Here’s how to care for your new art

The night of your tattoo, please leave it wrapped up. If you need to rewrap your tattoo, clean it off very gently with unscented soap, apply lotion, and wrap it with clean saran wrap. If we sent you home with extra saniderm because your tattoo was looking extra leaky, follow the same process as above without lotion — make sure your skin is cleaned and dry before applying new saniderm. If it’s more than 12-24 hours after your tattoo appointment, please just use saran wrap. Your bed sheets are super dirty and your tattoo will be leaking, so you’ll be saving your skin and your sheets.

After that first night, shower and gently wash it with unscented soap. After your shower, pat it dry with a paper towel. Use your lotion on it, and then leave it for the rest of the day. Over-moisturizing can lead to itchiness, rot, and some fall-out for the color, so moisturize after a shower and then leave it be.

Keep this regimen until your tattoo heals. Don’t pick at it, don’t rub it hard, and keep it clean! It might be itchy as it dries and heals, but that’s ok. Don’t mess with it! About two weeks in, you should start to see some major healing.

If anything seems red, raised, rashy, or hot to touch, contact your doctor.

Recommended soaps:
Dr. Bronner’s, Dial, Dove
Anything with as little fake ingredients and fake scents is good, really


Recommended lotions:
Coconut oil, Aveeno, Lubriderm
Again, anything with as little fake ingredients and fake scents is good, really