Feelings get under your skin - and so do partner tattoos. It is one of the strongest symbols of friendship or love. Because even if your feelings change: Your tattoo stays. This needs to be carefully considered!
Of course, a partner tattoo with a design that you personally like is always ideal. This should not depend on your partner and their choice. After all, you will have the tattoo with you for the rest of your life, even if your partner, boyfriend or girlfriend no longer goes through life with you at some point. That sounds extremely serious - partner tattoos can still look playful, of course. We've taken a look at which partner tattoos are commonly worn and what you should know about caring for them!
These partner tattoos are available
Partner tattoos are of course not just reserved for lovers, engaged couples and married couples. There is no law in the world that would prohibit a mother-daughter team from getting a partner tattoo. Siblings also often get partner tattoos, as do best friends. Partner tattoos simply indicate that two people feel a close bond.
You may have seen two people with absolutely identical tattoos. This is the most common form of partner tattoos. But there are of course many more possibilities:
- Many people have the initials of the other person tattooed, or alternatively the whole name or nickname.
- Symbols that stand for a shared experience or a motif that is closely related to your own relationship are also popular motifs for partner tattoos.
- Two puzzle pieces that complement each other are popular as partner tattoos. Alternatively, a heart or another simple motif can be tattooed in two halves.
- Couples often want a date as a tattoo motif to commemorate a special day together.
- The coordinates of the place where the couple met or which have another important meaning for them also make a good motif.
This is definitely not an exhaustive list! For partner tattoos, you and your partner choose what you both like. Make sure that you both really like the designs independently of each other.
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Ideally, your tattoo is not what everyone else is wearing, but an individual decision. It's no different with partner tattoos. You decide what you like. And because so many couples, siblings, parents and children already have birth dates, wedding anniversaries, names, initials or coordinates on their skin, you can of course choose a completely individual partner tattoo.
Use the image search function of your search engine of choice to find numerous partner tattoos that can serve as inspiration. Photos of (more or less) successful partner tattoos are circulating on social media.
Individually composed scenes or motifs created from the memories you and your partner share are particularly beautiful. Same scenes and motifs, different implementation - and your tattoo artist has already created an impressive work that connects you and your partner. By the way, it doesn't have to be old school or classic - modern styles often produce particularly successful motifs.
What exactly is the relationship between you and your partner like? You have ups and downs, your path together has not been entirely straightforward. Tell your tattoo artist about you. They can then create a personalized motif from a single line that traces your journey together. Stylistically, this falls under Fineline and ends up looking as simple and subtle as it is complex.
If you really want names, dates or coordinates, you also have the option of customizing the whole thing. Simply combine the desired letters and numbers with a simple, personal motif. We have also seen motifs as linework (fineline) combined with data in Morse code.
If things do go wrong: removal and cover-ups
Not all relationships last a lifetime. Parents and their children grow apart, siblings go their separate ways, couples split up. Maybe you still like your partner tattoo. We hope you do. Often enough, however, people also want to part with their partner tattoo after separating from their partner. Then there are two options: You can get a cover-up, or you can have the tattoo removed using laser treatment.
During laser treatment, the tattoo is bleached out, perhaps individual elements or colors are removed completely. Smaller tattoos can be removed more or less completely. Whether this works depends on the depth of the tattoo, the colors used and the size.
With a cover-up, the old tattoo disappears into or under a new design. Once it has faded sufficiently, it can simply be overwritten. You will still see a darker shadow. But good tattoo artists integrate these shadows into the new motif in such a way that they absolutely belong there. The second option is to integrate the prepared, old motif. This is best explained using an example. If your tattoo shows a small heart with a name and/or date underneath, the letters and numbers can be faded out. The heart is transferred to a new, larger motif (perhaps a mandala or a complex work of art). As the new tattoo is larger than the old motif, the faded areas disappear under the extension and are therefore no longer recognizable or only very difficult to recognize.
How to care for your partner tattoo
In principle, partner tattoos are cared for in the same way as any other tattoo. Follow the care tips given to you by your tattoo artist. Avoid sunbathing, sports and swimming pools for the first few days after getting a tattoo. A tattoo is an open wound, which can be quite extensive - so make sure you behave in such a way that the wound can heal well and without scarring. If a scab forms on the tattoo, please leave it alone. This scab is probably colored because the body forms it from the wound fluid and all the foreign bodies it flushes out of the wound. The scab is a kind of natural plaster that the body applies. Leave the scab on the wound.
Cover the unprotected wound so that no dirt can get into it. As soon as a scab has formed, support the healing process with a tattoo ointment. This ensures that the scab remains supple and soft. If necessary, cover the tattoo with a breathable plaster. Of course, wash your hands thoroughly before treating the tattoo.