Artisits | Careing For Tattoos |
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Once your tattoo is on your body, it is your responsibility. Shortly after you have been tattooed your skin will feel a bit irritated and sensitive. Resist the urge to remove your dressing. Leave it on for two hours. When the time comes, remove your dressing carefully, wash your tattoo gently in warm soapy water and pat dry with a clean soft towel or tissue. Make sure you have removed any dry blood. Do not cover your tattoo again. After a day or two your tattoo will feel dry and tight, apply tattoo goo. The tattoo may develop a light scab and may peel slightly. It will itch. You must not pick it or scratch it. Keep your hands off it (and anyone else's) except to wash it and apply healing ointment. Do not soak your new tattoo. You can shower but keep it out of the direct sprays of water. Don't swim or sunbathe for at least a couple of weeks. You have to let your new tattoo heal and settle into your skin with as little trauma as possible.
A new tattoo is an open wound -
Treat it with care and common sense. |
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