Thinking About A Tattoo? These 35 Pics Show How Tattoos Age Over Time

Looks like aging has given it a more human quality

Looks like it's had laser treatment

I think it looks older like this

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There are several causes and reasons why your tattoos WILL fade. The main reason is getting older and AGING. Our skin breaks down continually which over time, makes your tattoos look faded and washed out. Several factors can speed up this process. Overexposure in the sun, which speeds the rate of skin breakdown and aging. And a lack of daily skincare to maintain proper hydration and moisturization. Now other factors that will affect the rate of how fast your tattoos will start looking faded, are improper aftercare; poor quality tattoo ink; specific body parts; and a tattoo artists' skills or lack thereof. Also, the more skin exposure with wear & tear will cause a higher skin turnover and a faster rate of tattoo fading. And on a final note, nutrition. Poor nutrition will lead to faster aging skin.

Is that from Neverending Story?

Never Ending Story!!!

Neveending Story FTW tho

Neverending storrrrrrryyyy, nanana-nanana-nanana

The thing people seem to be missing is that if you want to keep them looking good you need to take care of them. I have one and it's been 6y

First off the picture is blurry and the color tint is off.......

tattoo already bad done.

I don't know much about tattoos. Does it have to do something with the quality of the ink?

The arm is clearly in focus, the veins are clearly visible. This is just how tattoos look after a few years, like absolute crap because they are crap and only crap people get them.

All about how you care for your tattoo. Avoid direct sunlight over longer periods with a strong suncream. My first sleeve i got 10 years ago and its just as fresh as after 2 months. Now i have full body. Too many overcreame new tattoos.

Watercolor sucks. A lot of tattoo artists go too light handed and don't go down far enough. When it didn't hurt much at all, it won't stay as much

This is a pretty tattoo

The issue with water color tattoos and soft shaded inks is they will not only fade more quickly from washing or being in the sun but the ink is not placed as deep in the skin as you would regular lined tattoos or deep shading so the skin will shed out the inks. It also depends on how well you take care of it.

Wonder how much later? Like, later that day?

most watercolor tattoos will look like nothing in a few years

This was doomed from the start, the tattoo artist should have advised that this would not age well.

This is why you do not get small print or have your lettering very close together. Also, you can see this person gets sun exposure on the tattoo since their arm is tanned. That can help cause bleed out and fading.

Mine is exactly the same. My tattoo artist didn't tell me but I'm also not surprised. It's just a shame the writing is now unreadable.

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My tatooist told me to think of a black tattoo as a sharpie on homemade paper. It will bleed if it is too close together, too small, too large for the area, etc

The nail polish faded too. ;)

Hummmmm......Same peeling nail polish and less polish in the photo ........

Skin wears on hands and feet. Tattoo artists will tell you that first thing

Same with the polish

My tattoo artist told me that he doesn't do finger tattoos at all because they fade really fast and can't really be inked again.