I have been a tattoo artist for 8 yaers now and have used some pretty good tattoo inks. I came across starbright tatoo ink and was pleased until I had three different people come back in will allergic reactions to the red starbright tattoo ink has anyone else had this problem?

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After 8 years, you recently came across Starbrite?

ive had no problems with starbrite colors. I have used the red many times without any allergic reactions.

I hear more peop-le having trouble with the Intenze reds but I haven't had problems as of yet however I also use Fantasia and Millenium and plan of getting Eternal Inks to give them a try.

Red is the most common color for reaction

I have seen the scarlet red react pretty odd before.Which red was it?

i used to use starbrite and never had a problem with the scarlet, crimson, or light red. the deep maroon sucked ass!!! ive been using waverly powder reds and having good results. also the dermaglo red from eikon works well.

Why don't you guys shut your fuckin' mouths about the names of suppliers? Anyone can come read this forum, absolutely anyone... don't you care about that?

not to start shit frank but anyone can open a magazine and see an ad for starbright. not to name anyone but theres also quite a few talented artists on this site that have open forums where they discuss tattooing more in depth then its really ever discused here. as im sure you know eikon and waverly are a little harder to contact then suppliers carrying starbrite. sorry to let the cat out of the bag there frank. just wanted to let a brother know my thoughts on a color not the complete science of tattooing. so much for my thinking of contacting you about one of those $100 machines.

you guys need to grow up a bit and start answering questions instead of having a go at eachother. we're all supposed to be in the same profession? the time of suppliers lists changing hands for hundreds of £'s / $'s has long since gone, thank god. inks are a personal preference but i have also tried starbrite and had problems with a few bad reactions, now i use danny's inks and found them to be excellent, thats not an advertizment its an endorsment.
good luck. you'll need it with guys with that sort of attitude.

Why don't you guys shut your fuckin' mouths about the names of suppliers? Anyone can come read this forum, absolutely anyone... don't you care about that?


Frank, Why dont you go to readstreet and stick your ass up in the air with the rest of those air heads. We prefer to help and teach. the right way.

Why don't you guys shut your fuckin' mouths about the names of suppliers? Anyone can come read this forum, absolutely anyone... don't you care about that?


Frank, Why dont you go to readstreet and stick your ass up in the air with the rest of those air heads. We prefer to help and teach. the right way.

i recently got my 8th (but only 2nd) color tattoo. the red area peeled, blistered, and literally chunks of skin (along with the ink) came out. the rest of that tattoo looks fine. i was told that it was probably due to the fact that i'm allergic to penicillin. if it is such a common reaction, why dont they ask it as a screening tool when you're getting a tattoo?? just wondering if this could have been avoided if my artist has asked, (or if i had known it was even a possibility). i have another tattoo with red that is fine, so i'm assuming it was just a different brand of ink, but am now scared to get this new one touched up when healed, for fear that it will happen again.

Was just wondering if any of you guys has had a problem with white ink. I recently had a drama with the white in my new tattoo, the skin seems to reject the white my artist used to cut down turquise. The areas where he used the ink with the white scabed up heeps worse. He used a coupple of diffrent blends and the areas with more white appear to be the worst. Can any one offer me any advice or oppionions. thanx guys. joker

Don't mention the names of pigment suppliers? Well thats the silliest thing I have heard on this forum...Come on...thats just goin too far...all anyone has to do is google "tattoo ink" and there most of them are!....Chill muddafuks!!,,,TAz

I recently had my 5th tattoo done all in red. Starbright was the ink used. I have had 2 other tattoos with reds all in Eternal... I have had a horrific reaction to the Starbright ink! My foot was swollen, I had hives, my toung and throat were swollen and now my body is rejecting the tattoo. I was told that I would be able to tattoo over the scar when it is done with the rejection process... Does anyone know about this type of thing? I dont know anything about tattooing over scars or alergic reaction sites?
Thanks

Without seeing a pic of the tattoo its impossible to tell for sure but sounds like red syndrome...check with a dodtor FIRST to make sure its not an infection...if doc says no infection and since its fresh You can have your artist go over the area with distilled and sterilized water instead of ink , this can help your body reject a lot of that red which its doing anyway, If you have a bad case of red syndrome it can literally be months or a year or more until your body rejects all the red if it ever realy does get rid of all of it.

Corticosteroids can help...talk to your dermatologiost!!

My mom is a nurse and says she hates it when people tell her whats wrong and never tell her the outcome so I thought Id share MY outcome... This was an alergy to the ink, my tattoo turned into a colored, slightly raised scar. Vitamin E oil was recomended to me for the scarring... this seems to be working magic on my tattoo. It is now healing! It has lost ink and will never look as beautiful as the day I got it, However I will now be able to tattoo over it, and at least walk around for a while without my foot looking disgusting. This process I am sure will take some time, but I am so happy that it is looking even the slightest bit better and thought artists out there would be interested to know that Vitamin E (wich is natural and not harmful) can really help in situations such as this. It is messy and has requires a very loose ace bandage, but man has it been worth it!

Starbright inks are awesome, but contain latex. If a person is allergic to latex you will have some bad reactions

Mama, if latex is a problem, how about most ink pigments containing metal salts!!!!
This post outlines the composition of most pigments:
http://www.tattooconnect.com/forum/showthread.php?t=333

Does anyone know anything about Vivid Inks? I have a 2 day old Tattoo to and I have sevral others . But this tattoo Blistered the first day and Its the whole tattoo not just red or green its every color . NOW the only thing I did diffrent this time was I used triple antibiotic not A/D also Dial Not my normal soft soap but its antibacterial still ..Can anyone Help maybe narrow this down ? I would realy appreciate it .