Taking Care Of Your Tattoo :::
Remove protective bandage in 12 hours. Rinse tattoo thoroughly under cold running water. Blot dry using only white unscented tissue or paper towel. (You may have a reaction to perfume or dye in some tissues.) Gently rub ointment into tattoo for 30 seconds.

Leave film of ointment on tattoo for five minutes, then blot dry. Your new tattoo needs to breathe in order to heal quickly. Don't leave film on for longer than five minutes. Your tattoo will absorb what it can use within five minutes than blot dry.

Rub in ointment four times daily.... breakfast, lunch, dinner and bedtime. A protective scab will form in 2-3 days and normally flake off by the 7th day. Once the protective scab is all gone, discontinue the ointment. You may notice a white scaled layer on the tattoo at this time.

This is your top dead layer of skin and it will soon flake off. Rub vitamin E cream, Helosan or Bepanthen into your tattoo on a daily basis and you will be getting your tattoo off to an excellent start. After it has become a real part of you, which it takes up to six months, there isn't much maintenance.

Try not to burn any of the skin, including your tattoo, by using tanning lotions. If your skin is damaged, the tattoo will be adversely affected. Many times if your tattoo looks dry, it's because all of your skin is dry. It just shows up better on your tattoo.

Vitamin E or other skin moisturizers should be used to keep your skin in good condition. If you accidentally spill something on your fresh tattoo, or otherwise get it dirty, rinse it thoroughly, yet quickly, with cold water, blot it dry, wipe it gently with rubbing alcohol and blot it dry again.

Rub in ointment as usual.