How to Heal Your New Tattoo
1. Remove your bandage after 2 hours. If the bandage sticks to your tattoo, wet the area with lukewarm water and simply slide the bandage off your tattoo.
2. Wash your tattoo with a mild soap (Dove, Ivory etc.) and lukewarm water. Make sure your hands are clean of course. Remove all the ointment, blood and ink. DO NOT SCRUB, just wash it gently and a couple of times if you have to. After you wash it, blot it dry with a clean PAPER towel.
3. Apply a VERY THIN LAYER of “Vitamin A&D” ointment 5 to 8 times a day for the next 2 days. After the two days SWITCH to a quality hand lotion (Lubriderm, Curel or Euciren) and rub it into your tattoo 10 to 12 times a day for the next 3 weeks. Make sure the hand lotion you use DOES NOT contain any fragrence, aloe vera or vitamin E!
4. Your new tattoo should peel like a sunburn in a few days (3-5 days). If scabbing does occur DO NOT pick or scratch your tattoo, just keep applying your hand lotion!
5. NO DIRECT SUNLIGHT on your new tattoo for 3 weeks. NO SWIMMING POOLS OR HOT TUBS for 3 weeks. NO SCRATCHING or PICKING at your new tattoo!
6. DO NOT use Vaseline, aloe vera, vitamin E or any other remedy not recommended by your tattoo artist. All of our tattoo artists have a little different way of healing their work. They know how THEIR OWN WORK HEALS. so listen to them! If you work in a dirty environment, cover your new tattoo with loose cotton clothing and wash your new tattoo as often as necessary to keep it clean.