Tattoos after being banded?

[Nean4488 1]

To anyone that has lost weight and had tattoos before hand:

What do your tattoos look like now? Worse, better, totally ruined, the same?

[Jachut 487]

I dont have any, but I've got two banded friends that do.

One had her tattoos in places that werent too badly affected, upper breast, shoulder blade and ankle.

The other had one on her lower back. Its now on her ass.

I dont mean to be smart about it, but it really has dropped, and its deformed. Its just one of those things. Really, to have that happen to a tattoo is I guess as heartbreaking as to imagine yourself thin and end up saggy, baggy and droopy. Its one of those things you have to face if and when it happens.

[Ready2 4]

Very interesting question.

Mine is on my hip and currently still looks the same.

[Nean4488 1]

I have one on my foot and one on my upper back, which is the one I am worried about!!!! I guess I will have to keep my fingers crossed!! :eek:

[StevieVieth 0]

I have one on my foot and one on my upper back, which is the one I am worried about!!!! I guess I will have to keep my fingers crossed!! :wink:

I have 20 tattoos. I was recently tattooed on the 20th of April and still going. The only one I am worried about is the 4 on my hips. Although I was 250lbs when I got them done and then lost weight and they looked fine when I was 120 lbs. THey still look fine at 188 lbs. What I am worried about is that I had a baby 2 years ago which caused my weight gain . So I have like a little preggo pouch/flap close to my pelvic area and if it doesnt spring back when I lose the weight then I will have to have them removed.. Which is not an option. But all of my other tattoos look great.:eek:

[michael watkins 0]

i think your tattoos will be fine! the one on your foot especially and your upper back should be fine too!

[Nean4488 1]

I have 20 tattoos. I was recently tattooed on the 20th of April and still going. The only one I am worried about is the 4 on my hips. Although I was 250lbs when I got them done and then lost weight and they looked fine when I was 120 lbs. THey still look fine at 188 lbs. What I am worried about is that I had a baby 2 years ago which caused my weight gain . So I have like a little preggo pouch/flap close to my pelvic area and if it doesnt spring back when I lose the weight then I will have to have them removed.. Which is not an option. But all of my other tattoos look great.:eek:

Wow thats really good to hear!!! I think when Im skinny ill be getting a lot more cuz Im addicted already! haha

[Nean4488 1]

i think your tattoos will be fine! the one on your foot especially and your upper back should be fine too!

I really hope so, Im keeping my fingers crossed, esp cuz the one on my back is not even a year old!!!! haha

[AlienBandit 10]

I have tons of tattoos some I got before and some I got after my surgery.

The tattoo I worried about the most was one on my hip. I got it when I was smaller and then gained over 80 pounds. Now after my surgery and some Lipo it still looks amazing ( you can see photos on my blog). Not one of my tattoos has changed because of losing/gaining weight etc.

:eek:

[kimaly 57]

I have 12 tats and they all are doing fine. I learned a long time ago to place them in places that don't sag when gravity takes it's toll, lesson learned when I was young I had a unicorn put on my chest as as I got older and the girls went due south it started looking like a giraffe with a horn in his head. Thanks to a breast lift(prior to band) he's back to being a unicorn. So I think it just depends where you put them. My sons a tatoo artist so it's really hard not to go crazy with them. But so far so good, I've only had him do 1 for me. The rest I've had a long long time.