Colors of Tats Fading?

One of the biggest problems with permanent pigments
is that the best ones are unsafe for use on humans. This
leaves the the industry with just a few save alternatives.
For the most part, very light fast and permanent colors
are used. But this is not always the case. When it comes
to yellow, purple, orange or magenta, the fade resistance
is still not very high. The most common reason for fading
colors is Ultraviolet Light, especially the light from the sun.

This does not mean once you get a tattoo you have to stay
out of the sun forever. It's just that excessive amounts of
sun will fade tattoos. It fades about the same rate your
skin degrades when exposing it to the sunlight too much.

People often say their tattoo looks much older than it really
is. All I can say to it is they probably exposed themselves
too much to the sun, didn't take care of it properly during
the healing process or the artist simply did not apply the
pigment correctly.

Your skin ages and with it the tattoo. That's a fact and
there is no way around it. If you want the tattoo to look
good as long as possible take care of your skin and you
will take care of your tattoo at the same time.