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Tattoo Placement Advice

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  • 09-10-2013 4:43pm
    #1
    Morninglory
    Registered Users Posts: 139 ✭✭


    Ok I am getting a tattoo but I just want maybe some advice on where would the best place to put it be before I get it done. I was thinking of getting one on the belly but my friend told me a bit of a horror story where her friend got a tattoo on her stomach and she ended up gaining weight and now the tattoo looks a ball of ****!


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    P_1
    Registered Users Posts: 14,681 ✭✭✭✭P_1


    Well anywhere on the body where a person is prone to gain/lose mass can distort a tattoo massively.

    So stomach = a risk of distortion should you pile on/drop the pounds, arms = a risk of distortion should you pump some serious iron and so on...


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    Morninglory
    Registered Users Posts: 139 ✭✭Morninglory


    P_1 wrote: »
    Well anywhere on the body where a person is prone to gain/lose mass can distort a tattoo massively.

    So stomach = a risk of distortion should you pile on/drop the pounds, arms = a risk of distortion should you pump some serious iron and so on...

    Thanks for reply :). Where would you recommend? Back would be ok i guess?


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    Orim
    Registered Users Posts: 4,971 ✭✭✭Orim


    Even the back will change if you gain a lot of weight or put on a lot of muscle.

    Really you have to pick a tattoo you and a place you want to put it. The tattoo will look fine unless your body massively changes, in which case your tattoo looking bad should be the least of your concerns.

    Don't forget to talk to your artist about placement. Sometimes a design won't look well on a particular part of the body.


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    K.r.a.t.o.S
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    It depends on the design. For example if you get a sun around your belly button...and then gain weight...you will end up with just a bigger sun; not a big deal. But if the design is something that needs to be anatomically correct(a portrait, animal etc) then you could have a problem. Also, for anywhere else than your belly, you'd want to gain a s**t load of weight to actually affect a tattoo.


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