Red ink over black tattoo stencil pen. Now tattoo is black and red?

Hi everyone.

I'm a rookie just starting out, and last night I was practicing on myself using red ink for the first time. I drew a design onto my skin using a black Marvy Skin Marker pen and without any thought as to trying to remove most of the pen/stencil so that it was very faded before I began, I tattooed straight over the black stencil with red ink.

Now the tattoo is basically black with hints of red (it doesn't help the stencil I drew was quite thick and I was only using a 1005RL needle). I've cleaned the area vigorously with alcohol wipes, isopropyl, green soap etc but the black isn't coming out at all!

My question is, has the black pen marker now formed part of the tattoo in my skin? Will the black ever come out?

Thank you!

yes, it has. will it last? time will tell.

these are alcohol based dye markers... i'm going to guess the dye will dissipate. that said prison tattoos have been colored by dissolving candy... or basically using food dye. but those colors don't hold well & fade.

is that on the palm? if it is... you'll likely have a lot of fallout & fading anyway. so you'll be able to redo it.

using markers to draw on skin is an accepted practice. most people use light colored sharpies or surgical markers. you can debate the health risks of those chemicals being injected into the skin w/tattoo ink... but the point here is - lighter colors. when i do it i start w/yellow & refine w/darker colors but rarely go more than purple for cool areas or black line work or red for warm areas or colored line work.

From what I've learned it has to do with the size of the particles. The particles from markers and stencils are so small so they get transported away from the dermis, whereas ink pigments are bigger and stay.

Am I hallucinating? Not sure ? Someone else might know if this is true or not.

I know a girl on here once showed a tattoo with white ink where the purple stencil affected the white ink, and still was light purple several years later. But that is very rare.

I wouldn't use a black marker for a tattoo with any other ink than black though. And I wouldn't use a black marker for black ink, for then I wouldn't be able to separate the ink from the marker. So - no black markers ?