Care
How to prepare your body to receive a flawless tattoo?
Getting a tattoo goes far beyond choosing the design: your body needs to be prepared so that the result is the best possible. Keeping your skin healthy and well cared for before the session is essential to ensure fast healing and a perfect finish.
By following a few simple steps before and after the tattoo, you’ll help your skin respond better to the process and ensure that the artwork looks as amazing as you imagined — from the very first line to the complete healing.
Care Before the Tattoo
Tattoos are body modifications that directly depend on the individual’s health for the tattoo to heal well and look perfect. Besides the care needed after getting a tattoo, some precautions can be taken BEFORE the procedure to ensure your body is prepared and to facilitate the process. That is, the skin needs to be ready to receive the art; and the best way to do this is by investing in preparing the area to be tattooed.
Drink plenty of water during the week before your session (Hydration).
Water is very important for the whole body; however, just drinking water alone cannot hydrate the skin 100%. Therefore, it is necessary to use body moisturizers to ensure proper hydration. Moisturize very well the area that will be tattooed in the weeks or days leading up to your tattoo procedure. Hydrated skin absorbs pigment more easily, making the process simpler and less painful.
Hydrating from the inside out is very important. Drinking plenty of water helps hydrate the pores and is essential for the body to function properly.
Areas like the knees, elbows, sides of the wrists, fingers, feet, and hands are naturally drier, so they will need more hydration — possibly with more concentrated creams or more frequent applications.
Hydrate the area where the tattoo will be done with body lotion 3 to 5 times a day, at least one week before the session.
Avoid sun exposure (sunburns)
Do not use drugs, alcohol, or other substances that thin the blood.
Eat well before the session.
Avoid Physical Exercise (Workouts / Physical Activities)
Note
Care After Getting Your Tattoo
After getting your tattoo, it is important to follow the recommended care instructions for proper healing, which is just as important and closely related to the quality of the tattoo as the tattooing process itself.
Protection and Hygiene in the First Days
• When touching the tattoo, you should always make sure your hands are clean and disinfected.
• Keep the tattoo covered: After the tattoo is done, the professional usually places a film, protective cover, or other dressing over the tattooed area. You should keep this protection on (generally between 2 and 4 hours) according to my recommendation.
• Remove the protective cover and then wash the tattoo with a paper towel (napkin) using a neutral antiseptic soap (liquid or solid). Rinse with warm water and gently dry with a paper towel. You need to repeat this process 2-4 times a day.
