Aftercare

HOW TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR NEW TATTOO

 
Step 1 - Leave bandage on for 3-4 hours - maximum 24hrs.
Step 2 - Remove bandage and wash tattoo with antibacterial soap, gently wash off any fluid that has built up underneath the bandage. 
Step 3 - Keep dry, you can wash your tattoo quickly with warm water but no soaking, no baths, no pools, no hot tubs etc.
Step 4 - After keeping dry for 1-2 days you can begin to apply a small amount of non-scented lotion or recommended tattoo aftercare product a few times a day, when itchy, dry, or irritated.
 

If bandaged with saniderm :

 
Step 1 - Leave saniderm on overnight.
 
Step 2 - 
  • (A). If on day 2 there is no excessive weeping/fluid under the saniderm, keep bandage on for another 2-3 days. Than move on to step 3.
  • (B). If on day 2 you notice excessive weeping/fluid under the saniderm, we recommend you return to the shop to have the bandage replaced with a new one. This second bandage will stay on for another 2-3 days. Than move on to step 3.
Step 3 - Remove Bandage, wash your tattoo with antibacterial soap and leave dry for another 1-2 days.
Step 4 - Now you can begin to apply a small amount of non-scented lotion or recommended tattoo aftercare product a few times a day, when itchy, dry, or irritated.
 
 
DO NOT PICK, PEEL OR SCRATCH
FINAL STEP - Congratulations, you have properly cared for your tattoo and now it is well on its way to healing! Once healed we would LOVE the opportunity to see you again, so please come in and show us so we can check your tattoo out, and grab a healed photograph.