How to Cover a Scar with a Tattoo Video Lecture | Tattoos, Piercings and Other Body Art: Basic Knowledge - Professional Skills

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how to cover a scar with a tattoo turn
your star into a canvas that will hold
beautiful and priceless body art you
will need a scar design ideas computer
with internet access a tattoo artist and
money step 1 think about the type of
design you want on your body a tattoo
can disguise the scar celebrate life and
add femininity after a mastectomy but it
will be permanent so make sure you take
a lot of time to consider the
possibilities images with depth and
color tend to work well because they
give the eye a lot to look at lettering
tribal and Celtic are less successful
because of the empty space in these
designs where the star will be visible
step 2 research tattoo artists using
recommendations from friends or
searching online check their previous
cover-up work to see how they have
handled transforming birthmarks and
scars ask to see their portfolios if
they do not have pictures available
online step 3 contact your chosen artist
to begin the process let them know in
your initial contact that you will be
covering a star if you have art sketched
out ask them if you can send it to them
as they will often make improvements to
your art make sure you ask the costs as
this varies from artist to artist step 4
meet with the tattoo artist go over your
design and let them work on your body if
you've chosen a good artist they will
use color and design to draw the eye
from the star and toward your beautiful
personalized body art covering a scar
may take more than one session so be
prepared to spend some quality time
decorating your skin did you know in
1991 two hikers in the Alps found a
5,000 year old mummified man who has
since been named Otzi the Iceman The
Mummy had over 50 tattoos made of soot
consisting of groups of short parallel
lines
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