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Retattooing over Excision Scar?
I am seeking a tattoo excision after healing process. I was wondering, can I re-tattoo over the scar? Below is the tattoo.
Asked 27 months ago by
sailordave in Nashville,TN
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Scars don't tattoo well
You can tattoo over your scar but the scar itself won't take the tattoo pigment as well. Around the scar it should look fine however.
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Tattoo excision and retattoo
If your tattoo is removed surgically, you can tattoo the surgical scar. It may have a slighlty different "take" of the pigment than your normal skin. Over the years, the body tends to engulf the pigment dye granules in immune cells that move through the body. The scar is a physical barrier and the immune cells don't travel well through it so the fading of the tattoo might be different in the scar than the adjacent skin causing it to look a little different years later. The...
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