As the saying goes, the hand is the second face of a person, and the first thing you see when greeting someone is the face of the other party, and the next easiest thing to see is the hand. The hand may be the most visible place for your tattoo all over the body, and if you get a good tattoo, it is the finishing touch, and if you don’t get a good tattoo, you can add to it.
We like to show our cool, personal side, or we like to interpret our love-hate and life beliefs with finger tattoos. However, a tattoo on your finger can be your best declaration of love, and it will most likely become a secret memory that you most want to erase.
For a long time, hand tattoos were called “Job Stoppers” because, in addition to face and neck tattoos, hand tattoos were the third most obvious area.
Tattoos on the fingers are indeed a cooler thing, even more personal and playful than other position tattoos. But in recent years, hand tattoos have become more mainstream and popular, you can see Rihanna’s hand tattoos in magazines, and you can even see a lot of ordinary workers tattooing the back of their hands from their blazers.
What practical issues do we need to consider before getting a hand tattoo?
The cortex on the hand is thin, there are more capillaries, and the tattoo pigment in this place is not easy to absorb and spreads relatively quickly, and then the edge of the tattoo pattern becomes weak, and the outline is not clear, which is what we call halo. The thickness of the skin is different for each body part, which is actually a problem that tests the tattoo artist’s skills.
Some hands will have a lot of markings and scars, some minor markings are no problem, and tattoos are often used to cover scars, but the premise is that the scar is not a new scar, at least until the scar has fully recovered before you can tattoo on it.
Due to the “thin skin”, this position is not good to color, other positions “running needle” once OK, this may have to repeatedly “run the needle” two or three times, everyone’s sensitivity to the pain part is different, but like the finger thin skin close to the bone, it is still more painful, but it will not hurt to death, of course, you can try it.
Due to the relatively high rate of use of hands and frequent activities, the tattoos on the hands are usually rubbed and rubbed, coupled with frequent absorption, the skin on the fingers “renews” relatively quickly, and the tattoo will fade accordingly; If it takes 15 years for tattoos in other positions to see the fading, then hand tattoos may be able to do it in two or three years, but the color can be maintained by complementing the color later.
Next, the editor will share the design concept of hand tattoo designs.
The design ideas for hand tattoos are endless, which is the same as any part of the tattoo, some people will choose traditional old-school designs, others will choose some delicate and simple popular patterns as small embellishments.
In general, hand tattoos can be divided into the following parts.
The tattoo on the knuckles is actually the easiest to fade, because this part is constantly moving, and the tattoo on the finger can choose to design a simple line or a short word.
That simple old school small pattern and floral letters are also a good choice.
Don’t choose too elaborate and complex patterns, like making realistic characters on your fingers, which may look good when you first do it, but generally don’t stand the test of time.
Tattoos in the mouth of the tiger are also becoming more and more abundant, and many different styles of tattoo designs are applicable.
If you want to say that the most popular place for hand tattoos, of course, is the back of the hand!
The back of the hand can really control any kind of tattoo style, traditional, realistic, school, etc., only you can think of it, you can cover hand tattoos, the effect is very good Yo When choosing a tattoo drawing on the back of the hand, combined with the shape of the back of the hand, you can boldly conceive and design.
The palm of the hand is said to be very exciting, while feeling pain, you may have a feeling of “itchy palm”, palm tattoo is recommended to use a clean and simple design, the color is not too rich, you can choose a single color, so that your lines will not be blurred in a short time.
The tattoo design of the whole hand, more exquisite design, to extend from the wrist, through the back of the hand to the fingers, combined with the shape of the whole hand, the design that perfectly fits the muscle trend is often eye-catching.
Add a little more knowledge about the maintenance of hand tattoos, and reduce the strenuous exercise of the hands as much as possible during the hand tattoo healing and recovery period:
Do not touch very dirty objects to avoid infection with bacteria,
Do not wash your hands frequently, keep it clean and dry,
Do not expose to the sun, it is easy to fade,
Follow the advice of the tattoo artist for regular color filling.