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So when I was 12 I got sunburned very badly on my shoulders, to the point that on the 2nd day after the burn each of my shoulders had an all-over blister. If I were at my parents' house right now I'd scan a pic of my shoulders about 5 days after the burn, after the blisters were broken and started to heal - my shoulders were completely raw (gross).

Anyways, I recently got my first tattoo over my shoulderblade (I'm almost 20 now, btw), over part of the area that was sunburned so badly, and it hurt like hell over the parts of my shoulder that had been burnt so badly, but it was okay over the parts that hadn't been burnt too badly.

Just wondering if anyone else has had any experience with tattoos over healed badly sunburned areas. I know that you can scar deep from burns and such, but it's been 8 years, and since that burn I've always been overprotective of my shoulders in the sun (think SPF 60).

It's also kind of funny, because it's now been 4 days since I got tattooed (Tuesday night!) and the tattoo is inflamed and itchy over those same parts but normal over the part that weren't burned badly. I'm hardly scabbing though, there's been no drainage or anything so I'm not too concerned, I'm just cleaning it 2 times a day and putting Ceravey or Eucerin on it whenever it itches.

The pic was taken about 4 hours after I got the tattoo. Sorry about the quality - it was taken by my cell phone

Yeah... I never even gave it a thought when I was thinking where to get the tattoo. My shoulders ARE sensitive to the sun, but only on the very tops of them, which is strange. Ehh, oh well. It's doing fine now, just itchy. The inflammation is gone, and now I guess it's doing normal healing tattoo things.

The chemical burns took off his freckles?? That's not fair, I never had freckles on my shoulders until I got sunburned so badly. Now my shoulders explode with freckles after a half an hour in the sun.