Do tattoos look faded during healing process?
Tattoos can appear faded for several weeks after the inital process. The fading is usually caused by dead skin that has yet to peel. Don’t worry, and don’t peel off that dead skin or you run the risk of removing color. Your tattoo will look it’s best in 4-6 weeks. How long must I keep my tattoo out of the sun? Forever! The sun’s rays destroy tattoos just as easily as they fade the paint on your car. You must keep your tattoos out of the sun or covered with at least 30spf sunblock or risk fading and color changes. White will become yellow, red can turn brown, etc. I wrote a post on this a while ago. You can see the whole thing here How to get the dead skin to fall off my tattoo? Be patient. It will fall off all by itself in a few weeks. You risk permanent damage to your tattoo if you prematurely remove any dead skin or scabs. If tattoo scabs fall off completely will ink return? If you remove a scab or bump it against something and it takes the ink beneath the scab with it, certainly it
