Aftercare

Tattooing causes damage to the skin and a fresh tattoo is actually a wound. If you take good care of your tattoo, it will take about 6 weeks for the skin to heal.

The right care

• After finishing up, we will cover the tattoo with a sterile compress of plastic foil. You can remove this after 3 to 5 hours. You may then wash the tattoo. Start rinsing with cold water and slowly bring the temperature to lukewarm. Lather with soap and finish with a cold rinse.
• You can shower with a tattoo.
• Wash the tattoo twice a day with a mild unperfumed soap (such as Tattoomed Cleansing Gel or Neutral 0 %).
• Pat the tattoo dry with a clean towel.
• Rub the tattoo in with a special cream (no Vaseline). Available in our studio.

Don’t do this (the first 6 weeks):

• Touch the tattoo: wash your hands before taking care of it,
• Scratch (the tattoo will start to itch after a few days, that’s normal),
• Cover the tattoo with tight our unclean clothes,
• Cover the tattoo with plaster or bandaid,
• Go to (bubble)baths, swimmingpools, sauna’s or steambaths,
• Expose the tattoo to the sun or to a sunbed.

And furthermore

• The tattooed skin will remain sensitive to sunlight, even after it is healed. So always use a sunscreen.
• Contact your physician in case of extreme redness, swelling, bleeding, puss, change of colour or chronic pain.
• If you have any questions you can always contact us.

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