You say that now
But think about how you'll look in (No of skin layers penetrated by tatoo ink divided by two) dvided by (no of showers per day) days.
(Cave Duck, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 10:35, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

My skin grows back quickly
Plus tattoos go quite deep, into the dermis rather than the epidermis.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 10:38, Reply)

*bows to your superior knowledge of that sort of thing*

(Cave Duck, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 10:40, Reply)

I asked my tattooist where the surplus ink goes when it's inside my blood stream and why some ink stays where it is
but he didn't know.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 10:53, Reply)

From what I understand
The ink that reaches the dermis layer stays and 'melds' with it in situ. Ink that doesn't make it there (ie, as the needle pushes through the epidermis) either gets rubbed off, or comes away as the skin heals over the top (scabs off).
As far as ink in your blood stream, I'm sure it'd be a miniscule amount, and it'd get filtered out like anything else.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 10:57, Reply)

my tattooist should have known that, tut.
However, he took my mind of the pain by regaling me with stories about camping next to a paedophile so I'll let him off.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:00, Reply)

Erm... how'd he know he was a paedophile?

( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:09, Reply)

he was mostly kidding
he was saying how he and his mates had gone camping and the guy in a tent nearby had come out and asked them to keep the noise down, even though it was only 9pm and he said they were just chatting. He said "the guy looked like, well I can only describe it as a stereotypical paedophile", so I guess he looked like Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:12, Reply)

Not seen it
Have seen some actual paeds though, and they were all steretypically paedish. Lank hair, no chin, beady eyes, hunched figure etc.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:19, Reply)

taught geography or PE...

( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:21, Reply)

My geog teacher was sound
The PE guy though... looked like a fat Hitler, called some kids "Filthy Arabs", and showered with the rugby team.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:23, Reply)

my geograpgy teachers were all shitcunts
even the ones who never taught me. I was obliged to tell one to fuck off one.

that PE guy sounds like a raving paedo
( Vipros. clever got me this far, then tricky got me in, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:24, Reply)

It wouldn't surprise me if he was
Our Physics/IT teacher was found to be a paedo though. We all joked that he was a kiddy fiddler when we were at school. Turns out we were right.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:28, Reply)

Bubbles is the guy on that picture that says "_____ makes me moist"

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:24, Reply)

Doesn't look sinister enough to be a total paed
But not far off.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:26, Reply)

he's pretty retarded in the show

( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:28, Reply)

guys penis in his boyscout ass probably gave it away

( TGB checking Off Topic is still shit at, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:13, Reply)

The cells in the dermis replicate with the ink in.
Dermis cells are essentially immobile over your life. Any other cells with ink in are mobile and so get passed out of the body eventually
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:08, Reply)

the doctor is in!
Thanks. Your description also gave me a really cute image of little blood cells zooming around my body all splattered with ink.
( Kitty v1.0 desperately naive, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:13, Reply)

A more professional way
Of saying what I said. Kinda. If you squint while reading mine.
( Labia Majora You keep on talking but it makes no sense at all, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:20, Reply)

Nah, yours is spot on.

( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 6 Oct 2010, 11:24, Reply)