Tattoos after weight loss?

How long has it been after the stretch mark appeared? Usually with scars (which is what a stretch mark is) they want you to wait at least 2 years for it to settle down. As long as you don't want something thin or detailed going through the mark, so something completely covering it instead, it should be okay. The tattooist will advise you though. The only problem with stretch marks is sometimes the ink can bleed into it, so if you have a line going though half of the mark it can bleed into the non tattooed part of the stretch mark. Hope this helps x

I have one that covers most of my left upper arm, a entire back peice, chest, and a small one on my hip. I got most of them done when I was overweight. After losing the weight, I haven't noticed any difference. I should also mention that I've gotten pregnant and had a baby as well and noticed no difference. I think it depends on the size, location, and individual so it's tough to say.

The only tattoo of mine (and I have four) that seems to have had any change due to ups and downs in weight has been the one across the front of my hip. It has some quite intricate writing, and a couple of the loops look a bit different to when I got it but that could also be put down to the natural aging of the tattoo. As long as your weight loss is gradual I think you should be fine.

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When I reach my goal...I am getting a tattoo. Big ol' polynesian one on my shoulder!

Im getting my pather covered up and a chinese dragon snaking around my arm over my shoulder full sleeve baby ! I was getting this before I started losing weight but now will look much sweeter

that's slick, i'm going to get a pond on the lower half of my back with three lotus flowers floating in them...and on the right side of my back is going to be a huge phoenix (in asian culture the dragon is the ying and the phoenix is the yang...male and female) i think that will go well with the water fall that's on the left side already :bigsmile:

They also use a dragon and a tiger as yin and yang to symbolize heaven and earth. All my tattoos are asian influences

I got one when I was 19 and probably somewhere between 180-200 pounds..it was across almost my whole lower back...got up to 260 and now 26...it looks the same just lots of extra space on each side. Curious to see how it takes as I shrink back down. So far so good. The ones on my feet and ankle haven't been affected at all.

For the most part mine have just gotten tighter and smaller as I've lost. I drop 50 last year and my 1/2 sleeve and chest pieces didn't really do too much but my back piece really got smaller and crisp. I have lots of friends who have never had problems (with good tattoos) moving or stretching during pregnancy so I would expect that 'good' tattoos probably aren't impacted much in that way.

I have a "tramp stamp" on my lower back. I'm hoping it doesn't get too bad when I'm smaller. If not, I'll still love it just as much because it's an "in memory" tattoo.

Where do you post your mini weight loss goals at?

i have a huge one going from under my bust to my hip and its moved upwards as ive lost weight, and a star on my hip which i had when i was 16 and much smaller - it dissapeared as i put on weight because my belly covered it but now its getting more visable and looks more in the right place if that makes sense lol

Wondering for those of you who have tattoos how they were affected by your weight loss? The ones on my shoulders/lower back I'm not worried about but the one on my bikini line after weight gain, pregnancy, and not weight loss I am concerned may not take all those changes well...

I have 10 tattoos and I just had a baby; the only one that looks a little different is the one on my side hip. It got bigger as I got pregnant, but now its shrinking and looks fine again (its lyrics). Before I got pregnant, I had lost 35 pounds and none of them changed either