I have quite a few tattoos on my lower legs and some on my back. My question to anyone who has tattoos is, did they change at all? shrink? look warped after losing alot of weight? I am curious and a little nervous to see how much they change! thanks!

I have quite a few tattoos on my lower legs and some on my back. My question to anyone who has tattoos is, did they change at all? shrink? look warped after losing alot of weight? I am curious and a little nervous to see how much they change! thanks!

I'd be curious to know too as I also have a lot of tattoos. I figure I can always get them touched up/added to/covered up if they look too weird/bad after I lose weight. But yeah, I've been thinking about investing in some kind of skin firming lotion to use as I lose weight, but I still need to look into that (I know strivectin works really well but it's *really* pricey, I know vitamin e is supposed to work too, but I don't know)

If you are working out with weights (heavy enough weights you can only do 5-8 reps per set) and doing toning exercises (like squats, pushups, situps, etc.) and losing weight slowly (1-3 lbs/week) then you shouldn't have a problem with loose skin. The areas where it would be a problem are the breasts, stomach, upper arm, and upper thigh.

If you take your weight loss slow and stay active with muscle building, rather than just fat loss, then you'll give your skin a must better chance to recover. Your tattoos will look smaller, and you may loose a bit of detail, but the color will be a bit more concentrated because the color 'beads' under the skin will be closer, so there are benefits.