Beauty Tips For Body Care
Hello lovelies!Someone had posted on here the other day about how to deal with KP so that they could get a tattoo in that area. It got me thinking that there isn't a whole lot of talk about tattoo skincare, and there are a lot of people out there who don't know how to care for a tattoo while it is healing in the first place! So I wanted to start a discussion about anything and everything about caring for your tattoo, before, during, and after. I want people to come here with questions, or advice, or just stories to share!I have a whole back piece done, as well as a thigh piece, and I am definitely planning on more in the future! It took 6 sessions to do my back, and 2 for my thigh. I did a lot of research when I started getting tattoos, and I would like to share a few pieces of advice that I have learned over the past couple years, and hopefully encourage others to do the same!Ask the artist if they have "tatu-derm", it's these sterile plastic sheets, like the ones they use at hospitals to keep an IV in place. If you go to a quality custom guy, they will most likely already have this, but some shops you have to ask for. They put it on immediately after your tattoo session is finished, and you keep it on for 3 days to a week. You don't touch your skin or mess with the derm at all. This accelerates healing time, the skin acts like it has already scabbed over and heals quicker. Plus, this is a lot more sanitary than letting it breathe under whatever clothing you have on, while you sweat and get nasty germs all over it, and the ink heals a lot better since it doesn't actually scab over now.After you take off the derm, you wash your tattoo at LEAST 3 times a day with antibacterial soap, follow with moisturizer. I highly recommend using Aquaphor. It's an ointment, so be warned that your clothes will get greasy (I had an interview the day after I took off my derm for the last session on my back and ruined a good dress shirt that way). BUT it actually retains moisture so you don't have to reapply every 5 minutes, because you do have to keep it constantly moisturized while it's healing. Plus it has absolutely no fragrance or anything irritating, so there is nothing to bother sensitive skin.Tattoos are made by injecting ink into the dermis, which is the deepest layer of your skin that you cannot get into via skincare routine. So once your tattoo is nice and healed, you can resume your normal skincare routine for that area. It's crucial to maintain a routine and keep your skin smooth and clear, you don't want to damage your skin and warp the appearance of your tattoo. A good tattoo artist stands by their work, and will give you free touch ups for it. However, it is still your responsibility to make sure your skin heals properly and is maintained properly, else they have no obligation to maintain your ink.Research artists, and this is not something that you can be cheap on! Quality work = big money, but this is something you are putting on your body for the rest of your life. I've seen way too many tattoo horror stories, you don't want that kind of infection. Throw down the money, get a good artist, get some bomb ass ink.
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