Tattoo just like a mini-sewing
machine, this is because the tattoo needle bar moves up and down very rapidly
just like a sewing machine. After a
perfect tattoo, the tattoo caring is important, it is
not only able to maintain the good appearance, also good for your skin.
Followings are some steps to take care
of the tattoo, it is better to have the well caring as soon as possible. The
best caring time is no longer than 2 hours after tattooing.
There are some things should be
prepare to take care of it :-
Washcloth
Loose
and comfortable cloth
Sunscreen
Bacitracin
Ointment
Plain
skin lotion
1 Critical
Healing Time
The critical
healing time is the time to prevent dead cell accumulating, sticky and drying on
the new tattoo area.
The new
tattoo is will appear the droplet on the surface, the wiping might take several
time in order to take good care of the new tattoo.
The purpose
of doing this is to let the new tattoo dry and able to produce a perfect
tattoo!
1 Keep
Dry
First thing
when you get back home is to remove the bandage, after that wipe off the
ointment and oozing body fluid with tissue. The tattoo could not wash after
just finish tattooing, it is because water is the major factor of the affect of
the healing speed.
1 Ointment
/ Lotion Applied
Applied a
thin layer of ointment and bacitracin on the tattoo area (equivalent products
are available).
p/s: the
brand of the ointment does not affect the healing. For the ointment, you have to
check the ingredient before purchase. The most important is avoided to buy zinc
inside the ingredients of bacitracin ointment, it is because this is the cause
of allergic.
Leave the
ointment on the new tattoo area. You may have reapplied the ointment if they are
some bubble fluid appear on new tattoo area until the bubble does not appear.
1 Final
Caring
If you think
that after applying the above ‘treatment’, all the caring steps are finished.
‘You are wrong!’ After new tattoo dry, you have to continue apply the ointment
for few days.
After this,
you have to apply plain lotion to the tattoo. Do not forget the lotion have to
free from alcohol, perfume, lanolin, aloe and vitamin E.
1 Avoid
Open Air Activities
Remember
that never let your new tattoo expose under sun and swimming.