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Tattoo Aftercare: How to Care for a New Tattoo

How to care for a new tattoo — products, dos and donts, and the healing routine.

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200 threads in this topic

• tattoo infection
  414 messages · 8/21/2014
• skin bumps underneath tattoo
  166 messages · 11/20/2015
• Raised Tattoo
  96 messages · 11/30/2014
• Swelling After a Tattoo
  52 messages · 8/27/2014
• Plastic Wrap Healing no no?
  44 messages · 11/24/2010
• Rosary Tattoos on the Foot
  37 messages · 9/4/2009
• Tattoo on Bottom of Foot?
  29 messages · 1/4/2012
• To Goo or not to Goo?
  28 messages · 1/10/2007
• Odd Placement
  25 messages · 9/17/2006
• Is this normal?
  23 messages · 4/5/2006
• Tattoo Placement Meaning...
  20 messages · 11/9/2012
• 6 wrap or 8 wrap
  20 messages · 8/19/2007
• why wash?
  19 messages · 8/13/2006
• Chemical burns from tattoo?
  18 messages · 4/1/2011
• petition..
  17 messages · 9/20/2006
• Large Calf Tattoo Impeding Use of Leg
  16 messages · 7/2/2012
• scratcher
  16 messages · 7/24/2009
• Healing Process
  15 messages · 8/1/2007
• Diabetics being Tattooed
  15 messages · 12/30/2010
• sharpening needles
  14 messages · 3/23/2006
• prep h for tats
  13 messages · 7/21/2006
• Ink Fixx Ointment:
  12 messages · 4/1/2010
• Tattoo itch?
  12 messages · 11/16/2012
• TATU DERM Anyone use it?
  12 messages · 10/21/2012
• A&D why???
  12 messages · 5/29/2010
• Tattoo Connect
  12 messages · 10/7/2006
• What Brands of Hand cream are good to use to moisturize healing Tattoos
  12 messages · 12/10/2006
• Getting Tattooed on Rx Drugs
  12 messages · 8/12/2010
• Ink Preference
  11 messages · 1/28/2007
• raised black tattoo
  10 messages · 1/12/2010
• Tattoo Products
  10 messages · 8/29/2006
• care for tattoo on NECK
  10 messages · 8/14/2010
• healing process - what to expect
  10 messages · 5/8/2007
• i am peeling the skin out my tattoo
  9 messages · 5/15/2007
• RASH
  9 messages · 3/18/2007
• help my new tat looks ruined
  9 messages · 8/1/2009
• Best after care lotion for tattoo?
  9 messages · 3/9/2010
• tattoo sheddin/extended aftercare
  9 messages · 2/20/2008
• I think I ruined my FIRST tattoo.
  9 messages · 4/30/2010
• Black Pricks PD, Liner not cocks
  9 messages · 11/5/2009
• INK FIXX
  9 messages · 5/17/2006
• Foot tattoo aftercare?
  9 messages · 6/12/2009
• saran wrap
  9 messages · 8/18/2010
• COILS
  9 messages · 8/31/2006
• I'm afraid that my tattoo may suck!!
  9 messages · 11/7/2006
• wet or dry healing?????
  9 messages · 12/20/2006
• scabbing
  8 messages · 6/25/2006
• My New Tat Itches Like Crazy!
  8 messages · 6/22/2006
• im having a healing problem
  8 messages · 2/15/2008
• Forearm
  8 messages · 3/30/2007
• new tattoo...
  8 messages · 3/19/2006
• ?Scab question?
  8 messages · 4/25/2007
• Before My First Tat
  8 messages · 7/6/2005
• bumps 3 weeks later
  8 messages · 4/24/2006
• How to take care of my new art
  7 messages · 3/18/2006
• Tattoo error
  7 messages · 9/6/2009
• tattoo virgin
  7 messages · 7/10/2006
• Aftercare once healed...
  7 messages · 3/25/2006
• is bacetracin ok for aftercare
  7 messages · 6/12/2006
• HELP ME!!!
  7 messages · 3/31/2006
• blisters on my new tattoo
  7 messages · 7/22/2012
• Fading?
  7 messages · 6/12/2006
• Tat is healing good, I think, but...
  6 messages · 4/5/2006
• scabbing/peeling
  6 messages · 1/17/2007
• Problems with new tattoo?
  6 messages · 4/27/2010
• Fabric touching tattoo while healing
  6 messages · 8/8/2010
• What is happening with my tattoo!!
  6 messages · 7/21/2006
• tattoo on pubic bone
  6 messages · 3/2/2009
• White ink stained by vit E oil?
  6 messages · 8/8/2010
• TATTOO PROBS
  6 messages · 4/21/2006
• tat healing?
  6 messages · 9/12/2006
• Starting a 1/2 sleeve need advice?
  6 messages · 3/21/2006
• INKIT ON EBAY AUCTION!for the kids
  6 messages · 6/17/2005
• baby oil when healing?
  6 messages · 4/7/2006
• Foot Tattoo Fading! Help!
  6 messages · 2/15/2008
• Wow... Nobody can help me
  6 messages · 8/6/2007
• tatoo rash
  6 messages · 5/8/2006
• Looking for artist in Cleveland
  6 messages · 5/10/2006
• Foot tattoo- red (actually pink) and still hurts
  6 messages · 5/12/2006
• 12 wrap cils
  6 messages · 8/25/2006
• Large Bump Under Tattoo
  5 messages · 7/4/2010
• the water controversy
  5 messages · 3/17/2006
• Tattoo heartbreak
  5 messages · 4/15/2010
• Lotion issues
  5 messages · 9/22/2007
• MEDICAL CONDITIONS AND TATTOOS
  5 messages · 6/23/2011
• How does this sound?
  5 messages · 7/5/2005
• fading tattoos
  5 messages · 8/6/2007
• practice skin
  5 messages · 7/10/2009
• RUINED TATTOO?
  5 messages · 6/21/2007
• Tattoo machine all machines arent created equal
  5 messages · 4/16/2009
• itching
  5 messages · 5/23/2006
• Improperly healing tattoo?
  5 messages · 6/13/2007
• Tattoo healing
  5 messages · 6/30/2006
• 3 days in.
  5 messages · 7/6/2006
• healing
  5 messages · 8/12/2006
• WILL SWIMMING IN THE SEA/SALT WATER AFFECT MY TAT?
  5 messages · 7/4/2004
• Inkless Tattoo?
  5 messages · 4/2/2008
• What is dry healing?
  5 messages · 8/15/2010
• shiny scarring
  5 messages · 4/10/2007
• Is this normal?
  5 messages · 2/9/2007
• What's Wrong With My New Tattoo ?
  5 messages · 11/10/2006
• PISSED OFF
  5 messages · 3/17/2008
• getiing a tattoo on the foot
  5 messages · 3/26/2006
• How to care for new tattoo?: START to FINISH
  4 messages · 5/19/2006
• heeling tat on someone with dry skin
  4 messages · 2/27/2007
• RASH ON MY TATTOO
  4 messages · 4/12/2007
• A Professionals Tip on Infection and Healing
  4 messages · 8/8/2008
• Pets in the Shop
  4 messages · 8/21/2006
• Heat with a new tattoo?
  4 messages · 5/18/2006
• Is this infected?
  4 messages · 7/6/2010
• H2 Ocean Tattoo Aftercare
  4 messages · 8/1/2007
• After care
  4 messages · 4/15/2006
• CARE AND FEEDING of yer TATTOO
  4 messages · 9/5/2006
• No scab or peeling?
  4 messages · 4/26/2006
• raised tattoo
  4 messages · 12/8/2006
• first tattoo and i'm freaking out!
  4 messages · 2/25/2008
• touchups
  4 messages · 8/27/2005
• Sleeve Design Help
  4 messages · 1/4/2004
• A quick question
  4 messages · 3/26/2007
• new tatto i week old
  4 messages · 3/13/2007
• tattoo scabed up
  4 messages · 2/8/2006
• is it true that you cant have sex after you been tattoed
  4 messages · 7/19/2010
• I just sat in a sauna with a fresh tat
  4 messages · 3/3/2007
• Healing time
  4 messages · 7/3/2006
• Hey Pro's
  4 messages · 3/23/2006
• Tattoo Healing
  4 messages · 8/18/2005
• is it infected
  4 messages · 1/26/2007
• Surgery right after getting tattoo'd
  4 messages · 6/1/2007
• pulse liner
  4 messages · 7/31/2006
• diabetics getting tattoos
  4 messages · 6/3/2006
• Itchy and burning
  4 messages · 8/7/2006
• my first tattoo
  4 messages · 6/7/2007
• First tattoo
  4 messages · 8/21/2007
• Coil Wraps Decorative
  3 messages · 4/26/2011
• Phuc Tran, I need u, Itz maatiu mercer from Carlisle
  3 messages · 9/18/2003
• I got a tattoo last saturday and it isn't healed yet
  3 messages · 11/12/2004
• First time Tattoo
  3 messages · 9/8/2005
• Tattoo infection
  3 messages · 9/13/2005
• Fresh Meat! Fresh Opportunity!
  3 messages · 9/29/2005
• Tattooed area VERY swollen!
  3 messages · 10/10/2005
• Fragranced Lotion
  3 messages · 11/1/2005
• Gross Tattoo
  3 messages · 11/6/2005
• Unhappy with the color!! Help me!
  3 messages · 11/22/2005
• medications and tattoos
  3 messages · 12/5/2005
• irritated tatt
  3 messages · 1/24/2006
• metals in ink
  3 messages · 4/7/2006
• Contour and shape info :-)
  3 messages · 4/9/2006
• new tattoo and exercise
  3 messages · 4/17/2006
• Looking for local Shop Olympia, Wa.
  3 messages · 4/26/2006
• scabbing
  3 messages · 4/29/2006
• Healing and scabbings
  3 messages · 5/27/2006
• Tattoo Sunscreen...
  3 messages · 6/29/2006
• NYC Graff Inspired Drawers
  3 messages · 7/22/2006
• Help with new tattoo!
  3 messages · 8/17/2006
• Just wanted to say THANK YOU!!!
  3 messages · 8/17/2006
• scared fo rmy tattoo
  3 messages · 8/25/2006
• Paolini Michaelangelo
  3 messages · 9/7/2006
• Help!
  3 messages · 9/14/2006
• Color peeling..
  3 messages · 9/21/2006
• PIERCED BOOOOOB
  3 messages · 12/14/2006
• a little color came off my tattoo
  3 messages · 10/22/2006
• BEST AFTERCARE PRODUCT
  3 messages · 12/10/2006
• Ashes in Tattoo Ink
  3 messages · 12/26/2006
• strange color
  3 messages · 12/30/2006
• please help! my foot tattoo is painfulf!
  3 messages · 1/31/2007
• White Tattoo Healing??!!
  3 messages · 2/22/2007
• scarring
  3 messages · 6/1/2007
• lotion on tattoo?
  3 messages · 6/14/2007
• back tattoos: shampooing, sleeping, hair, clothes...
  3 messages · 8/16/2007
• Forum regulars, wanna help a bit?
  3 messages · 9/27/2007
• Foot tat and running
  3 messages · 11/12/2007
• Red Reaction?
  3 messages · 11/30/2007
• TATTOO
  3 messages · 3/18/2008
• Wrist tattoo
  3 messages · 6/23/2008
• after lotions
  3 messages · 7/16/2008
• New tattoo
  3 messages · 10/24/2008
• LASER AFTERCARE
  3 messages · 4/11/2009
• grey shading
  3 messages · 4/30/2009
• Does a Rib tattoo hurt more that a tattoo on the top of a foot?
  3 messages · 7/10/2009
• H2Ocean Kit vs. Dial & A&D
  3 messages · 11/14/2009
• Tattoo Infection
  3 messages · 2/3/2010
• White Blisters
  3 messages · 7/5/2010
• St.Ives for Aftercare
  3 messages · 3/11/2011
• curious about tattoo
  2 messages · 5/1/2006
• Thanks Taz
  2 messages · 4/28/2006
• Ankle swelling - NOT infected
  2 messages · 4/27/2006
• Using white over black to add depth and detail
  2 messages · 4/21/2006
• Tattoo shop in PA
  2 messages · 11/4/2004
• Skin healing after tattooing
  2 messages · 6/7/2003
• bad healin
  2 messages · 3/13/2006
• tattoo on leg?
  2 messages · 6/9/2006
• Tattoo
  2 messages · 11/23/2005
• white splotch, arcgh
  2 messages · 11/18/2005
• sun bad for new tat?
  2 messages · 5/30/2003
• Scabbing
  2 messages · 5/28/2006
• INK FIXX
  2 messages · 5/17/2006
• Fragrance in Lotion
  2 messages · 10/21/2005
• Healing
  2 messages · 10/28/2005
• Tattoo Healing Process
  2 messages · 8/4/2005
• frreeaked out texturized mess
  2 messages · 5/8/2006