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Things To Do To Have the Best Possible Healed Tattoo:
Things To Do To Have the Best Possible Healed Tattoo:
Items needed for a healing tattoo:
Antibacterial or unscented soap (ex. Dial Gold, Dove Unscented)
Clean paper towels
Unscented lotion (ex. Aveeno, Vaseline lotion, Lubriderm)
For traditional healing: A small bottle of Aquaphor (yes it must be the bottle)
All tattoos using Second Skin AND traditional healing:
For 2-3 weeks:
Do not scrub, pick, scratch, or peel your new tattoo.
Do not expose your new tattoo to sunlight.
Do not leave your new tattoo submerged in water . Showers are more than okay, no pools, ocean, or baths.
Avoid tight or restrictive clothing on the new tattoo.
Try to avoid movement that causes the skin where the new tattoo is to excessively bend or stretch.
Tattoos healed using Second Skin:
Keep the Second Skin on for 2-5 days for as long as the bandage has no tears or damages, and as long as your skin is not experiencing any noticeable irritation. This will keep your tattoo isolated in a sterile environment, and will allow the tattoo a faster healing process. Blood and plasma may pool inside the bandage, causing your tattoo to look blurry or like it is losing ink. This is normal. Do not exercise during this stage.
If the skin is experiencing irritation, the bandage is damaged, or you are comfortable enough within the 2-5 day time frame, take the bandage off under running warm water, and peel the bandage towards you (not away like a banana).
For the next 2 weeks, wash the tattoo 2-3 times per day with clean hands using an antibacterical soap. Use your hand to gently rub in the soap, rinse, and then pat dry with a clean paper towel. Do not use a used towel.
Every time the tattoo is washed, immediately moisturize the tattoo with clean hands and a very thin layer of unscented lotion.
Follow the section above in bold for all healing tattoos.
Tattoos healed using traditional healing:
Day 1:
Go straight home after your tattoo session and picking up your aftercare supplies.
Take the plastic wrap off of your new tattoo, and take a shower. Do not scrub the tattoo with anything other than your clean hand using the antibacterial soap.
Dry the new tattoo with a clean paper towel, do not moisturize the tattoo.
Put clean clothing on over the new tattoo. Follow the section in bold above for all healing tattoos. Begin aftercare the next day.
Days 2-4:
Wash the tattoo 3 times per day with clean hands using an antibacterical soap. Use your hand to gently rub in the soap, rinse, and then pat dry with a clean paper towel. Do not use a used towel.
Every time the tattoo is washed, push out the smallest amount of Aquaphor possible from the bottle. Use a clean finger to gently spread the thinnest layer of Aquaphor possible over the entirety of the new tattoo.
Put on clean clothing over the new tattoo.
The next 2-3 weeks:
Wash the tattoo 2-3 times per day with clean hands using an antibacterical soap. Use your hand to gently rub in the soap, rinse, and then pat dry with a clean paper towel. Do not use a used towel.
Every time the tattoo is washed, immediately moisturize the tattoo with clean hands and a very thin layer of unscented lotion.
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