How to take care of your tattoo?

The phenomenon people tattoo as a body decoration has becoming a popular trend. A tattoo is like an investment; if you take care of it properly from the beginning, it can be something you will enjoy for many years to come. But if you don't work at proper healing with good aftercare practices, it can truly take a toll on the finished work, no matter how talented the artist who applied it. So how do you know how you should take care of your new tattoo? What the artists should take care when tattooing? This article will give you a specific explaination.
Tattoo guidelines for tattoo artists
1、Keep your tattoo shop and tattoo kits clean and sterile.
Use the high temperature sterilization pot to sterilize the equipments such as tattoo needles and needle tube. Each tattoo shop should equip with the high temperature sterilization pot, for some viruses such as HIV in blood can be only eliminated by this device. While Some tattoo artists use the steam sterilization pot to sterilize the only for its cheap price, which charges no more than $200. It is not a responsible action to your customer. The price of an regular autoclave ranges from $600 to $5000. As a professional tattoo artist, you must use the best quality of tattoo kits
2、Before tattooing
Select and describe patterns, spray a small amount of medical disinfectant on skin, and transfer drawings.
Before tattooing, use the 10 times magnifying glass to check the needle whether there is a barb.
Before you use the tattoo machine , adjust it slightly, make the front spring touch the connect needle.
Wearing the tattoo gloves in the whole tattooing, then you can protect yourself from splashing the ink, and make the customer a clean environment.
If it is the first time you have tattoo, you’d better seek a direction from the professional tattoo artist.
Have a special communication about the tattoo design to your customer, it is your duty and a respect to your customer.
Tattoo aftercare for beginners
First ,before and after the tattoo be sure not to drink during the recovery process. Drinking will be Telangiectasia, increasing bleeding volume, and be very detrimental to recovery, also have the potential to cause allergic reactions.
Second, do not eat stimulating and spicy food such as seafood, dog meat after tattoo.
Third, after finishing the tattoo, clean the whole parts with pattern color toner, coat the antiphlogistic gels after, wrap a bandage and keep it on at least for two hours. Then unlock the bandage, wash the tattoo parts with pattern color toner, drain off the water later.
Fourth, color with pattern color antiphlogistic gels, four times a day.
Fifth, keep the tattoo parts wet and breathable without the bandage. Daub the scream within two days. It usually has scab two or three days later, and be accompanied with itching feeling, do not scratch it or tear off the scabby part. Make it fall off itself, or the color of tattoo will be peeling off together. Besides, once upon a time, it was widely recommended to use petroleum jelly (i.e. Vaseline), and even today many recommend using Vitamin A & D ointment, which has a petroleum base.
Sixth, you can have a shower after 6 hours, but remember only a shower. You are forbidden to swim and sock in water for a long time within one week. Can not have excessive exposure within one month.
A perfect tattoo preferably with something such as superior tattoo supplies, good tattoo aftercare, this can not only make you a healthy body, but also a beautiful body decoration.