What is best for tattoo aftercare
BEST TATTOO AFTERCARE | STEP BY STEP GUIDE (By Tattoo Artist!)
hello everyone welcome all you beautiful
people
my name is Romeo Lacoste many of you
guys might already know who I am but for
those of you who don't I am a tattoo
artist in Los Angeles California and
welcome to my tattoo studio the
California Dream tattoo
anyways guys I am gonna be doing a video
today which many many many of you guys
have requested by popular demand I'm
going to be doing the secure video now a
lot of you guys have so many questions
and that have asked me so many times
what is the proper aftercare well in
this video I'm going to be answering all
of your many many questions and telling
you the right and correct way to be
taking care of your tattoo first and
foremost I would like to say I am a
trained professional I am a certified
tattoo artist how long do you guys might
know I've talked to tons of celebrities
I've been on TV I've got a great
reputation a very very popular tattoo
artist but I would like to advise you
that this is my method of taking care of
a tattoo every tattoo artist has
slightly different variations they might
be different from one artist to the next
also it is very important to note that
different tattoos require different
kinds of aftercare for example you might
not take care of a portrait tattoo the
same way you might align tattoo and a
great tattoo the same a claw tattoo with
that being said this is the word for
word tattoo aftercare that I tell all of
my customers you've just gotten your
brand-new tattoo you're at the tattoo
studio and have your tattoo what is
gonna happen next my tattoo artists
should wrap your tattoo
now some artists like to use saran wrap
a lot of artists you just like to use
bandages and some artists nowadays use
this thing called second skin which is a
very clear in Thai airtight film that
wraps around your tattoo and it doesn't
allow any air to go through it's almost
like a seal as I mentioned it gained
this video different style of tattoos
require different types of aftercare my
style of tattooing is I do fine line
black and white line work and dot work
style tattoos for those kinds of
tattoos it's not very traumatic to the
skin and it doesn't chew the skin up
very much it's not very damaging to the
skin so in my opinion I use saran wrap
because the skin doesn't need to be
sealed for too long or too much I tell
all of my customers leave the saran wrap
on at least overnight the longer you
leave your tattoo wrap the faster will
heal and the brighter and more vibrant
it will heal as well
artists are finding out you know with
more experience and as time goes on that
the longer you leave a tattoo wrap
actually the better it is for the tattoo
so I always tell my customers leave the
tattoo wraps on for at least overnight
and if you can't leave it on for longer
and take it off the next day when you
take the wrap off immediately as soon as
you take the wrap off your tattoo should
have blood and plasma all over it you
don't want to wash your tattoo with warm
water and soap the best type of soap to
use to wash your tattoo is dial
antibacterial soap it's gentle on the
skin it doesn't have any chemicals and
other sorts of ingredients that are
harsh on your tattoo it's very very
gently in tattoos you're gonna want to
use dalitai bacterial soap you're gonna
make some soap suds this is what I tell
all my customers makes him soap suds in
your hand don't use a washcloth or paper
towel you're gonna want to avoid
anything that's extremely abrasive or
rough on your tattoo so use your hand
make some soap suds and gently imagine
if this is your tattoo your new tattoo
or your lagger anywhere on your body
you're gonna want to gently rub your
tattoo like this rinse your tattoo off I
recommend lukewarm you don't want to use
too too hot but you also don't want to
use cold water either you what the heat
in the warm water will do will help pull
the plasma out of your out of your
tattoo after that you're gonna want to
Pat it dry I recommend a paper towel
because your tattoo hasn't fully sealed
itself yet now at this point your
tattoos dry it's washed the wrap is off
good now at this point I tell my
customers let the tattoo dry for two to
three days I'll tell you why some
artists will say SART Moore's rising
right away because
it may prevent drying out and scabbing
now I personally don't think this is a
good idea but like I said listen to
whoever your game catch me by they may
have special instructions for their
style of tattooing but don't think about
it as a piece of art think about it as
an open cut okay just like anything else
like a scratch like a scrape like
anything your tattoo is a fresh open
wound you don't want to start putting
lotions and creams on top of an open cut
what you want to do in my opinion let it
dry for two three days that will allow
the skin to breathe and it will also
allow the skin to form a barrier on top
of it and seal itself once a tattoo
starts becoming dry and slightly wrinkly
after about two to three days you don't
need to wash it anymore you can take
regular showers you don't need to over
wash the tattoo the more you aggravate
the more you mess with your tattoos the
worse it is so what you want to do is
once you wash it out the first time you
let it dry for the next two or three
days take showers regularly but don't
over wash it just wash yourself normally
don't lotion
try not to wear anything that is going
to rub on your skin
be very gentle don't work out don't go
swimming no hot tubs now it's about day
three or four right you've washed it
you've let dry for a first couple days
it's starting to get dry wrinkly what do
you do now many artists like to use
different types of creams on their
tattoos some people really like to use
aqua form sure you guys have heard of
pop before it's kind of like the tattoo
cream to use whatever personally I don't
like it I don't use it and I'll tell you
why aqua 4 so it's not even a lotion
it's more like a form of gel right so
the closest thing I could compare to is
Vaseline it's almost like Vaseline now
what happens with these types of gels
are when you put them on your tattoo the
skin it doesn't it doesn't soak into
your skin what actually happens is it
just sits right on top of your skin it
gets your clothes greasy oily it's
uncomfortable
he suffocates the skin the tattoo it
doesn't allow the tattoo to breathe what
I like to use is I like to use cocoa
butter lotion now you can go to your
local Walgreens or CVS and I use like
Lubriderm or one of these all-natural
cocoa butter shea butter lotions that
has vitamins and ingredients that are
healthy for your skin and natural anyway
you're gonna want to do is apply a very
very very small amount and you're going
to want to rub it into your tattoo very
gently not hard
very gently it's better to put too
little than too much now that's super
important it's better to use too little
lotion than too much the worst thing you
can do the worst thing you can do for
your tattoo is put too much lotion if
you can wipe it with your finger
that means it's gooped up on there and
it's way too much you want to use a
small amount you want to moisturize your
skin your tattoo you want to rub it in
you want to not be able to wipe anything
off with your finger remember it's
pretty much a cut it's a wound right you
don't want to suffocate it with lotion
you want to use the lotion to sort of
speed up and expedite the healing
process keep it looking fresh but you
don't want it to suffocate it because
that will cause scabbing and if your
tattoo scabs it could pull the ink out
and might not heal very well so you're
gonna want to use lotion maybe once or
twice a day
I recommend once in the morning once at
night or tops do that for the next week
we can have now your tattoo should be
fully healed in about one to two weeks
that's exactly what I tell all of my
clients word-for-word what I am Telling
You wherever you are is this special
aftercare instruction that I tell all of
my clients when they get tattooed but I
want you guys to keep something in mind
someone told me something a long time
ago that has always stuck with me the
tattoo will heal as good as the artist
is how your tattoo heals is I would say
60% maybe even 70% how good the artist
is if the artist you know what too deep
did he scar you nice calves you
overworked the same area too much that
it's scab and it's going
star up 60 to 70% the artist and the
rest is up to you so it doesn't matter
how good you take care of your tattoo if
you went to a bad artist that went to
deep scabbed you up scarred you up your
tattoo is still gonna scab no matter how
you take care of it it's still gonna
blow out it's still gonna fall out it
still may heal very very poorly I
believe it's my responsibility as a
tattoo artist to be general with the
skin to not go too deep to do a good job
to not overwork the skin you don't want
to work in the same area too much the
less trauma you caused to the skin the
easier is going to heal it's my
responsibility to do that if I do that
it doesn't matter how you take care of
your tattoos the tattoo should will most
likely heal very very good but how you
take care of a tattoo will determine how
nice how fast help it look the best I
possibly can
with that being said guys I really hope
this helps you guys a lot I know you
guys have been asking me over and over
again about after construction this is
my method this is how I use for my
tattoos and this is what I tell all of
my customers it works especially good
for my style of tattooing the line work
style but please listen to whoever you
get tattooed by as they may have
specific instructions through tattoos
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