![]() The simple explanation is that when your body heals a wound (which is essentially what a tattoo is) it sends white blood cells to the area to remove any foreign particles such (as infection) and they take them away from the wound allowing the cells to regenerate healthily. You may have wondered why tattoos stay in your skin if your skin is constantly regrowing itself. Tattoo science (the absolute basics):Ī properly executed tattoo will penetrate the outer layer called the epidermis and inject ink pigment with multiple needle pricks into the middle (dermis) layer of your skin. Your epidermis (outer layer) skin regenerates approximately every month, shedding dead cells and replacing them with new ones. Your skin is made up of three main layers, the epidermis which is the thinnest and outermost layer of skin (protective) the dermis which is the middle layer containing blood vessels, hair follicles, oil glands and nerve endings which sense pain and touch (sensory) and finally the subcutis which is deep down and contains your sweat glands, fat and tissue (padding). There is a separate post about healing your tattoo, this post is more geared towards the weeks and days leading up to your appointment. So, whilst none of the following advice is essential, it is here to help you as clients and us as Tattooers have the best chance of executing and healing a tattoo properly! Skin varies from client to client, it can be dry, cracked, stretchy, tough, greasy, supple, fair, tanned, pigmented, sun damaged, weathered, cracked, and everything in-between! Aside from individual peoples skin types, there can also be multiple different textures of skin just on one client, sometimes in just one tattoo. I will start by simply saying that one of the hardest parts of being a tattoo artist is adjusting your technique to suit the many different types of skin.
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