01/09/2026
Let’s Talk About 🔵BLOWOUTS🔵
-we’re happy to provide selective removal services if you like your tattoo, but not the ink migration or blowout around it!
Ink Migration is a natural process in the body when living with a tattoo. Over time the ink migrates under the skin, especially as we age and our skin gets thinner (this is extra common in specific placements of the body such as towards hands or feet).
We tend to see the most obvious ink migration in lettering tattoos. Our best example to explain to our clients is if you draw an “O”. That skin gap in the center may see slight migration and fill in as the tattoo (and you!) age. That’s why it is so important to discuss longevity with your artist. Choose an artist that will guide you on why that lettering tattoo needs to be at least a certain size and font.
Remember that in the end, your tattoo WILL change with age.
You might hear terms such as “Blowout” associated with Ink Migration. We personally like to explain these two occurrences separately. A Blowout is associated when the ink spreads quicker than it would naturally because an artist may go too deeply or overwork the skin causing it to look like a blueish/grey halo around a tattoo. This happens almost immediately or within the first year of healing as opposed to 5+ years old on natural migration.
“Pooling” is another term we use (most common in inner biceps or inner thighs) to describe the migration of ink gravitationally moving downwards or in a direction to settle in a separate spot on the body.
If you think you might have any of the above cases, we would love to discuss your specific removal of either just the Migration/Pooling/Blowout or any other projects with you! Most migration related cases only need 1-3 treatments (individual results vary by person).
******This procedure is extra popular for our FINE LINE clientele! See us for your 1 treatment yearly to remove ink migration on that fine line tattoo that has thickened up over time!******
