• Remove bandage after 2-3 hrs. Do not re-bandage

• Before cleaning your new tattoo always wash your hands for 30 seconds with antibacterial soap with warm water, and slowly, and gently clean your new tattoo. Avoid picking off scabs.

• Pat your new tattoo dry with a paper towel, or sterile gauze, or let it air dry (Avoid wash rags, or towels because they harbor bacteria.)

• After the tattoo is dry apply a small thin layer of Tattoo Goo, Aquaphor, Bacitracin, or H20 Ocean. Do not saturate. Rub it in like lotion. Use ointment for the first 3 days, 5-6 times a day or as needed. For the next 11 days use a vitamin E lotion fragrance-free (Lubriderm) 5-6 times a day or as needed (NO VASELINE.)

• No soaking (baths, swimming pools, Jacuzzi, lakes), etc.

• No Shaving over your tattoo for 2 weeks.

• No direct sunlight for 2 weeks (SPF 30 or tattoo goo color guard is good for protection from the sun.)

• No picking off scabs or scratching, you could ruin color or open yourself up for infection!

• Changing your bed sheets and pillowcase can help prevent cross-contamination.

                                                                    

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