Eternal Images Tattoos & Piercing

Recommended aftercare and helpful tips

Hello, decorated one.... You have received a beautiful piece of art that will last as long as you are gentle with it during your healing process. Follow our recommendations and you should have no problem. If you experience anything other than what is said here, it is important that you stop back down here to talk with your artist.

You have just received your tattoo... what do I do now?

Step One: Go to the drug store or supermarket. Buy vitamin E oil. The easiest way to get it is to buy a jar of vitamin E gel tabs. They are an amber color coating, with a liquid center. Buy a natural soap and some skin lotions, such as cocoa butter cream, or Lubriderm lotion.

Step Two: Your bandage should be removed after a couple of hours. You will see there is a layer of ointment making your tattoo shiny. Wash it off. Using a natural soap will benefit you more than a soap with chemicals, such as deodorants, perfumes, and colors. Use only your fingers to massage the soap into the tattoo. Using something abrasive such as a wash cloth could damage your tattoo. Rinse the soap well, HINT - using a liquid soap as opposed to bar soap, reduces the amount of residue left behind. Pat your tattoo dry with a towel. Keep in mind that you have an open wound, and anything that you touch to the wound can invite infection. So it is important that you scrub your hands down before washing your tattoo, and use a clean towel to pat dry.

Step Three: Moisture your tattoo with the vitamin E oil. It is important that you keep your tattoo at a constant level of moisture. Reapplying the ointment every hour or so, is to be expected. Do not over moisturize as it will take longer for your tattoo to heal. And keeping it too dry will produce scabs that my pull color out.

Step Four: Your tattoo will go through a peeling phase. It will look like flakes of color are falling off. Do not get alarmed. This is natural. Once your tattoo has flaked, you do not need to wash it on a regular basis. It is not fully healed yet, but risk of infection is gone. Your tattoo is still delicate during this phase, so, pleas be careful. You may opt to use the skin lotion as your moisturizer.

DO NOT DO ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
Soak in any bathtubs, swimming pools, oceans, streams, etc. Until after a week after your flaking stage. Scratch you tattoo if it itches. Expose your fresh or healing tattoo to sun or tanning beds. Pick/peel any scabs or flakes. Regret your decision to be decorated.

If your tattoo heals up with out any problems, but it seems like the color bleed out of some spots, stop down and see your artist. Out work is guaranteed. If we see that is needs a quick touch up than we will take care of that for you.