A FOOD influencer shared how her weight gain impacted the tattoo she got as a teenager.
She explained that after she gained weight, her art rolled up in her skin folds.
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Allison (@_finallyallison) shared her tattoo experience in a video with over 580,000 TikTok followers.
A viewer asked her about how her weight gain impacted her tattoos: "I really want some bigger pieces but I am concerned about the effects weight gain has," they said.
Allison gladly showed off her tattoo to demonstrate, pulling her leggings and shirt to reveal the large tattoo from her hip to her shoulder.
She explained that she got the tattoo when she was 18 and 180 pounds.
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"What happens when you gain weight, your skin stretches when you gain a massive amount of weight and it's written all over this tattoo," she said, pulling her skin to reveal the stretch marks on top of the tattoo.
"There are stretch marks from head to toe and that's okay, that doesn't bother me.
"The only thing that bothers me now is we miss out on some of this beautiful artwork because it's stuck in my skin folds," she added.
People took to the comments to share their thoughts.
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"It reminds me of the cracks in the designs of my most well-loved T-shirts," said one commenter.
think it looks great! I see the marks you’re talking about, but they don’t look bad at all," said another.
"They’re just like a feature."
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