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Modern Tattoo Aftercare: A Guide to Best Practices

Traditionally, tattoo artists have provided a basic set of guidelines for aftercare:

Avoid picking scabs.
Clean with antibacterial soap.
Moisturize with recommended products, like Aquaphor (though Aquaphor isn’t universally recommended).
Refrain from swimming.
While these are general guidelines for wound healing, they may not be all-encompassing for every individual, given the diversity of skin types and lifestyles.

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How To Successfully Accomplish a Cover Up Tattoo

In the previous article, we covered some fundamental theories necessary to understand how to approach a cover-up tattoo. In this article, I overview the application process for a cover-up tattoo and how best to heal these procedures. Setting a Stencil Over a Cover-Up Tattoo. Most cover-up tattoos I have dealt with over the years are mainly line work. I don’t know exactly why this happens, but I imagine the client was receiving a tattoo and decided halfway through not to finish it with the current artist. If this is reality, it may have been a good decision for the client […]

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Getting Started With a Cover Up Tattoo

In the previous article, we discussed how to get ready for a cover-up tattoo. In this article, we are going to discuss cover-up tattoo theory, specifically, how the pigment in the skin reacts when undergoing a cover-up tattoo. A Cover-Up Tattoo Has Pigment Already in the Skin. People wouldn’t request a cover-up tattoo if there weren’t something already embedded in their skin. So, to look closer at the markings made during a tattoo, we need to focus on where tattoos are implanted – the skin. To start, let’s think about how thick skin is. How Deep In the Skin is […]

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How to Plan For a Successful Cover Up Tattoo

So, many folks think that cover-up tattoos are an impossibility. To be honest, sometimes they are! But I remember some crazy projects over the years that seemed impossible because I wasn’t looking at the potential in a way that focused on the result. I kept thinking, “Oh my God. How am I going to tackle this mess?” And “What steps am I supposed to take to get the final product to a point where it passes as something valuable?” Luckily, after many years of attempting coverups and getting comfortable with the process, I ended up with a better understanding of […]

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Tattoo Aftercare, Why You Need It, Where It Came From, And The Right Way To Do It.

Let’s Start With A Couple of Videos: Ok, so there is a place to add some explanations to the things I will write here. If you have any questions, please feel free to write in, and I will do my best to answer them! Onto the typing!! Is Aftercare Magic? Aftercare is not a magic potion. It isn’t some mystical thing that heals some consecrated wound on the body. All aftercare is, or at least all it should be is a technique utilized by a TATTOO CLIENT so that their fresh tattoo (wound) stays pliable until it drops its initial […]

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