Dragon and Butterfly
86 Portland Street Dartmouth (902)
434-4199
Hypertrophic scaring is limited to the area of the injury and generally forms soon after and diminishes over time, keloid scarring is rare and generally takes much longer to form, up to years after the injury to the skin and covers an area larger than the injury. Although no one knows why keloid scarring occurs it is known that there is a strong genetic factor. Hypertrophic and Keloid scarring often runs in families. We want you to be an informed consumer. So if heavy scarring runs in your family you may want consider the advisability of getting a tattoo or piercing. If a blood relative got a tattoo or a minor skin injury and it became bumpy or raised shortly after it was done or happened there is a stronger possibility that the same thing may happen to you, especially if you get it on your back or chest area.
A slightly raised scar which is neither hypertropic or keloid will form if the scab is picked or rubbed off and the healing process has to be repeated, forming extra scar tissue. Lower back and tattoos under bra. straps are especially prone to this kind of scarring because belts, straps and waist bands can rub on the scab.
Below is a photo of a scar resulting from a simple bug bite on the arm of a man who came into the studio to get a tattoo. He said that he had no other serious scars. We told him that he needed to consult his doctor before getting a tattoo.
In about
10-15% of people a slightly raised area or
hypertrophic scar forms in the area of the
tattoo. No one knows why hyper
trophic scars form on some people and not
others but they always eventually resolve
and go away.
Many people
mistakenly refer to hypertropic scars as
keloids or keloid scaring . Keloid scaring
is an entirely different kind of scar and is
quite rare, some how the body fails to
stop healing when it should and a scar forms
that is larger than the original area of
damaged skin and often keeps growing. So
that a small nick from shaving can
eventually form an evergrowing scar that can
cover the whole face and even the
neck.
Hypertrophic scaring is limited to the area of the injury and generally forms soon after and diminishes over time, keloid scarring is rare and generally takes much longer to form, up to years after the injury to the skin and covers an area larger than the injury. Although no one knows why keloid scarring occurs it is known that there is a strong genetic factor. Hypertrophic and Keloid scarring often runs in families. We want you to be an informed consumer. So if heavy scarring runs in your family you may want consider the advisability of getting a tattoo or piercing. If a blood relative got a tattoo or a minor skin injury and it became bumpy or raised shortly after it was done or happened there is a stronger possibility that the same thing may happen to you, especially if you get it on your back or chest area.
The darker your skin is
the more likely it is that scar tissue will form.
A slightly raised scar which is neither hypertropic or keloid will form if the scab is picked or rubbed off and the healing process has to be repeated, forming extra scar tissue. Lower back and tattoos under bra. straps are especially prone to this kind of scarring because belts, straps and waist bands can rub on the scab.
Below is a photo of a scar resulting from a simple bug bite on the arm of a man who came into the studio to get a tattoo. He said that he had no other serious scars. We told him that he needed to consult his doctor before getting a tattoo.
