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A Guide to Aftercare for Tattoos with a Lot of White Ink
A Guide to Aftercare for Tattoos with a Lot of White Ink White ink tattoos demand more from the healing process than almost any other style. The pigment is lighter,...
Can You Go to the Gym or Work Out While a Tattoo is Peeling?
You're somewhere in the middle of your tattoo's healing process — the initial soreness has faded, the skin is starting to peel, and you feel essentially fine. You want to...
What to Do if You Get a Cold or Flu While Your Tattoo Is Healing
You got your tattoo and started healing it properly. A few days in, you wake up with a sore throat, a stuffy nose, and the early signs of a cold...
What to Do When You Can't Use Saniderm: Open-Air Healing Explained
Second-skin bandages like Saniderm are a good tool. They are not the right tool for everyone. If you have had a reaction to the adhesive, have skin that does not...
A Guide to Healing Tattoos with a "Second Skin" or Adhesive Bandage
Second-skin bandages—also called adhesive film dressings, medical-grade transparent film, or by brand names like Saniderm, Tegaderm, and Recovery Derm—have become the most common professional aftercare approach in most studios. They...
How to Remove Saniderm from a Tattoo (Step by Step)
Saniderm comes off in a warm shower, with a low-and-slow peel parallel to your skin. That's the short answer. If you're staring at your bandage wondering how to get it...
Tattoo Ink Sac: What It Is and What to Do When the Wrap Leaks
You are a day or two into healing under a second-skin bandage. You notice a dark, inky bubble forming under the film. That is the ink sac, and it is...
What Happens if You Don't Moisturize a New Tattoo?
Moisture is one part of tattoo aftercare, so the question seems reasonable: what actually happens if you skip it? Maybe you have heard about dry healing. Maybe you forgot for...
Can You Over-Wash a New Tattoo?
Can You Over-Wash a New Tattoo? Yes. Washing a new tattoo too frequently is one of the less-discussed aftercare mistakes, and it creates real problems. Most people focus on whether...
How to Heal a Tattoo on a Constantly Moving Body Part
Tattoos on constantly moving body parts like inner elbows, wrists, backs of knees, ankles, hands, and fingers are some of the most beautiful and some of the most challenging to...
The Ugly Stage of Tattoo Healing: What to Expect and How to Get Through It
Around day 5 to 7, your tattoo starts doing something alarming. The skin is peeling, the colors look dull, and the new skin underneath has a cloudy, milky look to...
Tattoo Leaking Plasma: What It Is, Why It Happens, and What to Do
That clear fluid leaking from your new tattoo is plasma, and it is a sign your body is doing exactly what it should. When the tattoo needle punctures the skin...