07-08-2018, 03:06 PM
Make sure it really didn't "take" before you re-do it. Shine a flashlight through the ear to check. Tattooing over the top of a partial tattoo can make both the new and old tattoos totally illegible. I like to smear my ink on the ear with a toothbrush, tattoo it, then dip the toothbrush in baking soda and rub the ink into the holes with it. The toothbrush pushes the ink into the holes and the baking soda helps raise a bump there as well. I need to tattoo some of my kidlets now that they're big enough to fit in the stanchion.