After care

Every tattooist has different opinions on how to care for a tattoo, you wouldn't believe what I've heard people tell me they put on their tattoos. (From seranwrap to ben-gay) DO NOT USE by the way. Personaly I was 3x a day w/ anti-bacterial soap, I the apply alchol and lubridurm lotion. I think the most important thing is to keep it clean and dry. Your skin has to have oxygen, if you smother it in ointment or put plastic wrap on it, it can't breath, therefor it will push out the ointment and ink to breath. A few weeks ago I had a girl get one on her leg, I never thouht to tell her not to shave her leg, but she shaved over her fresh tattoo, and got hella ingrown hairs, so don't shave a fresh tattoo. If you do suspect an infection you should contact the shop you got it done at. We (tattooist) are required to run monthy test to asure or autoclave are funtioning proparlly. Your tattoo artist is then required to report any problems to the health department. But if you walk into a shop and are not comfortable w/ it's apperance or the artist cleanliness then walk out. If you don't want an apprentace to tattoo you, say so. Though most are supervized, and should have a permit before tattooing.

heres a suggestion WASH !DONT BE A FREAKING PIG !and the tatto will take care of itself.

Saran wrap Can be used as an effective barrier against all kinds of bacteria but must only be used on a FRESH tattoo and only for a very short time. Utilizing plastic wrap provides an impermeable layer of protection for the first cpouple of hours of a tattoos life but after that IT NEEDS AIR! About 7 years ago I was in a motorcycle accident and what did they use to wrap it at the hospital?....You got it folks...Plastic wrap!...when I took a surreptious ( that means sneaky) look at the plastic wrap container the nurse was using it said (in fine print) SARAN ....and its the same stuff ya buy at the store. Just remember DO NOT leave it on for a prolonged period...just long enough for your skin to start to seal itself around that new ink!! TAz

<<"If you do suspect an infection you should contact the shop you got it done at.">> Skittlez, Nothing wrong with contacting the shop, but I think if someone suspects an infection they should really go to a doctor first. Just because someone gets an infection doesn't mean they got it at the shop, or that the artist did anything wrong. An infection could come from any source, and if the tattoo was done under proper conditions it is probably more likely that the infection came from a source outside the shop. Go to a doctor!