TATTOO AFTERCARE

Keep your bandage/plastic wrap on for 2-3 hours to protect the tattoo from bacteria. Treat the tattoo like an open wound, always wash your hands before touching your tattoo. 

Yes you can shower the same day as you get the tattoo. Gently wash the tattoo with lukewarm water and fragrance free soap. 

Use your hand to rub over the tattoo do not use loofah or wash towel.  Pat dry with towel do not scrub.

Apply a thin layer of ointment (A&D, Aquaphor, Hustle Butter etc...) 2-3 times a day to keep moisturized. Keep applying until the tattoo is fully healed (2-3 weeks)

- Swimming, Hot Tubs, Baths, Saunas (3-4 weeks)

- Gyms (3-4 days)

- Prolonged Direct Sunlight  (3-4 weeks) 

- Scratching/Picking at scabs 

- Pets near tattoo

Days 1-6 

Redness, swelling, may ooze blood, plasma, and excess ink. This is normal continue washing and applying thin layer of ointment  

Days 7-14

Peeling, Itching, Scabbing. Continue mositeuizing and avoid picking or peeling the scabs 

Days 15-30

Continued healing and settling of the tattoo ink into the skin. The itching and peeling should start to go away. Keep hydrating the skin with ointment or fragrant free lotion. Wear sunscreen if the tattoo is exposed to sunlight.