Aftercare:
Following your aftercare instructions are very important to making you tattoo look the best it can!
If you have any questions please reach out to your artist!
Plastic Wrap
✦Keep wrap on for 2-6 hours (do not take off until you are home, and able to clean)
✦Wash your hands.
✦Gently wash your tattoo with preferred soap. do not scrub your tattoo.
✦Air dry or pat dry with a clean paper towel.
✦Apply a light layer of preferred moisturizer.
✦Repeat cleaning and moisturizing 3-4 times a day for about 2 weeks, or until tattoo is fully healed!
Recovery Derm/Second Skin
✦Keep the derm on for 2-5 days
✦If a rash or blisters appear around the edges of your bandage, remove right away
✦If derm is punctured or leaking, go ahead and remove. (filling with fluid is fine, as long as it stays contained in the bandage)
✦In the shower, with clean hands, gently pull the derm like you would a command strip, with the skin.
✦Use warm water and soap to release the derm from your skin.
✦Slight redness/irritation is normal after removal, the gentler you are, the less your skin will be affected.
✦Wash your hands.
✦Gently wash your tattoo with preferred soap. do not scrub your tattoo.
✦Air dry or pat dry with a clean paper towel.
✦Apply a light layer of preferred moisturizer.
Removal:
Cleaning:
Do Use:
✦Unscented Antibacterial Soap
✦Gold Dial soap
✦Mad Rabbit
✦Tattoo Goo
✦Aquaphor
✦Fragrance Free Lubriderm
✦Unscented Green Cap Aveeno
Don’t Use:
✦Rubbing Alcohol
✦Hydrogen Peroxide
✦Body wash
✦A&D ointment
✦Vaseline
✦Neosporin
Tips:
✦ALWAYS wash your hands before touching your tattoo, for the first 2 weeks.
✦Do NOT rebandage your tattoo unless advised to by your artist.
✦Do NOT submerge your tattoo in water for a minimum of 2 weeks.
E.g. hot tubs, baths, pools, oceans, etc.
✦Do NOT scratch or pick at your tattoo. AT. ALL.
✦Avoid wearing tight fitting clothing as to let your tattoo breathe and not irritate it!
✦Avoid direct sunlight and tanning beds for a minimum of 2 weeks.
✦Tattoos can take 3-5 weeks to fully heal.
✦you get one free touch-up with in 6 months, but wait at least a month before requesting your touch-up appointment!
✦If you have any other questions please feel free to reach out to your artist!