lakeesha Hennessy Williams answered
Although it's pretty rare, a person's skin can actually reject tattoo ink.
This all depends on the person on question, and on the type of ink being used. You may be able to fix the situation by asking your tattooist to try a different type of ink.
Taking care of your skin might also make it more receptive to being tattooed.
Why won't the ink stay in my skin during a tattoo? I'll be straight with you - when I first read this question, my first thought was, 'Get another tattoo artist!'. But, after a little bit of reading, I've discovered that some people's skin can actually reject ink.
This is because the body can mistake tattoo ink for some sort of threat, and then it responds in much the same way as with an allergic reaction.
Worryingly, certain brands of ink are known to contain small amounts of mercury or other potentially-dangerous substances. Most people can handle these chemicals in ink, but some will inevitably find that the tattoo simply gets rejected.
According to the FDA website, controls on tattoo ink aren't particularly tight, and the FDA admits that it hasn't received many complaints about the safety of tattoo ink. Therefore, not much is currently known about the phenomenon of rejection of tattoo ink.
This all depends on the person on question, and on the type of ink being used. You may be able to fix the situation by asking your tattooist to try a different type of ink.
Taking care of your skin might also make it more receptive to being tattooed.
Why won't the ink stay in my skin during a tattoo? I'll be straight with you - when I first read this question, my first thought was, 'Get another tattoo artist!'. But, after a little bit of reading, I've discovered that some people's skin can actually reject ink.
This is because the body can mistake tattoo ink for some sort of threat, and then it responds in much the same way as with an allergic reaction.
Worryingly, certain brands of ink are known to contain small amounts of mercury or other potentially-dangerous substances. Most people can handle these chemicals in ink, but some will inevitably find that the tattoo simply gets rejected.
According to the FDA website, controls on tattoo ink aren't particularly tight, and the FDA admits that it hasn't received many complaints about the safety of tattoo ink. Therefore, not much is currently known about the phenomenon of rejection of tattoo ink.
