hi guys,just to say i sat for three hours yesterday having the outline done for my new backpiece,really impressed with it,so gets up this morning,takes a shower to wash the excess ink off and clean it,then liberally applied the bepanthen all over,couldn't understand why it was stinging so much,till i looked at the tube "sensodyne whitening toothpaste" couldn't believe it,and it wasn't as if i was half asleep,i was wide awake,needless to say jumped straight back in the shower, and this time applied bepanthen..Anyone else got a funny tattoo story.Would like to hear it if you have.

Well keep us posted, this might be a new treatment for healing tatoos

Ha great stuff, had my 3rd sitting for my half sleeve yesterday, the tattooist grabbed a bottle of orange and started shaking it only to discover someone had not twisted the lid shut, orange ink everywhere.

Until I read to the end I thought that was about orange juice. I was thinking this was an alternative healing thread!

Hey if it works I'll try it

hi guys,just had three hours on my new tattoo, on my rib cage and waist, its already looking amazing and i'm only a quarter of the way through it.Needless to say it hurt like hell,and to those people who say tattooing doesn't hurt,you must be immune to pain.Anyway no toothpaste this time,just bepanthen which is a lot more soothing and doesn't sting.And then back next week for more. by the way why do we get exited when we go for more,knowing how much its gonna hurt...

your making fast progress with your tattoos colette i am liking it.you should put some pics up of your tattos to show us how your getting on. bepanthen? i never used that i just used the tattoos goo that seems to help. whats dose this stuff do to help message back.

hi rollend,i am making good progress with this new tattoo,i'm going today for another two hours,show you when its finished or part of it.As for bepanthen its actually for babies.It forms a barrier against water but still allows the skin to breathe its very soothing and helps healing it works extremely well for me,better than 'toothpaste',think most tattooists recommend it..

how did your session go the other day colette?? that stuff sounds really good for tattoos i might give it a try next time i am in for a session. what did you have done in your session the other day? dose any one know why i am a navigator and evy one else is a crew member. dose it mean i am better than you all hahaha sorry just kidding can any one help?

hi rollend,my sitting yesterday went fine only one and a half hours,top of my back and shoulder and didn,t hurt that much,think it all depends where on the body you get inked,my arm band was a doddle,but my lower back piece hurt,and this new one is quite big so its different feelings all over.Back in a week for more ,its coming together nicely now.And i also was wondering why you was a navigator and us mere mortals are just crew members,could this be favourtism..just jokeing..maybe its because youv,e had more posts than anyone else in which case watch out cause dougman and halfsleave are hot on your heals.

I found that too, I had six hours on the top of my back and shoulders and didn't really feel much

And bring on the navigation

hay yall glad your session went well the other week. i am trying to get more of my leg finished befor i go on hoilday so i can look the bizz hahah. i must say your time is long on tatoos i am week and only do 2 hour sessions you see thats enough for me because they do hurt as a naviator i can be week because you do all they hard work mwhahahahahaha.

hi everyone,just to keep you up to date on my back piece,i,ve had another two sittings and i guess i,m over half way,its starting to come alive now,all the shading looks really bright,to use a miami ink saying its looking 'awesome'.back next week for more..

Good stuff! Any chance of some pics? I'm sure it is awesome and someone told me the other day that my back is "badass"! I about collapsed

Hi Colette, ur back peice sounds like its comin on well would love to see pics of it when its finished.
I was also wondering as we both live in widnes that u could recomend somewhere for me to get my next tattoo.
Thanks

hi chrisy,yes my back piece is nearly finished one more sit to go,looks really nice,will post pics when finished..Mike at tsunami is the tattooist,his studio is at the top of albert road in widnes and he,s really good..He also does hand tattooing [tebori]aswell.You should go and have a look ..let us know what you decide on..

Thanks for that tsunami is the nearest one to me and was the one I was thinking of using but everytime I walk past its empty or closed so I wondered if they were any good, but now that u have recomended them I will be using them.