Japanese Tattooing Over Scars - Turning A Scar Into Art

Written by Johnny Tran Saturday, 25 June 2011 09:08

Japanese tattooing over scars has been a decision many people have gone with over the years. Tattoos generally mean something to a person who has gone through a life-saving surgery or suffered from a terrible accident. Covering the scarred skin with an empowering design is how some people decide to cope with the trauma they experienced.

Japanese tattooing over scars has been a decision many people have gone with over the years. Tattoos generally mean something to a person who has gone through a life-saving surgery or suffered from a terrible accident. Covering the scarred skin with an empowering design is how some people decide to cope with the trauma they experienced.

Whatever the choice may be, there are a few things to know about before attempting to cover a scar with a tattoo of any type. The risk is small, unless the wound is fresh and becomes infected.

In the case of a fresh scar, tattoo artists generally won't administer a tattoo of any size on a fresh scar. Another reason why it isn't a good idea to tattoo a brand new scar is that the pain will be intense.

Depending on the location of the scar, the second reason might be that the doctor is against tattooing the area. This could be because the skin is much thinner and there could be nerve endings too close to the surface or some other medical reason why the area shouldn't be disturbed by needles of any kind. For whatever reason the doctor gives, listen and take this professional advice to heart.

Lighter colored ones will cause the tattoo ink to appear faded and sometimes will require touch-ups more often. A dark scar will do just the opposite.

If the scar is too fresh, the design will either be faded or the ink will spread, or bleed, across the scar. This will make the design appear blurry.

Good reasons for covering a scar with a tattoo are to hide the scar with something prettier, to keep others from noticing the marred skin, or to turn a negative experience into a positive one. Women tattoo on top of mastectomy incisions once they've healed and even skin grafts can be tattooed over after a year or two has passed.

Japanese tattooing over scars or applying any other type of design over a scarred area of the skin might be a bad idea if you are only doing it because someone else wants you to. You should make the final decision, since you will be the one living with it the rest of your life.