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You want your tattoo to heal properly if you want to maintain it in your skin and have it blazing for years to come. Unfortunately, the majority of individuals (including tattoo artists) are unaware that the healing process may make or break a tattoo.
This isn't to say that a superb artist can't irritate you by recommending antiquated aftercare goods. Many people have been doing it for decades and are still doing it successfully. It also doesn't mean that a novice or shady artist can provide excellent aftercare when overworking your skin and expecting a flawlessly healed tattoo.
There is a phase known as "hard-healing" that affects 90% of all tattoos. Scabbing, rashes, pimples, itchy white lumps, and excessive peeling are all symptoms of this condition. What is causing this? Scabbing can happen for a variety of causes, including overworked skin, a weakened immune system, and a variety of other factors.
The most frequent "healing" aftercare products are those containing lanolin, petroleum, mineral oil, sea salt, food-grade coloring, or alcohol, all of which have hazardous and even fatal adverse effects. When it comes to tattoos, none of those components can help.
Let me list the components that can lead to the aforementioned scenarios.
Lanolin is a substance made from sheep's wool. It's an allergy, includes pesticides, and can cause rashes, oozing, or skin infections, as well as making you more sensitive to the sun. Lanolin can cause diarrhea, digestive difficulties, and vomiting if consumed internally.
Petroleum/mineral oil is a byproduct of gasoline and is a known carcinogen. It is also used as a laxative. These substances deplete the body's vitamins and raise the risk of malignancies of the scrotum, skin, gastrointestinal tract, rectal, bladder, and respiratory tract.
Food-grade coloring can be colored from the animal, plant, insect, and synthetic sources. Some colorants are made from coal tar and are tested on animals on a regular basis due to their carcinogenic qualities.
While alcohol and sea salt are both cleaning, they will dry out tattoos and hence destroy them. These substances have the ability to heat up and burn the skin as well. Have you ever heard of "pouring salt into an open wound"?
These are only a handful of the materials that are utilized in a regular tattoo, as well as the healing process.
A tattoo is an open wound that must be handled as such.
Would you get your tattoo aftercare items from your mechanic? Pouring motor oil on your tattoo is the equivalent of some of the substances listed above. The basic line is that if you utilize poor-quality supplies, you will end up with poor-quality tattoos!
Why would you put a substance on your greatest organ if it causes sickness, diarrhea, or cancer? "Hard healing" can cause scars and make you worry unduly about what will be left on you in the long run. For everyone concerned, poor recovery is a HUGE WASTE OF TIME. You spend a lot of time choosing a clean shop and a good artist, but you spend even more time having your artists create a lasting piece of art on your body. Why would you then sabotage the healing process by utilizing a subpar aftercare product at the most critical stage? Why would you use a "healing" salve that has ANY color (food grade or not) when it's recommended that no smells or colors be used? After the third day, in lotions?
However, there is some good news...
You may spend LESS time thinking about the healing process after all the work and attention went into choosing your tattoo. You may take command of the one aspect of the process that has a significant impact on how effectively your ink adheres to your skin.
Would you trust a tattoo by an artist who has never had a tattoo? So, you wouldn't want an aftercare product made by folks in white coats who have never had a tattoo or have no experience of tattoos, would you? Tattoo "aftercare" items from the past were not designed to help tattoos heal. That's all there is to it. Those out-of-date goods are consuming your ink and producing the issues mentioned above.
The answer is straightforward. When you're considering a firm for tattoo aftercare, look for the following characteristics:
The proprietor views what they do to be an art form and believes in the art of aftercare (you can usually get a feeling for this by looking at their website and reading content).
The use of tattoo models rather than actual research and information indicates that the corporation is more concerned with marketing than with the healing of your tattoo.
Aftercare is designed by someone with a thorough understanding of human anatomy and biology, particularly as it pertains to skin healing, skin problems, and immunological issues.
Aftercare is provided by a tattoo removal specialist. What difference does it make? To correctly REMOVE a tattoo, you must first understand how it was applied to the skin.
Aftercare was created with a few simple components to avoid common and adverse responses. Avoid items with components you can't pronounce or that have more than three syllables. Ceresin? Bisabolol? What is Microcrystalline Wax, exactly? Paraffin? (This component explains why they use the word "fragrance!") Sulfate of Polymyxin B? Do you have any idea what these substances are or what they do?
It should not cause ailments down the road because it is made with organic ingredients to decrease allergies and encourage healing.
Natural hypoallergenic aftercare at an affordable price.
A product that shortens the time it takes for your work to heal.
A multi-purpose product that can be used at any stage of the healing process.
It will undoubtedly recover better and faster if you demand a product with the attributes described above. Don't be parsimonious because the product your artist advises is $1-2 more expensive than a drugstore equivalent. You get what you pay for... blocked pores are harmful for tattoos and will take up more time and money than the aftercare you paid for.
Your tattoo will last you for the rest of your life, especially if you look after it properly. You just spent a lot of money on permanent ink, so don't skimp on the healing procedure.
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