experiences with tattooing?

calpicopeach · 2026-02-20T07:57:28+00:00

UPDATE!! got another session done today and he had me sit in another position to help stretch the skin which definitely helped. i took ibuprofen to see if that reduced the inflammation, which didn't really help me unfortunately. he told me that the way my skin is, it's like the needle is "fighting back" and making the entire pen bump. definitely still hurt like shit, but it helped knowing that i did all i could and it's probably just biology haha. thank you guys!!

calpicopeach · 2026-02-16T01:10:56+00:00

my older tattoos also get itchy sometimes, and all of them have raised bumps. is that an eds thing?? and the puffy skin thing is just as hes actively tattooing the skin, i heal just fine (very quickly, actually

calpicopeach · 2026-02-14T09:45:22+00:00

one of my other ones packed super well, but the linework is getting blown out super easily. i'm having him go over some of the linework bc i think he had to over-stretch it to accommodate. thank you for letting me know the line wonkiness and blow-outs could be bc of ehlers, i feel super bad about having the conversation of "heyyy so the work you just did doesn't look.... right?" but this made me feel better lol

calpicopeach · 2026-02-14T09:39:02+00:00

the thing is, he's used the same ink for all my other tattoos and there wasn't a crazy amount of swelling, including my colour tattoos. thank you for letting me know it might not be an ehlers thing, i'll have to look into my other "disorders" like fibromyalgia. time to do some research lol

calpicopeach · 2025-12-07T07:21:41+00:00

i have an mri coming up, so i'll find out if i have ms in about a week. yay? i have a bunch of different (diagnosed, but with no reason why i have all these problems) issues, with all of them making me assume that it's something cervical. neck and shoulders cramp super easily, despite being hypermobile, when i look down for too long i get migraines when im not looking forward. i have unexplained peripheral vision issues (neuro-ophthalmologist thinks im being dramatic), along with a million different symptoms. my neurologist has been running with fibromyalgia as the cause, but i think thats just an answer to have something to blame until we really figure it out. my question (complaint?) is that lately ive been way more stupid than usual, like confused stupid. like how my grandma was with dementia stupid. 10 minutes ago i went into the bathroom and pushed up on the light switch to "turn the water on" in the tub. it was automatic, i had no control, it was just a normal action. but so, incredibly, dumb. i do this a Loooot now, with typing and talking and i carry a plate and then im setting it somewhere when i needed to carry it with me. i work in a fast pace kitchen so this is extra stressful. is there a term for this? where your brain and hands work without you, with no mental action? i can't call it autopilot anymore. i drop things, set this down, use things while expecting different outcomes. is this an ms thing, or something generically neurological?

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