Tattoo at 3 weeks – Tattoo Care and Lovins!
It’s been about 3 weeks since I got my latest body mod on my left forearm. I decided I would put up a post on how I cared for it and why it looks so awesomely healed up!
The outline only took about 7 days to heal up (if that) and it stopped itching around the 7th day. Honestly, it only itched for about 3 days and it never got too bad. I would just slap my arm and that would sooth it. Itching is really bad for a healing tattoo. You might as well cremate it if you are going to itch it! Okay, enough on the itch!
You will smell like an old person for about 10 days depending on how dry your skin is. I constantly kept it moist with A&D Anointment. It really is the best stuff for it and it’s cheap. The tube will last you a long time. My sister usually uses non-fragrance lotion but hers tend to peel more then mine. My guess, is because she uses lotion and I use A&D. Besides, the tat artist recommend it and honestly they do know better then anyone. So, spend the 6 bucks and get the tube at any grocery store or pharmacy and keep it moist. I reapplied about every 3-4 hours (I might be a bit anal but it needed it!) Every time I checked, my arm had soaked up the anointment so I just went by that theory. If my arm wasn’t shiny then it needed more.
Unfortunately, I had to wear long sleeves most of the time. At night, I would sleep in a tee and let it get some air. I had minimal peeling and that happened about the 5th day and finished off about the 9th day. It never raised up off my skin and it was a bit red for the first couple of days as well as warm. That’s all normal because it’s healing like a cut. I did keep it washed the first 4 days with antibacterial hand soap. I would do that before I would reapply the A&D. Really, you just need to treat it like a injury and you will be fine.
Here’s a pic of how the outline turned out after healing! It looks awesome!
If you have question about tattoo care or just general tat comments, feel free to post!
