What is a Tattoo Blowout?

Have you ever seen a tattoo where the ink has bled and the lines have become blurry or various colors of ink bleed into each other making the area look like a blotchy mess? Yes, that’s called tattoo blowout. It doesn’t look very nice and can spoil the whole look and purpose of getting a tattoo. Keep reading to know more about it before getting a tattoo done so that you can avoid a tattoo blowout.

Tattoo Blowout

What Causes Tattoo Blowout?

While there are many reasons that cause tattoo blowout, here are some common ones:

1. Tattoo artist pushes needles too deep or at the wrong angle: This is the most common cause of tattoo blowout where the tattoo artist pushes the needles too deep or at an ineffective angle by mistake and this will disperse the ink into deeper skin layers causing blowout. This can be noticed very shortly after the needle has injected the ink into the wrong layer of skin or after a few weeks. A more experienced artist can usually eliminate this mistake, but at times, it’s very hard to prevent it for certain skin areas and you shouldn’t always jump immediately to blaming the artist as they would have already warned about this very thing.

2. Tattoo is being drawn on very thin skin: Some places of the body with extremely delicate skin like wrist/ankle, fingers/toes and tops of hands/feet are more prone to a blowout than thicker area of skin. As the skin is thin, the needle will protrude into the lower layers and thus can cause a blowout. Again, the chances of blowout caused by a professional and experienced artist at such delicate areas will be much less than the novice ones, but it can still happen.

3. Stretching and pulling the skin too much: While inserting the ink at the right location, artists usually stretch and tighten the skin slightly to ensure that it’s flat and evenly distributed. However, if the skin is pulled too tightly, then this can cause the needle to protrude at a wrong angle which will lead to a tattoo blowout.

How Can You Avoid Tattoo Blowout?

Here are a few tips to avoid some of the most common causes of the blowout:

  1. Choose a reputable and experienced artist by checking out their portfolio.
  2. Avoid risky areas like hands and feet and thin areas as mentioned above.
  3. Avoid twisting and pulling at a fresh tattoo.
  4. Follow the aftercare instructions perfectly!

Have you ever had tattoo blowout? We’d love to hear all about your experience in the comment section below.

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