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AFTERCARE
- Always wash hands before
touching your tattoo.
- Wash your tattoo four to six
times a day with an antibacterial
soap and warm water. Use the
tips of your fingers to clean
the tattoo with firm circular
motion DO NOT use a washcloth.
Blot dry with a clean towel
or air dry.
- Apply a light coat of any
of the following products. (Tattoo
Lube or Vitamin A&D ointment)
3to 4 times a day or when tattoo
looks dry.
- DO NOT pick or scratch at
tattoo while it is healing.
This can cause your tattoo not
to heal properly and could cause
infection.
- DO NOT swim, hot tub or participate
in any water sport, or tan until
your tattoo is healed (usually
2 weeks).
- Remember to return for your
check up in 3-5 days.
- Your overall health and how
you care for your tattoo, play
a large part in the healing
process. If you have any questions
or concerns, please call your
artist at. 904-276-7100.
General
Piercing Care & Instructions
- Never handle a new piercing
with dirty hands!! Wash hands
and fingertips well.
- Avoid any introduction of
foreign fluid to the pierced
area (sweat, blood saliva, etc.)
- Do not harass the piercings
healing process by wearing constrictive
clothing or allowing repeated
bumping and knocking around
of the jewelry.
- Use caution when swimming
during healing, poor water quality
and high bacteria presence will
infect your new piercing. Some
people will run Vaseline or
Bacitracin liberally through
the hole prior to swimming to
seal off the exposed tissue
temporarily. In this case clean
immediately after swimming and
do a sea salt soak.
- Listen to your body's reactions
to various products. Some ingredients
commonly found in skincare products
can irritate the vulnerable
tissue in new piercings. Eliminating
variable product exposure will
often solve occasional irritation.
- ALL new piercings will secrete
a gooey, sticky fluid called
lymph. This will dry up and
form a ring of crust on the
jewelry at the piercings holes
making moving the jewelry painful.
Soaking and cleaning the lymph
Daily As Needed is necessary
to avoid any problem with bacteria
populations.
- DO NOT remove the jewelry
until well after the piercing
is completely healed.
- Once healed, a piercing is
permanent, although when the
jewelry is removed, the displacement
will cause the hole to shrink
making jewelry re-insertion
difficult without first gently
stretching the hole back up
to size.
- New piercings heal the best
when aftercare products do not
interfere with the cell regeneration
process. Products like ALCOHOL
and PEROXIDE are not recommended
as they often harass the newly
healing cells. Salt water is
by far the least-reactive and
most effective aftercare. Prior
to using any of the above mentioned
consult your piercing professional
on advice on how to properly
use these products. No product
is universally good for all
types of skin, except salt water.
- If an irritation persists
despite eliminating product
types, a metal allergy may be
the culprit. try changing the
jewelry with the help of a piercing
professional.
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BentNeedle
1232-4 Blanding Blvd
Orange Park, FL. 32073
904.276.7100
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