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I love them. I have a row of white dots under another tattoo on my ankle. I'll look for a pic...
ETA: Found one. I was showing off my Horde tattoo (it's fresh, that's why it's shiny) but you can kinda see them under it.
@Mrs.KMM: That picture creeps me out a little. It looks like somebody just kind of took a knife to herself to get a cool shaped scar.
@Lemma: That tattoo still has the scab on it. They don't look like that healed.
I don't really like them. To be honest I kind of feel like they're the tattoo for people who don't really want a tattoo. And they won't last, which kind of bothers me. But, to each their own. I don't have to like someone else's tattoo if they like their tattoo!
@Aure: Ok, good! I'm thinking about getting plastic surgery to remove a scar, so I was really confused that somebody would voluntarily scar herself.
I really like them and would consider getting one myself. I have a few pinned to my pinterest.
My brother has a tattoo that actually uses ultraviolet ink. So under normal circumstances it looks like a white ink tattoo but under a black light it glows.
I really want a Celtic M on my left wrist but being a nurse, we have to have tattoos that are black or colorful covered up. I never really seen white ink in person and would consider it the more I get to know about it. Does the ink hold up just as well?
I love the idea!!!! If I was to get a tattoo it would be in white ink.
@Lemma: I think you are thinking more along the lines of branding; which involves burning or cutting scar images into the skin. It has a similar appearance but more 3D. I've seen it done and it looks rather painful!
Love them. I plan to get a white ink tat when I find an artist that can do them. They are definitely a specialty, and most artists don;t have the skill set for them. And to whomever said that it doesn't last, that's not exactly true. White ink on darker skintones does disappear quickly. But those of us with fair skin have better results. I have white ink in a tat that is 4 years old, and it still looks good.
I think the only way I'd get a tattoo is with white ink.
You have to be careful if you get a white ink tattoo. There are certain skin types that will either reject white ink or absorb it over time. I was told by my tattoo artist that people with even the tiniest bit of native american blood will most likely absorb white ink and there are several asian descents that will reject the ink all together.
I've loved the idea of white ink tattoos for a while. I don't have any tats and probably won't ever get one (too much of a wuss - piercings aren't permanent so I do that). However, if I were to ever get a tattoo, it would absolutely be white ink.
@tksjewelry: What does that mean "absorb" it?
I have quite of bit of Native American blood and was going to get a white ink tattoo (my mom has one and I like it).
@tksjewelry: I haven't heard that at all.
White ink isn't opaque so some darker skintones don't display it as a true white. The lighter the skintone the better the white ink will display. Most artists aren't good at white ink and UV ink so, as with any tattoo, do heavy research before you commit to an artist.
I have a tattoo and cant wait to get more but the white ink ones kinda creep me out - looks like scarification!
I had never heard about them before. Are people more or less likely to have allergic reactions to them than traditional tattoos? Is it the same ink used if you have some white in a traditional tattoo?
I'm not really a fan of tattoos, and worry too much about allergies or the Koebner phenomenon to get one myself. I really like the look of the few I just googled though!
@Aure: For the Horde. It's been a while since I've played.
@Meowkers: The UV one sounds pretty cool
Personally I'm not a tattoo fan, white ink or otherwise. But I do like it.
Bumping since I posted this pretty late in the day. Any more thoughts?
My brother has a tattoo in all white - i really like it! I wish i had a picture
My friend just got one last summer. While it was new, you could see the blood under the skin which was gross but now it is very faint. I like it because it is not in your face and somehow prettier than if it were black. She just has an outline now but plans to fill it in completely white as she quickly realized just how light it is.
I'd never heard of them before WB, but from what I've seen I'm pretty meh about it. The effect somehow brings branding to mind for me, so I would not get one.
My husband has a tattoo with white ink in it! It looks so cool!
EDIT: Got a better picture!
You can see the white all through the inside of the cross & around the outside of it in areas.
Have you ever had a tattoo with white ink in it before? If not, you won't know how your skin holds white ink and thus, might be really dissapointed with the long-term results of your tattoo. I have pale skin, and got forget-me-nots (with yellow an dwhite centers) tattooed along a rambling vine with my cat's paw prints along it on my spine in June 2008. It has held really well since - on the flip side, my FH has light olive skin and has an Italian flag tattooed on his calf, and the white ink "dissapeared" within a couple of months. For his other tats, the white ink didn't show after healing. Tattoos aren't cheap so perhaps you could get a little star or heart in a "special place" (that's easily concealable or seen only by you and FH) with some white ink in it and see how it looks after 4-6 months. If you can still see the white clearly, I say, Go with the tat! If you can't, your skin doesn't hold the white ink and it might be a waste to get it :(
After OPs image I like white ink better. I'm not cure I'd like to have a tattoo on me but a white one seems simple and cute.
I honestly was so close to getting my first tattoo done in white ink but now I'm so glad I did it in black ink. My thoughts on white ink are 1)they look alot like scars to me and I have some really bad scars on my body and don't want it to be confused. 2) My tattoo is something that I'm very proud of so I want it to stand out. Honestly I freaked when the artist showed me how big it would have to be because of the detailing but everyone that sees it says, "awww it's so tiny." I was just blinded by my own mind. 
I have one!
They're cherry blossoms, 7 altogether, on my foot (ignore the line from my slippers and I cropped out my un-pedicured toes to spare you all the gore fest).
You can tell I had one done at a different time from the others- the one all the way to the right of the pic, on the bottom, is a little blown out. The others are much crisper and cleaner lines. If you're considering a white ink tattoo, you HAVE to get someone who knows what they're doing- white ink is very difficult to put into the skin to get it to hold, and the guy who did my first one pressed way too hard, which caused the lines to blur. I don't mind it, personally, but I know it would bother a lot of people.
I got the first one completely on a whim- I read something about them online, I wanted a foot tattoo, so I got it. The others I added about a year later once I saw how the white looked. The first one is about five years old, the others about four years. I don't do anything special to them (like, I don't put sunblock on my foot every day or anything), so this is four to five years of standard life.
Like others have said, not all skin types will show the white, and it won't look white white on most people for longer than the first week or two. Even mine sort of look yellow, that's not the camera making the color look funny. They look pink if I have a sunburn on my foot, and they look yellower when I'm tan (which is contrary to what people think- that they'll really stand out on tan skin). You see a tattoo *through* the top couple layers of skin, so the white will take on the hue of your skin.
Personally, I love mine and am thinking of getting more white on my other foot. I have other tattoos that I got way before this one, so it wasn't like I was testing the waters on this one- I knew what I was getting into with tattoos, I just really liked this look and wanted to try something different. You definitely need to find someone experienced with all white tattoos if you're going to do it, and lines look better than big blocks of white because of how hard it is to get the white to hold.
White is not something I recommend as a first tattoo. White ink tattoos have a lot of potential to get wonky just by virtue of the difficulty of the ink. You really should have some idea of how your body reacts to tattooing, tattoo ink, and how your body heals them before you get an all white tattoo. I also recommend, if you're hoping to get something larger, to start with a small piece of it that can stand as an independent tattto. That way, if you don't like it or your body doesn't like it, you can get it covered up more easily. White ink will not break down under a laser- once it's in, it's in unless your body rejects it.
Like any tattoo, white ink is not something to go into without doing your research. I absolutely adore mine, and would get more in a heartbeat, but do a lot of digging around online before you commit if you're thinking about it.
I wanted a small white ink tattoo, but only because I know that my skin takes and shows off white ink well. That isn't the case for most people. White ink isn't actually harder to get into the skin, it's just that it's hard to see what you're doing when you're putting it in the skin. White ink just kind of disappears into the skin. For some people when they're healed, the white ink will look more pinkish rather than white, making it appear like a scar. For a lot of people, you might not even see it at all once it's healed. Most tattoo artists will try to talk you out of doing just white for those reasons.
(My fiance was a tattoo artist.)
Here's mine! It's an "L" for my last name :) It's a lot more pinkish/red in this picture than it is healed.
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Inspired by this thread: http://boards.weddingbee.com/topic/if-you-were-forced-to-get-a-tattoo-what-would-you-get
What does everything think of white tattoos? Love them? Hate them? Anyone have one they'd be willing to share a picture of?
I've thought about getting a small tattoo for a while and have saved the following image as inspriation:
Then someone on the above thread posted a tattoo with a similar feel to it that was done in white ink and I really liked the look of it:
I know there are a lot of Bees with tattoos so I'm hoping to get some input, particularly on the white ink This would be my first tattoo if I ever fully decide I want to take the plunge and get one.