Touch ups are always free: Touch ups may be done as early 3-month mark onward. This ensures that the ink is completely healed out of the epidermis, and that both epidermis & dermis have have time to heal fully before we re-traumatize the tissue.
Touch ups address the following issues:
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Lost or unsaturated line work
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Patchy or inconsistent solid fill, either solid black or color
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Shading that is not dark enough to support the composition of a piece or your preferences
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Your tattoo will not be as dark or saturated as it is on the day you get it once healed. We all have a little pigment in our epidermis, and once the ink heals out of that top layer, it will act as a translucent covering over the dermis where the ink will live long term. Stories & Ink has a great article on how & why tattoos fade, and how we can slow premature dispersement & fading of ink particles.
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For tattoos that may not require a touch up, but you'd like to have them refreshed: This can mean reworking existing color, adding color or shading that was not part of the original piece, redoing large sections of line work to make them more bold than the original design, etc. Use the form below or email me to let me know what kind of refresh you'd like to see so we can discuss terms!
Your satisfaction with your piece long term is extremely important to me!
Please use the link below to start the touch-up process, or email a photo of your currently healed tattoo to sighthovnd@gmail.com