I am 3 weeks away from surgery. Will getting a tattoo now prevent me from getting my sleeve surgery in 3 weeks?

I don't see why? I'm sure your avoiding and will continue to avoid NSAIDS like aspirin and motrin. Otherwise unless it's in your abdominal area, not sure how it would interfere. Good luck!

Talk to your doctor's office before getting it. You don't want to jeopardize the surgery for any reason.

Thanks for responding. I decided against it. I have been wanting one for a while and was out with friends who were getting them done today and was going to get one too, but decided to wait until after surgery. When I looked up the average healing time it was between 3 and. 6 weeks. My surgery date is 2weeks, 4 days away and I didn't want to chance it.

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That was probably a good idea. Any healing, even minor, is a stress on the body. You don't want to add to your body's stress right at surgery time. I was thinking of getting one while I'm off work but decided to wait until at least the Fall before doing it. This surgery has taken a lot our of me and I want my new tattoo to heal well also!

Sounds like the right choice. I got one like 4 months after surgery.

So what are you all thinking of getting? I'm thinking of a flower to go around my ankle. In a few of the petals I'll get dates that are significant to me - my wedding date, my daughter's birthdate, and my sleeve date.

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Oh man, I totally want another tattoo. They're so addictive!

Very!! Just need more $$$ lol

Ditto. I really want a cupcake like a skull and crossbones on my shoulderblade, with a whisk and wooden spoon crossed behind, or something like that.

I love this:

And this:

Dot, I like both of those.

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Too cute!

Ditto. I really want a cupcake like a skull and crossbones on my shoulderblade' date=' with a whisk and wooden spoon crossed behind, or something like that.

I love this:

And this: [/quote']

Are you a baker?

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I want this with a 13 at the top (for 13 o'clock, representing that it's finally time for ME) and instead of the clock numbers, I want the final 3 digit number of my weight loss scattered in there...

It's a good thing you are waiting too... who knows where it would have ended up after you've hit your goal!! You know, a tattoo on your thigh now may be on your ankle once you hit goal. (JUST KIDDING!!) I plan to get another tattoo when I hit goal - less chance of it moving around on me.

I think it'd be better to get the tattoo after the huge weight loss post surgery.

Tattoos are an artistic expression on the human body.

I feel what distincts an Artist from an ordinary Inker is the way the tattoo conforms to the curvature of the body.

I had my tattoo done long time ago when I was at my ideal weight and honeslty quite strong and muscular, the dragon tatto ran along smoothly with my deltoid and biceps with the head lashing out on my right peck.

As I got older and really much fatter, i noticed the tattoo became somewhat smaller and now there's this whole blank space of skin triceps.

still wondering how it'll look like once i reach my ideal weight...

All said... I'd advise you to ink urself post-op so that the tattoo can be fitted to you at your best.