Tattoos are extremely popular nowadays. Everyone is getting one and for those who still don’t have a tattoo (most likely due to being under age) can’t wait to get one. Why are tattoos such a craze? Because these amazing works of art are beautiful to look at, tattoos these days well made and a professional tattoo artist will make sure you get the one you envisaged.
But remember, getting a tattoo is not as simple as getting a design and having it tattooed by a professional artist. Actually, that’s the easy part, the hardest step in getting a tattoo is tattoo aftercare. If you don’t have any idea how to take care of a tattoo, then all your effort to get a your dream tattoo could go down the drain. Tattoo aftercare is imperative, and you must learn it or at least know the basic procedure on how to take of a fresh tattoo, which will be discussed below.
- First of all, you need to buy all the stuff you will need before going to the tattoo parlor. Doing so will prevent your fresh tattoo from getting contaminated and get an infection. You will need: cotton towels, antibacterial soap and premium tattoo aftercare like Afterinked.
- After getting the tattoo, ask your artist to wrap it with cotton bandage. This will absorb excess ink and blood, and allow the fresh tattoo to breathe, which is good in wound healing. Do not peak or show off your tattoo. Go straight home and wait for two hours before removing the bandage.
- If the bandage sticks, soak the it with warm water for a few seconds to loosen the dried blood. Carefully pull off the bandage and wash with your antibacterial soap, using warm water.
- Then towel dry, do not rub, just pat the towel over the tattoo and air dry.
- Lastly, apply a thin layer of your premium tattoo aftercare lotion.
And that’s it, your basic tattoo aftercare instructions.
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