I’m glad you asked! Since old-school tattoos are so packed with color, they can be more annoying to heal than some other styles that might use little to no color. The traditional style tattoos use different colors and bold lines. This means there’ll be more scabbing and peeling, to the naked eye at least. Just make sure you do not pick them! Yes, it’s going to be itchy and annoying, but you lose some and you gain some. That’s the tattoo culture after all… Regarding how they age, they tend to last a tad longer than some others you might get, e.g. simple and minimalistic tattoos. They’re definitely not as bold and details can tend to get lost with the years. The line thickness of the traditional inkings + the heavily packed color ensure that most of the design’s charecteristics stay for quite a while. Traditional tattooing doesn’t entail THAT much detail either, so they’ll definitly keep the recognition they’re so famous for. Since they’ve been around much longer than some other styles, we can also see the proof!