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About Sasha Merritt - Professional Tattoo and Cosmetic Artist
Expertise
Tattoo, Permanent cosmetics, Needling, Areola Repigmentation, Tattooing over Scars

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I've been tattooing professionally for 10 years in shops in the US and England. I now own Dragonfly Ink in San Francisco, CA

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Society of Permanent Cosmetic Professionals

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Apprenticed at Black and Blue Tattoo Specialized training and certifications: Cross-contamination Prevention SofTaps Micropigmentation Areola Repigmentation Skin Needling University Art Courses

 
   

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Tattoos - allergy


Expert: Sasha Merritt - Professional Tattoo and Cosmetic Artist - 4/25/2009

Question
heres the pic of my tattoo... it looks worst because of the flash.. the skin is realy shiny and the dead skin is like glued on the tattoo.

Answer
Ricardo-

My advice is still the same, give your body some time to heal without any additional ointments, scrubbing, anything. The shiny parts are where the dead skin came off before it was time- it is still healing in those parts.  If you try to pull/exfoliate the skin off it likely will scar.  If it has scarred already, it still is relatively easy to tattoo over and I wouldn't stress.  

Just leave it be and the body will calm down and heal itself, then in a few months you can think about touching up where the ink came out.


Good Luck,
Sasha Merritt
www.dragonflyink.com

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