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Celiac And Tattooing

Kyalesyin

By Kyalesyin
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My partner has been quite recently diagnosed with celiac, but has had DH, excema, psoriosis [i have no idea how thats spelled!] and generally dry/poor skin for most of her life.

She has a few tattoos, but they all took a whille to heal and are in generally poor condition. She's thinking of getting the re-inked soon, and possibly getting a few more done. Is there anything we need to be careful of/look out for/avoid? Is there anything we can do to take care of them better without glutening her?

Any advice would be welcomed!

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How long did they take to heal? It usually takes 1-2 weeks. Did she keep the sun off of them for a month after getting them done? Did she use the recommended lotion to help heal them? Did she wash them 3-4 times a day for a few weeks after getting it done? Sorry, alot of questions, but you have to be careful after you get it done.

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How long did they take to heal? It usually takes 1-2 weeks. Did she keep the sun off of them for a month after getting them done? Did she use the recommended lotion to help heal them? Did she wash them 3-4 times a day for a few weeks after getting it done? Sorry, alot of questions, but you have to be careful after you get it done.

They took about 2 weeks to heal, as far as I recall, but bled a lot and lost a lot of the ink, no matter what we did to them. We used a lotion called 'tattoo goo' sold by the artist, who swore by it for his own inkwork. It did seem to help the healing process, but they still leaked.

Keeping the sun off is a yes. We're both nerds- sunlight is not our friend! :P. Not sure about the washing them so much... the wings she had done were damn big ones, and with being in University/having a job it probably wasn't possible.

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It msy just be her skin then. Did they peel alot? Did you pick at it? Picking at it will take the ink away. Learned that the hard, expensive way. :rolleyes:

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It msy just be her skin then. Did they peel alot? Did you pick at it? Picking at it will take the ink away. Learned that the hard, expensive way. :rolleyes:

Well thats the thing. With her excema/psoriasis, her skin is constantly peeling/flaking off anyhow. She didn't scratch them, mostly, because they were under clothes a lot of the time, but she sheds her skin like a snake. Its worse down her left side, and her left wing has faded an awful lot more than her right, so that might be something to do with it.

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I would go talk to the artist about it. He might know what to do.

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It could be anything causing it, the ink type might not react well with her skin, the tat might not be deep enough, it could be the location where skin naturally sheds more or it could be a large area of solid ink which is prone to losing ink. I have skin problems and mine stayed on fine (a little too well, am having one lasered off) I don't know if any of the inks contain gluten products. Google tattoo inks and see if you can find ingredients lists, I recall seeing something on the net. Going to see a tattooist would be your best bet.

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The ink is fine.

Be careful of the lotion - mine contained wheat and I bought vitamin E instead.

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