What lotion should I use on my tattoo that I just got last night... fragrance free aveeno or Eucerin?
2007-03-04 07:29:37 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Beauty & Style ➔ Skin & Body ➔ Tattoos
I always use Lubriderm!! It is good and works well, fragrance free of course! Trust me i have invested lots of hours into my tattoo's. I have at least 50 hours of tattoo done already and i have use Lubriderm for the past 5 years on them. Works well.
2007-03-04 09:45:53 · answer #1 · answered by darkangel9076 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I dont know which lotion to use but this might help you:
The Tattoo will ooze (lymph) this is a sign that healing is taking place. The best way to take care of your Tattoo is to cover the Tattoo with Glad Wrap directly after the Tattoo is finished for the first two days. If left alone with no cream and no Glad Wrap the Tattoo will dry up leaving a scab that will take a long time to fall off and will cause discomfort. The scab is caused by the lymph drying out. The lymph has great healing properties while it is still moist. So we wash the Tattoo down with warm water using a clean soft paper roll. Then Bepanthen Cream is to be lightly spread over the Tattoo and the Tattoo covered with a new piece of Glad Wrap which is taped down on all four sides with soft bandage tape so no air reaches to the Tattoo. This bandage should be taken off 4 to 5 times a day and the Tattoo washed and creamed and covered again in the same manner. This procedure is very important so no infection can take place. Especially before retiring to bed the Tattoo should be washed down, creamed and covered with Glad Wrap again and taped down so the bandage won't be moved while sleeping so no lint from the bed spread etc. comes on the Tattoo and the Tattoo won't dry out. After the two days you don't need the Glad Wrap anymore, but cream the Tattoo every day with Bepanthen Cream a few times a day for the next 2 to 3 weeks till healed so the Tattoo won't dry up. If you have not creamed your Tattoo a scab will form. Don't pick any scab. In these two weeks also do not soak your Tattoo in water for long periods i.e. bathing. Stay out of the sun until the Tattoo is completely healed i.e. 2 to 3 weeks because the new Tattoo will burn very fast. After your Tattoo is healed you should always put a sunscreen on your Tattoo when going in the sun because the sun fades the colours away. If you follow these Instructions you should not have any problems with your Tattoo.
2007-03-06 07:28:24 · answer #2 · answered by Lindsey S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Fresh Tattoo
Take bandage off in 2 hours
Wash tattoo carefully with warm soapy water
DO NOT SCRUB
Lightly pat the tattoo until dry…
DO NOT RUB
Apply a very thin coat of bacitracin or aquaphor ointment 3 times a day for 3 to 5 days
Although re-bandaging a tattoo is not recommended, if covering the tattoo is necessary a sterile bandage or dressing should be used.
Be sure and wash the tattoo every night and morning…
DO NOT SOAK
Avoid tattoo exposure to direct sunlight and refrain from swimming in fresh, salt or chlorinated water for at least 2 weeks.
After External Healing
Tattoos heal quickly BUT fading can still be a problem
Apply hand lotion once a day until dryness stops
Vaseline Intensive Care, Lubriderm, Nivea, etc...
Tanning fades tattoos
Always cover fully healed tattoo with sun block
DO NOT RUIN YOUR INVESTMENT!!!
Please Note:
Treat your tattoo with care… Improper care and bad advice can destroy your art!
Please contact a health care practitioner at the first sign of infection or an allergic reaction, and report any diagnosed infection, allergic reaction or adverse reaction to that artist and to the Texas Department of Health – Drugs and Medical Devices Division
(1-888-839-6676)
2007-03-06 03:21:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Every tattoo artist I have talk to said use lubriderm but I was told not to use lotion till like day 3 or 4 and the artist gave me this vitamin cream stuff to put on it for the first couple days. Ask the person the did your tattoo though to be sure.
2007-03-04 10:05:23 · answer #4 · answered by Rochelle 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's hard to say because everyone is going to tell u something different....like I would use Eucerin instead but the person above would use Aveeno...
2007-03-04 07:53:08 · answer #5 · answered by kristina807 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
fragrance free. but first i always use A+D for about three or four days. then i go with fragrance free lotion for the rest of the time.
2007-03-04 08:00:08 · answer #6 · answered by somebody's a mom!! 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Eucerin is the best to use because it also helps reduce scaring
2007-03-04 08:40:30 · answer #7 · answered by i am who i am 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I used cetaphil--it's fragrance and irritant free.
2007-03-04 08:02:10 · answer #8 · answered by justpeachee22 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When it scabs over use Savlon cream, it helps to stop itching.
2007-03-05 09:05:39 · answer #9 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can also use unscented Lubriderm.
2007-03-04 10:12:15 · answer #10 · answered by utsababygrl 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋