I never used to be a fan of hand tattoos; I didn't think they were ugly per say, just not my thing, especially as up until I was 18 or 19 my mum had always hated hers and was trying to figure a way of getting rid of them.
At A Glance Author DeadlyPoison Contact DeadlyPoison@bme.anon IAM deadlypoison When A week ago Artist Abi Studio Pulse Location Peterborough, Cambridgshire, England Over the past year, the idea of a hand tattoo was quite becoming to me, I just needed to find the right design. And finally decided on a henna design. My mum shrugged and just said "OK" adding she couldn't say much as she was going to get hers covered with something else.
After a few weeks, the idea had faded from my mind and even then the thought of henna no longer appealed to me.
One weekend, when my mum was getting tattooed, and I had a small wad of cash in my purse, I saw some stars and decided I wanted THEM on my left hand, one star for my mum, my dad and myself. I get called emo a lot, liking stars but my theory goes that they have meaning to me.
It was very impulsive of me, which is nothing knew, so after booking it in, telling my mum and seeing her smile, not a flicker about where it was going, I sat in the chair, and as Abi looked at my mum to make sure she was OK with where the tattoo was going, I pretty painlessly had the three outlines of stars permanently placed on my left hand, none of them are perfect, and that's just the way I like them.
I was highly surprised at the ease and the lack of pain when tattooing my hand; it only took a little under twenty-five minutes to do it.
Abi, who did it, told me that I would probably need a re-colour due to the placement of it and the fact it was just a few lines basically. This was fine.
After three weeks, most of the lines had gone really thin and spider like, and I HATE really thin lines, but it looked a tad bare, so I scoured the net to find something to go with it, and decided on the ankh logo for a band I like and one single red smaller star, no outline, just red.
Raiding my piggy bank I found enough money to go get it done, it didn't take long, around twenty minutes in all I believe, the longest part was getting the ankh properly placed on my had, between two stars and just above the webbing between my thumb and forefinger.
We came across a small problem; the red shading in the ankh did not like the black outline so the black outline looked slightly faded then and still does now. Not a problem as once more, a re-colour was always on the cards due to placement. The red star went in very easily, but was very sore while being done – I didn't think anything of it.
After two days, it was scabbed over, no matter what I use it scabs. It's no big deal. It's just me healing, after four days the scabs started coming off... and so did the red colour and the black outline. The red seemed to have "over-ridden" the black outline
The ankh's red has faded but actually adds to the effect, but I definitely need to get the black re done, the single red star, is giving me so much jip.
I didn't think I had any problem with it, I knew it was going to be sore for a while due to where it is, I only realised I had a problem when I got out of the shower and I had blood or ink, or both, running down my hand.
It had cracked and split, and has bled and wept for nearly two days straight, as I type this, looking at it, it looks more like scarification or branding, the red scab that is still there is bubbled and swollen and part of my hand, around the immediate tattoo area is swollen also.
Major downside is that I really need to get it re-coloured so it doesn't look out of place! I'm dreading what second time round for the red, will do.
I've never had this problem with red before, and it's the same make of ink has I have in my other tattoos, so I really cannot imagine why this star and ankh is giving me so many problems.
The only problem I'm having with the black, is that its spread in some areas and has made the tips of the stars look a little smudged, I'm thinking that's just down to the size of the tattoo – it's not huge.
One thing I will admit is; I do not regret it, and I love my tattoo.