New tattoo: My new tatt. The brain injury ribbon... - Headway

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My new tatt. The brain injury ribbon redesigned to reflect 26 post TBI years and the fact that due to said injury I'm a little worn and frayed now!

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Kirk5w7

Very poignant xx

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BaronC in reply to Kirk5w7

That was the plan, glad it works!

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Marnie22

Very striking! 😀🌸

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BaronC in reply to Marnie22

Thank you!

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Feebie8

😍 wow!! Love it! Can we see where it wraps around your arm too please?? I've got two sleeves myself, I can see how thought provoking it's going to be! I hope you get loads of questions about it! Good job 🤗

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BaronC in reply to Feebie8

Yes, it wraps around my elbow to give the appearance of my arm being through the ribbon. I’ll put another pic up later...

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cat3

Brain injury ribbon.....is it really a 'thing' and, If so, how come I'm only hearing of it now ?

Very impressive tattoo Andy. x

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BaronC in reply to cat3

Yeah, the ribbon has been doing the rounds for a few years now, epilepsy has the same ribbon, but in purple

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cat3 in reply to BaronC

Yikes.... think I need to step out of my cupboard more often. Such a touching thought now I 'get' it ! 😯 Love to you all. x

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BaronC in reply to cat3

If I'd had it done a couple of months earlier you could have signed it :)

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cat3 in reply to BaronC

Of course. Looks promising so far …..x

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cat3 in reply to cat3

Ha ha....sorry, thought I was replying to the petition thread ! 🙄

Yes, it would've been an honour to sign the green ribbon tattoo ; maybe next time... x

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BaronC in reply to cat3

It's a deal :)

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cat3 in reply to BaronC

I Googled it and was surprised to see there are coloured ribbons for every condition. I'd need a green, pink, blue, burgundy, teal, red and purple apparently, so could be a pretty costly tattoo!

I wanted a modest, white dove tattoo for my 50th birthday but was told at various studios that they didn't do white..??😧 x

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BaronC in reply to cat3

They most certainly do, there's a hint of white in my ribbon tatt

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cat3 in reply to BaronC

I think it was something to do with the fact I didn't want a dark outline ; an all white dove ? ……..women honestly ! x

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BaronC in reply to cat3

I'm saying nothing 😂

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Broken_Doll

Awesome 😎

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BaronC in reply to Broken_Doll

You're too kind! :)

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