Taking Care Of Your New Tattoo

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	Taking Care Of Your New Tattoo
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How To Take Care Of Your Tattoo:
1. Best suggestion is leave gauze bandage on for at least 12- 24 hours. Remember you just had hundreds of tiny needle pricks pushed into your skin, so treat it just like you would an open wound. Keep it clean, clean, clean!! You want to protect it from bacteria and all that other nasty stuff. Swimming in a public pool isn't recommend for the first few days. You have open exposed skin, remember?

2. The unveiling....Carefully remove the gauze bandage and tape. If you start to get some stickage use a tiny bit of warm water to remove. DON'T RIP IT OFF! That wouldn't be cool to your new tattoo.

3. Put some mild unscented soap in the palm of your hand (Do not use a washcloth). Gently and carefully cleanse the area, and pat dry.

4. Apply a small amount of antibiotic ointment on the tattoo. There are tons of brands out there. Just make sure the ointment has Bacitracin-Neomycin-Polymyxin in it (the germ fighters). You don't need to slather it, a small thin coat will do. Repeat applying the antibiotic ointment 3 times a day for 3 days. After that nothing.

5. As it heals you will experience itching. Guaranteed. If the itching gets to unbearable apply a bit of Vaseline or unscented lotion. DO NOT SCRATCH IT! Healing usually takes 7 to 10 days, depending on the size of the tattoo. As it heals you should get some sunburned skin like pealing. Try and resist helping it along. If you peal up a spot that isn't ready to come up you can cause scarring on your wonderful new tattoo.

6. One last piece of advice...SUNSCREEN! If you want your tattoos to stay with you for a long time, do them a favor and protect them. Now go and enjoy life!