TATTOO AFTERCARE INSTRUCTIONS:
You have your fresh new tattoo and you want to take good care of it! From this point on, your artist is not responsible for any infections or problems you may have with your tattoo if you don't take proper care of it. It is very important that you follow these guidelines. A really beautiful tattoo can turn into a disaster if the proper aftercare is not taken!
LEAVE THAT BANDAGE ALONE
Your artist took the care to cover up your new tattoo for a very good reason - to keep air-born bacteria from invading your wound. Yes, as pretty as your new tattoo is, it is still a wound. Open flesh is a breeding ground for bacteria and infection. Leave the bandage on for a minimum of 1-4 hours. Excitement of having a new tattoo will make you want to remove the bandage so you can show your friends, but your friends will just have to wait.
WASH AND TREAT
Before you remove the bandage, make sure you thoroughly have washed your hands, then remove your bandage. Use warm water and mild, liquid antibacterial or antimicrobial soap (NO BAR SOAP) to gently wash away any ointment, blood and/or plasma and to completely clean the area. Do not use a washcloth or anything abrasive. Your hand is your best tool in this case (If your tattoo feels slimy and slippery, you have probably been oozing plasma. Try to gently remove as much of this as possible - when the plasma dries on the skin surface, it creates scabs. Scabs create a less than stellar tattoo.) Repeat this process 3 to 6 times a day for the first 3 days only.
After washing your tattoo, pat dry (DO NOT RUB) the area with a CLEAN towel or paper towel to dry. Apply a very light coating of your choice of ointment, such as Aquaphor. Use the ointments for no more than 3 days and then switch over to any good quality unscented lotion. Once you have switched over to an unscented lotion you will no longer need to wash your tattoo but once or twice a day.
***Do not use Neosporin or Triple Antibiotic Ointments!
This is a wonderful product for cuts and scrapes, but not for tattoos.
Some people can have an allergic reaction to Neosporin.***
BATHING, SHOWERING, HOT TUBS AND SWIMMING
Yes, you can (and should!) shower with a new tattoo. It's OK to get your tattoo wet - just don't soak it. Submerging your tattoo in a bath or hot tub can cause damage, so you'll want to avoid those for at least 2 weeks, but showering is perfectly fine as long as you don't saturate your tattoo for prolonged periods. Just make sure you wash and rinse it well. Swimming; whether it be a pool, hot tub, jacuzzi, lake, ocean or a bath, ALL of these should be avoided for at least 2 weeks from the day you get a tattoo.
PEELING
After a few days, you will notice some peeling. You will also start to itch, just like a sunburn when it begins to heal. The advice here is, DO NOT PICK, and DO NOT SCRATCH! If the skin itches, gently slap it. If it is peeling, put lotion on it. Your tattoo is almost healed, and now is not the time to ruin it!
PROTECTION FROM THE SUN
After your tattoo is healed, from now on, you will always want to protect it from the sun's ultraviolet rays. These can fade and damage a brilliant tattoo very fast. Before spending a lot of time in excessive heat, protect your tattoo with a minimum 30SPF sunblock. This will keep your tattoo vibrant for many years, and it will continue to be a source of great pride.
IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS,
QUESTIONS, OR CONCERNS,
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR ARTIST,
NOT YOUR FRIENDS!
WE DO THIS EVERYDAY, THEY DON'T!!!
PIERCING AFTERCARE INSTRUCTIONS:
You just got your the new piercing you've been dying to get for a while and now you have to take care of it! From the moment you leave the shop, your piercer no longer has responsibility for any infections or problems that may arise with your new piercing if you do not take proper care of it. It is of upmost importance for you to follow these guidelines on taking care of your new piercing. A super nice piercing can take a wrong turn and look like a disaster is proper aftercare is not taken!
LEAVE YOUR PIERCING ALONE
The number 1 thing you want to focus on the most is to NOT hurt your new piercing!
Hurting your piercing (regardless of how little, big, or anything in between) will cause irritation to the entire piercing site. Irritating your piercing in general is what puts people at risk of going through complications such as; prolonging your healing time each time you irritate it, flaring up your healing process making it worse each time you irritate it, and last but not least, you are putting yourself at risk of developing irritation bumps around your piercing site each time you irritate it.
To avoid hurting your piercing try to practice avoiding any and all contact with your piercing site!
-Stay away from things like touching your piercing, playing with your jewelry, spinning/twisting your jewelry, moving your jewelry back and forth, and picking at your scab.
-When you go about your daily routines, be super careful to avoid: bumping, snagging, getting your piercing caught on things, hitting, smacking, tugging your new piercing.
-Avoid sleeping on your new piercing. The amount of pressure that you will put on your new piercing if you were to fall asleep on it, is a form of irritating your piercing. It is easier said than done but all you need to do is try and at some point you will subconsciously start to stay off of it.
CLEANING YOUR PIERCING
When you clean your new piercing you should be using a Sea Salt or a Saline Solution. Avoid using qtips or cotton balls as we do not want you to accidentally hurt your piercing (refer above as to why.) You should just spray your solution onto your piercing site 2-3 times a day and simply let it air dry.
TAKE AN ANTI-INFLAMMATORY MEDICINE
Anti inflammatory medicines will help reduce swelling. Since your new piercing will swell taking a medicine like Ibuprofen or Aleve will help reduce that swelling for you. Those medicines are also a pain reliever so they will also help knock that sore edge feeling off the piercing site for you as well. You do not have to take any medicine for a new piercing, this part is optional BUT it will help if you decide to take some. You can do so for 3 days to a week, you can judge that yourself as to how long you would like to take it for.
IF YOU HAVE ANY PROBLEMS,
QUESTIONS, OR CONCERNS,
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR PIERCER,
NOT YOUR FRIENDS!
WE DO THIS EVERYDAY, THEY DON'T!!!
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