After your tattoo, your artist will provide you with detailed aftercare instructions both verbally and physically printed.
Depending on your overall health and aftercare, the healing duration for your tattoo will vary between 2-3 weeks.
Approximately 1 hour after getting your tattoo, with clean hands, remove the bandage. Use warm water, lather your hands with unscented, antibacterial soap and gently wash your tattoo.
Pat dry with a paper towel, do not rub back and forth.
Do not air dry. Do not rebandage.
Wash your tattoo 1-2 times over the next 3 days unless stated otherwise.
After the third day, keep your tattoo as dry as possible, do not submerge in water.
For the rest of the duration of your healing, apply a very thin layer of unscented ointment to your tattoo as needed.
DO NOT scratch or pick flaking or scabbing skin, this will pull ink from your tattoo resulting in a touch up.
Avoid direct exposure to the sun.
Do not work out for 24-48 hours after receiving the tattoo.
After the tattoo is fully healed, apply sunscreen when in the sun.