Question. My body is my canvas and I am covered in tattoos. I've decided to wait till my surgery to get a bunch more but I was wondering if the tattoos I do have will look the same after the weight loss? Anyone?

Edited October 21, 201312 yr by missybean

What's your BMI and how much do you plan to lose?

tattoos I do have will look the same after the weight loss?

missybean

so your body is a canvas huh

my daughter had the "little mermaid" tattooed on her butttt 10 years ago

she gained some weight - and the mermaid spppread

when you lose weight, since your body is all of a sudden smaller - i would think the tattoo must look smaller

proportional to the area (i think thats right)

they will still look great

i treated myself to my 1rst and last tattoo when i reached goal

promised DH I wouldn't get another tattoo for the next 58 years

M A E

:wub: :wub: :wub:

The 3 above letters are the first initial of my precious 3 grand-kids (Morgan 13, Andrew 10, Ethan 6)

small red heart under each letter

on my right wrist

happy tattooing

good luck with WLS

speedy recovery

kathy

Edited October 21, 201312 yr by proudgrammy

I held off on a tattoo I wanted until after my surgery. Only 8 days post op so still don't have it. But, your skin will shrink so the tattoos will also move around, but probably only by very minor amounts on the parts without a lot of fat. Anything on your stomach will probably look a lot different, but nothing a really talented tattoo artist couldn't work on to modify or touch up.

I am more concerned about my tattoos if I have plastic surgery. I have a feeling one in particular will get cut. :-(

I am 9 months post op and have lost 140lbs so far. I have to say all my tattoos have held up pretty good. But I dont have any in areas common for loose skin like my upper arms, stomach, or thighs.

I have a half sleeve one my right are and a qourter sleeve on my right arm then a dragon and dagger on my right caf. All of them have held up.

Here are some pictures. in the first one you can see my qourter sleeve and in the seconf my half sleeve that will be a full sleeve once I hit my goal (20 more pounds).

Thanks for all the feed back. My bmi is 42 and I would love to lose 130 lbs, but anything will be great and satisfying at this point. Thanks for sharing Kathy. The tattoo sounds really cute. I'm also glad to hear from everyone else about the tats because I have some pretty detailed work especially the two portraits of my children, I'd hate for them to change but as mentioned I have an amazing artist so I'm sure he will be able to work with what is done lol. And you sir look soooo amazing! Job well done!