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For the people who have tattoos.... how do they look now? lol

I have six, one on my foot, one on each wrist, a small one on my ankle and two on my shoulder. should i start saving money to get these covered up? haha It's not like i'm going to my tattoo guy and ask him about this. :unsure:

Thanks for your help guys!

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I'm saving to pay for the plastic surgery.

One of my tattoos is going to be cut away with the skin if I'm lucky....it's on my hip, or so it was, now it's on my pannus (stomach flap).

The only ones that might be effected will be your shoulder tats, but worry about how they'll look on your taught musuclar back...

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I got tattoos in all places where they shouldnt get messed up with saggy skin etc. I'm hoping none of them will get disfigured. :unsure:

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i have 5 tats - 3 on my left shoulder (kinda connecting) up towards the neck and 1 on my left ankle. none have changed in appearance after losing weight - in fact the last one i had done last wkend is on the inside of my left wrist "101207" = date i was banded:)

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thats a good idea get the banding date :unsure:

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I am getting a tattoo on my lower back, to sympolyize my friday the 13th band date. I hope it doesnt sag too bad I am just starting my weight loss

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i think if i get my banding date ill put it on my upper neck above my frog or behind one of my ears maybe POSSIBLY on the top of one of my wrists dunno but that sounds like an awesome idea

LULUS i wanna see pics of the tatt!!!

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i have 8 tattoos..1 on my lower back.. its pretty big and all it is doing is looking bigger and bigger.. no probs yet with it

i have 3 nautical stars on one shoulder and they are looking good still and an anchor on the other shoulder...

the only one i dont know is looking good is a heart with angel wings on the back of my neck..its looking scrunched up.. im getting a cover up soon!!

and the one on my foot isnt going to change

oh and i have a smalllllll heart behind my ear...its not going to change

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i havent been banded yet i'm not too worried about my tattoos looking a certin way well i have one that may look weird since its on my upper arm and i suppose when the weight goes down it may be loose skin up there, but the rest of my tats are on my lower arms which doesnt show alot of weight (its all in my tummy)

here is the picture of my arm tat..

yeah i guess i am kinda worried about that one, being it is the largest tattoo i do have..hmm

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I have 3 tattoos - one on the small of my back (technically 2, but since it's all in one area, we'll classify it as just 1), one at the top of my back, and another on my left clavicle. None of mine have been affected by my weight loss. I figured those were areas where I would be safe if I ever did lose all my weight. As much as I really wanted to put something on my hip, I knew it would be a disaster later on in life.. :/

I will say, the more weight I lose, the more prominent my collarbones become, and the sexier my clavicle tattoo looks. Makes me giddy. :thumbup:

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I have 14 tattoos and i have lost 64 lbs so far and nothing looks bad as far as i can tell... I have a huge chest piece that has not changed at all... actually went out to a club last night and won 1st place in a tattoo contest!!! also got $50!!! hahaha

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I haven't been banded yet, but I have 2 tats. One a dogwood on the ouside of my right ankle and the other a sister-hood celtic tat on my left shoulder. I'm hoping that neither will be distorted once I've lost the weight, but I am seriously thinking about adding to my dogwood. I think I want to branch it down and across my foot and incorporate on the petals, the date of my banding and maybe some other important little things. :cool:

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ive got upper arm half sleeves and i think the colors are startin to look alot sharper, and neither are distorted

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