Aftercare

Taking care of your new tattoo is the most important step in ensuring your new ink has the best chance of healing and lasting. Please follow the steps below:

Leave the cling film on for 3-4 hours after your tattoo appointment. After this time take it all off and give your tattoo a gentle wash in the shower with warm, soapy water. Once you are out of the shower, pat the tattooed area dry with some kitchen towel. You then want to moisturise your tattoo with a thin layer of Palmers Cocoa Butter. Then rewrap the tattoo with a fresh layer of cling film. Leave this on overnight.

In the morning repeat the steps above: wash, dry, moisturise, rewrap. Do this all again in the evening.

By the next morning, you will be safe to wash, dry & moisturise, but you shouldn’t need to wrap your tattoo anymore, unless you know you are going to be somewhere particularly unsanitary, e.g. the gym/anywhere you will get muddy etc…

From this point forward, wash, dry and moisturise your tattoo at least twice a day for the next two weeks until fully healed. In these two weeks you need to ensure your tattoo will not be saturated with water, e.g. swimming, sauna, bath, hot tub. You also need to ensure that your tattoo will not be in direct sunlight for this time.

If you have any problems healing your tattoo, do not hesitate to get in touch.