Ok, I have had my tattoo for a month officially today I wanted to go in the hot tub tonight and I was wondering if it was ok to go in it?Should I put patrolium jelly over it or vaseline?I just want to be safe with it I spent 3 hours on the table just for the outline and I don't want anything to go wrong with it.
2007-02-14 03:39:01 · 25 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Tattoos
as long as it's healed it should be fine. and a month seems like long enough. i have never had a tattoo that took that long to heal.
2007-02-14 05:15:06 · answer #1 · answered by somebody's a mom!! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
DO NOT PUT VASELINE ON ANY TATTOO! The petroleum in it will draw the ink out and your tattoo will look awful. Use bacitracin or a triple antibiotic ointment. You're safe to go into the hot tub.. just dont pick at any of the scab if it starts to get loose. Water based lotions and things are best.
2007-02-14 18:23:56 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
calling the tattoo parlour is definitely not a bad idea. I'm assuming your tattoo is on the large side if the outline took three hours, but even on big ink, after a month the scabbing should probably all be gone. So my advice is this: If there are no scabs, it should be fine. one warning, your skin will be sensitive. I mean not just afterwards, you might not be comfortable in the hot water because of all the fresh skin. Once you´re done lotion it up and clean it properly as soon as you can, just in case.
2007-02-14 14:20:18 · answer #3 · answered by shibbystar 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I tend to agree for the most part...as long as it's healed, you should be fine to go into the hottub. But for goodness sake...DONOT use vaseline on it to protect it from the water...that would make one nasty mess in the hottub!! Left over detergent in suits or deodorant/lotion on skin makes enough of a mess, if someone had the nerve to get in my hottub with vaseline on their skin I think I'd have to beat some sense into them! ;)
My advice is just don't spend too much time in it...tattoo or not, all that heat WILL be very drying to your skin and definately use a good lotion when you get out. As far as a hottub being full of bacteria..I disagree. With the heat and the chemicals combined, no bacteria can survive. It's only when the chemical levels are out of whack that you would have to be concerned about getting some kind of infection from using a hottub!
2007-02-14 14:17:29 · answer #4 · answered by trinity_essence_of_femininity 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
It's fine to go in the hot tub after a month, like everyone else said put lotion on it after you get out and pat it dry. I'm not a fan of using vaseline but do whatever your tattooist told you when you first got it.
2007-02-14 12:15:46 · answer #5 · answered by dpanic27 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The hot tub should not hurt your tattoo the only time I was considered with mine was at the beach because of the salt water.
2007-02-16 14:39:37 · answer #6 · answered by mommy2trent 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
All you really need to put on it is moisturizing lotion. You should do this to your skin everyday anyway. I got a tattoo of a fairy on the back of my neck on my eighteenth birthday, and a month later, exactly, it was valentine's day and i went to a hot tub party. It's perfectly okay. I promise. Just put lotion on it.
2007-02-14 17:21:53 · answer #7 · answered by The Queen Bee Mother of 5! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should be fine. I went in a hot tub 3 weeks after getting one of my tattoos and it was fine, but if you are really worried, don't do it.
2007-02-14 11:55:28 · answer #8 · answered by 4eyed zombie 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It should be fine but the chemicals in the water might dry out your skin. I would just put on lotion after the hot tub.
2007-02-14 11:47:26 · answer #9 · answered by Una SCA 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
As long as the tattoo is healed then you should be fine but if it is not healed then i would stay away from the hot tub until it is healed
2007-02-14 21:12:07 · answer #10 · answered by Kevin W 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have two tattoos. One on my lower back. I would say it's ok, I mean it has been a month. Your tattoo should of peeled and healed by now. You should be fine. But if you want to put vaseline on it for safe measure that is fine too.
2007-02-14 11:45:17 · answer #11 · answered by rina2001_2002 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋