that my tattoo was ugly. I told her that it's a good thing that it's on me and not you.

I'm so glad I came across this video because when the girl with the tattoo "regrets" popped on, I felt so much better about my tattoos. I don't really regret them just the placement of one and the aesthetic of another. IDK it made me feel better that I have "mismatched" tattoos

This video prepares me for next week when I'm gonna meet my family for the first time after getting my tattoo^^.

I’ve gone months without getting a tattoo. Can’t wait for my next one on Wednesday 🖤 I’ve found such a talented black work apprentice!

Perfectly timed so i Can watch this before bed🥰🫶🏻

Watching this while getting a new tattoo!!! Wish me luck!!!

The only difference tattoos made to my skin was the solid black filled in wings on my shoulders. If i stand out in the sun with them exposed, they get SO HOT.

@sleeplessinscotland9394

7 ай бұрын

You just made me realise that’s probably why I hate being in the sun even more than I used to the last few years! I hate being too warm, my skin is kinda sensitive to it after randomly burning as a teenager (tanned so easily before that) but yeah, I absolutely hate being in the sun these days - luckily isn’t a massive issue living in Scotland

my grandma and i have a fun game we play together where when i see her in person and she sees my new tattoo/piercing she says “you shouldnt have gotten that! no more!” and i say “okay! i wont!” and then she sends me a text “send pic of your new tattoo/piercing.” and rinse and repeat LOL. she knows i wont stop and i know shes not happy so this way we both get to be happy-ish!

That TKTX green is awesome! I used it once and sat for 6 hours no pain. I’m very heavily tattooed, and decided to try it numb and it worked! Also, I used second skin on my calf panel and no amount of soap and water saved me from the pain of the removal!!

oh! The block printing stencil around 19:10 is so interesting! That'd make it way easy to put that design on a shirt or prints as well, pretty smart if it's easy to get sterile!

once a patient said to my colleague “at least he’s not come home covered in tattoos” then looked at me and said “no offence” and honestly i just laughed

When the inksac person in the car started dripping, my device disconnected from the chromecast 😂😂😂

I have a quote on my right shoulder and the Tattoo Artist went a little heavy-handed, so the entire tattoo is permanently raised so I count it as a partial scarification lol

Nice video😄 could you do an updated tattootour. Would really love to see your tattsss and how you placed them together. I do kinda struggle to find the best way to position my tattoos and plan how and what would look best on my body :)