Although the movie makes it feel like Tom Hanks's character is only held hostage on the Maersk Alabama 's lifeboat for about a day and a half, exploring the Captain Phillips true story reveals that the real Richard Phillips was held on the lifeboat for almost five days.
In general most tattoos heal in about 2 weeks. This is the initial healing time as this is only the outside of the tattoo. It takes a few more weeks for it to fully heal underneath. but placement does effect healing too. talk talk's revenge Â· 9 years ago.
It just depends on how hard the tattoo artist dug if he/she was a good one the scabs could start to fall off in 3 to 7 days.Also you need to consider how quick you heal. Some people heal faster than other naturally. I heal fast and the one time I did scab they were gone with in 2 days.t just depends on how hard the tattoo artist dug if he/she was a good one the scabs could start to fall off in 3 to 7 days.