Why is my tattoo fading
Why Your NEW Tattoo Is FADING AND What To Do To Fix IT!
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did you just get a brand new tattoo and
it's already starting to look dull
faded and now you're starting to freak
out about it yes tattoos do
fade but it's a brand new tattoo is this
normal well calm down
calm down don't worry i got you because
in today's video we're going to be
talking about
why your new tattoo is fading and also
some things that you could do
to get the detail make that new tattoo
look bright again so you are not going
to want to miss it but hey
quick question leave a comment below on
what your new tattoo
is i'd love to hear but hey welcome back
or welcome to manly man tv
my name's mike and on this channel i
help educate you
in the realm of tattoos so if that's
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don't miss a thing okay so i first want
to start off and say that
most people they get confused and think
that their tattoo is fading but in
reality it is just the normal process
of a tattoo trying to heal confused well
let me explain tattoo healing it is not
a one-step process
while your tattoo is healing your skin
is going to be going through
three different stages trying to heal up
that tattoo
and for those that are new to getting
tattooed some of these stages
they could be pretty alarming now i do
not want to get into too much detail
when it comes to the different stages of
tattoo healing
but i do want to focus on the main one
where people
tend to freak out about and think that
their tattoo is fading
and that stage is when your tattoo is
about to and trying to peel
during the stage of tattoo healing your
new tattoo is not gonna look great it's
gonna look cloudy
faded and just looked pretty much all
around nasty the reason why this is
happening is because from the top layer
of your skin being poked by that tattoo
machine for however long
your tattoo took to complete all of that
trauma
causes the skin to die off as the top
layer of skin starts to die off
new skin starts to form underneath this
will then start to cause that milky
white
faded appearance to your brand new
tattoo as long as you are keeping up
with the healing process and making sure
that your skin has a fast
and healthy recovery that gray milky
ugly skin
it's gonna peel off revealing the actual
beauty of your new tattoo oh and don't
forget
while that tattoo is peeling do not be
scratching or
picking off you know the little pieces
of skin the peeling stage of a tattoo is
the second stage of the tattoo healing
process
the third stage after your tattoo is
done peeling is the stage where the ink
is starting to settle into your skin
ripping off those skin flakes and
scratching at your tattoo
that's just gonna disturb the ink from
settling and that will
cause your tattoo to look faded okay
well let's just say that wasn't your
issue
your new tattoo is all done healing but
it's still looking faded
well then the next reason why that could
be is because you did not make it a
priority to keep that new tattoo
out of the sun now i talk about this all
the time on the channel and it makes me
cringe whenever i see
a tattoo that is out in the sun without
protection but i'm gonna say it again
the sun will make your tattoo look faded
and just pretty much destroy the tattoo
sadly this is not common knowledge
especially if you're new to the tattoo
game but again don't worry
you got me here so let's talk about it
if you have a new tattoo and you decide
to leave it in the sun without
protection
the uv rays that are caused by the sun
are gonna get absorbed by your skin
breaking down those ink pigments in that
tattoo
destroying it making it fade and making
it fade fast even though the best case
scenario for your tattoo to heal would
be to just
stay inside for the whole duration of
the tattoo
it's unrealistic tattoos can take up to
three months to heal
depending on the size and location and
we all know we can't stay inside for
that long
it's funny that i'm saying that this
year when everybody's been quarantined
if you decide to go out in the sun with
that new tattoo or you just like work
outside
be sure to wear some loose fitting
clothing to cover up that tattoo
to protect it from the sun to prevent
fading now when that tattoo is
completely done healing you can use a uv
protection like
a sunscreen for example but only when
the tattoo is fully healed
okay so let's talk about another common
reason why your new tattoo looks faded
and that is simply because of ink loss
or just simply the way it heals your new
tattoo
is gonna look the best it will ever look
as soon as that tattoo is completely
finished
you get up out of that tattoo chair and
your artist
washes it off it's gonna be dark all the
colors are gonna pop like crazy and it's
just gonna look
awesome but what a lot of people don't
know is that that tattoo
is gonna heal up lighter than what it
looked like then take it from me
you can be on your a-game as far as
tattoo healing
keeping it out of the sun and doing all
the things that help prevent tattoos
from fading
but no matter what you do when that
tattoo heals
it's always gonna look lighter than when
you first left that tattoo shop
and a lot of people don't get that after
that tattoo heals
a new layer of skin is going to heal
over that tattoo
causing it to be lighter it's
technically not faded it's just the
finished product of your tattoo healing
i do want to add that another reason why
your new tattoo could be faded
is because of ink loss or just not
enough ink packed into your skin
ink loss can be caused by a bunch of
different reasons
one could be the size of your skin's
pores smaller pores can hold
ink better than bigger pores the more
ink that is packed into your skin
the better the tattoo is going to look
another reason
is being in situations that will cause
those pores to open up like being in a
really hot shower
or in a sauna with a new tattoo having
open pores in the early stages of tattoo
healing will cause that
ink to weep out of your skin and that
will cause the tattoo to fade
and when it comes to not having enough
ink packed into your skin
well that comes down to your tattoo
artist i see this problem pretty often
in our weekly tattoo reaction live
stream
every 6 30 p.m eastern where the tattoo
is already
light to begin with and then like we
discussed earlier it heals and just
becomes even lighter
to where you really can't make out all
those little details
and the tattoo it just doesn't look that
good and faded
geez that was a lot hopefully you're
following along now look if your tattoo
is faded it is not a huge deal it
happens all of us
only thing you gotta do to get that
tattoo to look awesome again
is to just go back to your tattoo artist
and ask for a tattoo touch-up
they usually don't charge anything when
it comes to tattoo touch-ups but yeah
it fixes your problem so get that tattoo
touched up and enjoy that sucker
you deserve it now while you're enjoying
that new tattoo you still want to make
sure that you're keeping up with making
that tattoo look awesome for months
and years to come i recommend you check
out this video right here on my
daily tattoo routine which makes my
tattoos
look awesome and if you enjoyed this
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i will see you
in the next video so peace