Tattoo is a modern type of body art, with the help of which men and women decorate their body, express their individuality and originality. However, there are people who use tattoos not only as a decoration for their bodies, but also as the only way out of the situation. Tattoo on the scars - often the one that saves the former appeal after injuries or scars. To hide the scars and make a beautiful tattoo you need to choose the right sketch of the picture, and also to find out whether it is possible to apply a tattoo in principle.
Scar Tattoos: General Information
As the statistics show, almost every second person has at least one skin defect on his body that can be noticed. There are a lot of reasons for this: burns, surgical scars, injuries or a scar from a cesarean section (for some who have given birth). The modern and popular art of tattooing allows you to mask body irregularities, hiding them behind tattoos, the sketches of which can be chosen to fit any shape and size of the scar.
At the moment, most often trying to disguise the scar from surgery aimed at removing appendicitis. In order to hide the visible skin trail, you first need a sketch of a future tattoo, you can do it even before coming to the master. Hiding scars is best floristics, ornaments or tattoos in the animal genre. Men, unlike girls, do not always want to close the scar, so they choose paintings that emphasize the scar as a symbol of courage. You can see how the future work will look like by asking the master for his portfolio, where there are photos of finished works.
Tattoo on scars from caesarean, appendicitis: on which scars can be tattooed
Skin injuries, visible defects and irregularities very often create psychological discomfort, against the background of which complexes are generated in girls and men. In order to make a tattoo on a scar, you must follow the main rule - the scar should be in the final stage of healing. That is, a tattoo should not be applied on fresh scars, the period from their appearance to tattoos should be about one year.
Type of scars and the possibility of creating tattoos on their surface:
- Atrophic - outwardly it is a whitish skin area, which is slightly deeper than the general level of the skin. Such scars can be the result of minor burns, cuts or acne. Also atrophic scars include stretch marks after weight loss or childbirth. A tattoo on atrophic scars is allowed and easily hides a visible defect.
- Normotrophic - appear due to small wounds, are located on a general level, do not have swelling and characters have a whitish color. Tattoos on such scars are made easily, skin defects disappear completely.
- Hypertrophic - scars, which are formed after a serious surgical intervention. Externally, these are dark scars with a convex texture, you can hide them, but it is difficult and expensive to do.
- Keloid - appear on the body a couple of months after surgery, can grow, tattooing on this type of scars is prohibited.
- Papillomas or birthmarks. As you know, under these irregularities blood capillaries are hidden, therefore tattooing them is strictly prohibited. Any intervention in this area can trigger the growth of cancer cells, so the only acceptable solution is a tattoo that bypasses these areas or includes them as part of the picture.
Tattoo on the scar of a girl or a man: recommendations
In order for the procedure of applying a tattoo on problem areas of the skin to be successful it is necessary to follow some tips. First of all, it is worth remembering that the process of applying a tattoo on the body is considered painful, so you need to take care of pain relief, for this you can use an anesthetic gel and other medications. After applying the tattoo, you need to treat it every day with a special anti-bacterial ointment.
Also in the process of healing the skin can form a crust, which is undesirable to tear off, with time it will disappear on its own. It is recommended to hide scars with a tattoo during the summer period, since the body has much less clothing and the friction of the tattoo on various materials is significantly reduced.
Scar tattoo: features
Features of tattoos that hide skin defects:
- The wound should heal completely, otherwise complications can be obtained when the tattoo is applied, the drawing can “slip”.
- When choosing colors, you should prefer a bright tattoo, containing 4-5 colors in the sketch, monotonous tattoos are not desirable.
- Masking irregularities can be with the help of shadows, highlights and semitones.
- The scar has a broken skin structure, so it is able to absorb a layer of paint.
- In order to check whether the tattoo is suitable, you can make a temporary tattoo, the service life of which is about 3 weeks.
Scar tattoo on the abdomen, arm and other parts of the body
The choice of tattoo depends not only on the type of scar, but also on the part of the body on which the problem area of the skin is located:
- Stomach - here it is painful to make a tattoo, stretch marks may appear, but when choosing a sketch, you can give preference to large drawings and full-fledged compositions. Scars on the abdomen are more common in girls, for example, after caesarean, so the best sketches are: sakura branch or roses, feathers or birds sitting on the branch.
- Chest - usually there are scars after hard cancer operations, you can close the scars with the help of a salamander. If the scars are small, you can hide them with flowers or butterflies.
- Hand - if the scars are extensive, then you can make "sleeves", for small damages there are no restrictions on the choice of sketches.
- Wrist - to hide the defects, you can use the outlines of the bracelet, as well as small ornaments or flowers.
- The spine - the image of branches, corset (for girls), drawn spine (for men).
- Side or leg - you can hide visible defects with the help of any tattoo; it can be both small and completely cover the leg or ribs.
