Ok, I have a little yellow moon on my foot, almost on my pinkie toe. its about one inch by .25 inch. so pretty small. I put First Aid pointment on for about 4 days, its hard and hurts a little, sometimes i would be a bandage over it... the last few days ive been putting vitamin a and d ointment on it.....
today i just convered it all day b/c i have classes all day about 12 hours. i got home, took off bandage, and the bandage has yellow on it with a little green. the tatoo itself is still a little hard and it looks like the yellow has completely come off in spots... did i ruin it??? what do i do
2007-01-18 12:50:15 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Tattoos
as most of these other answers suggested, you don't want to cover your tattoo unless ABSOLUTELY nessesary. if you have to dress up or something and wear shoes, then it's best to cover it, but you really don't want to wear shoes for atleast a week. if it's off to the side like it sounds like it is, then wearing flip flops shouldn't rub on it. if it's hard, you just want to make sure it's moisturized and clean that way it won't scab. the bandage most likely had ink from the tattoo on it. it's normal for this to happen the first few days of healing, but if it's kept clean, this shouldn't happen for more then a couple of days. you probably didn't ruin your tattoo, yellow, regardless of where you get tattooed, doesn't always stay, depending on your skin type, etc. but especially on the foot. foot tattoos have a tendency to have colour fallout, this is normal. and if it's so close to your toe, especially your pinky toe, then that increases chance of fallout. just keep taking care of it, keep it clean, use the a+d ointment until it starts to flake, usually 3-5 days, then use unscented lotion on it. let it heal completely then wait atleast another 2 weeks after that to get it touched up. reason being, even if a tattoo looks healed on the outside, you don't know what's going on underneath, it might still need a little more time and going back into an unhealed tattoo with a needle is not a good thing. it can still be saved, but if once it's healed it looks like it really needs a touchup, go back to your artist and just try and be more careful with it. not saying you're doing anything wrong with it, you just want to let it breathe, it will heal much better. hope this helps.
2007-01-18 15:02:30 · answer #1 · answered by doomed 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
stop bandaging it #1. by covering it you are impeding the healing process by not letting it breathe. second STOP USING A & D. plain cocoa butter lotion is sufficient. a & d contains a zinc oxide that will oxidze the pigments and fade your colours and leave them looking worn out before theyre even healed. The worst comes to the worst and youre still bothered leave it alone and dont put anything on it, including a bandage. If you are worried about losing colour take yourself back to your artist and let them have a look, without seeing a picture they will have the best advice for you as to whats up with it
2007-01-20 00:12:01 · answer #2 · answered by Deb P 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A tattoo needs air to breathe...........you shouldn't bandage it up, and its normal for some of the colour to come off during the first 5 days
2007-01-19 11:20:21 · answer #3 · answered by Yummy mummy! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never bandage tattoo, just keep putting A&D or hand lotion on it,(I used nivea), after washing lightly 3-4xs a day. As Sombody above said feet take a while to heal...
2007-01-18 22:36:49 · answer #4 · answered by The Crow 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
your tattoo needs air to heal. youre trapping bacteria when you cover it. wear open toed shoes if you can.
sometimes creams can delay healing.
you will notice pieces flaking off..its normal but not in excess. use a thin amount of white lotion to keep the tattoo from drying out. the tattoo will be much lighter when it heals, so it may look like pieces have came off. if the color of the tattoo is not even when it heals in a month, go back to the shop and ask for a touchup.
2007-01-19 19:35:01 · answer #5 · answered by JAMES 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You might of made the ink come off when you put the first aid cream on it. When you get a tattoo your not supposed to put anything like that on it. All your supposed to do is wash it, keep lotion on it and let it air out and dry. If you have to wrap it, they say to put plastic wrap around it.
2007-01-19 18:34:06 · answer #6 · answered by angel01182 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the ink may have transfered to the bandage, the only thing you can do now is let it heal and see, keep taking care of it like described, and try not to cover it as much as possible, hope this helps
2007-01-18 21:02:01 · answer #7 · answered by critter man 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know. i have two tattoos on my feet, very large ones and my artist told me i could not wear shoes for two weeks, so i didn't. the feet do not heal well with tattoos and you have to take very good care of them.
2007-01-18 22:29:32 · answer #8 · answered by somebody's a mom!! 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dont cover it if you can help it, apply a&d it works great or homeopathic calendula ointment.
2007-01-22 19:21:14 · answer #9 · answered by CC 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋