Getting a good result is only possible if the tattoo heals well. Although your artist has put 110% effort into your piece, if you don't look after it properly during the first week a scab will form and will suck out the ink leaving a washed out and patchy tattoo.These are the instructions that we give to our clients and if followed produce perfect healing within only six days.
AFTERCARE OF YOUR TATTOO
1. After two hours wash the tattoo with soap and water, dry it carefully and apply Bepanthol Pomada Protectora generously over the tattoo and wrap with cling film (Saran Wrap). It is important that you use a soap which can cut through the grase and oil on your skin, so we reccommend using a cheap bar soap (not shower gel or liquid soaps). If you got your tattoo in the morning, repeat this process before going to bed. If you got it in the afternoon it is not necessary.
2. Wash the tattoo twice a day, in the morning and in the evening for the next six days. Apply the cream after every washing, and then wrap it with clean cling film. It is very important that you keep it wrapped with plastic after every application of cream and for 24 hours a day.
3. During these six days avoid: saunas, Jacuzzis, sea water, swimming pools, and intense physical exercise.
4. After six days, stop putting on cream and plastic wrap; your tattoo is healed. If you find the skin very dry when stopping the aftercare you can apply any cream you like to alleviate this, although we reccommend using the Bepanthol, just not as much. It works really well.
5. It is a good idea to avoid getting sun on the tattoo for the next two or three months as this slows the regeneration of the skin and damages the lighter colors. It is possible to minimize these harmful effects by using a very strong sun cream/block: Factor 50 or more when out in the sun.
6. Please bear in mind that these instructions are based on over fifteen years of experience. Do not follow advice from 'expert' friends when caring for your tattoo. This advice usually leads to serious problems.
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