I just got my first tattoo on my back and it's pealing all over. Is that normal?

Answer 1

what do you mean by "just" just like yesterday? my tattoos usually start peeling between day 4 and 6.

Answer 2

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.


Here is a website explaining what Bepathen Cream is:

http://www.pharmacydirect.co.nz/default.aspx?iSAMS=C&t=125&P=1647

Answer 3

If you don't have any, go back to the place you got tattooed at and ask for some Tattoo Goo. It's a salve that's made from herbs, vitamin and oils that's designed to help tattoos and minor cuts and abrasions heal quicker while keeping the area soft. That's better to use than Vaseline or a triple antibiotic ointment. Google Tattoo Goo if you want to find out more about the product.

Answer 4

I have a huge tattoo and when I got it, it only peeled a little. I would recommend using Aquaphor. It does an amazing job at keeping the tattoo properly moisturized and there is minimal peeling and little or no scabbing. I also used Provon in the shower when I cleaned it. Provon is anti-bacterial lotion soap that disinfects without drying out your new tattoo. Good luck.

You can find Aquaphor at CVS or Walgreen's.
I got the Provon from my piercer. I would ask your tattoo artist if they have any in stock at their shop.

Answer 5

Yes. The tattoo artist should have told you. Your skin has been pierced with a needle many many times and it forms a scab like when you cut yourself. Do not pick at them cause this will have an effect on the colour but clean then by dabbing with a clean cloth and disinfectant regularly.

Answer 6

peeling is normal. That's the top layers of skin falling off. It should do this for up to about 2 weeks after getting the tattoo. Just means that it's healing. Don't pick at it though; it needs to fall off on its own.

Answer 7

these people are all douchebags ha the fact is if you apply to much cream it will make it peel even more use a little bit of cream daily but only for the first week then just try to keep it out of the sun and dont use vaseline use bepanthen also avoid wearing clothes that rub on it alot and dont go swimming other than that enjoy your tattoo mofo***

Answer 8

yes . All you need to do is just take a warm wet cloth and clean it then after you do that you need to put some Vaseline all over it.

If you do this every day you shouldn't have any problems with you tattoo.

Answer 9

Yes, I remember when i got my first on on my back, i was having a bath and was washing with a cloth, and noticed that my tat was coming off on my cloth. I thought I was losing it, but like everyone has said, it was just the "scab" coming off in the water. Be gental with it, treat it like you would a cut. Don't pick at it, wash gently and it will be fine.

Answer 10

Yes its normal. DO NOT SCRATCH IT OR PICK AT IT. If you do you are likely to lose some color from doing damage to the healing process. remember to use hypo-allergenic lotion while it's healing to keep it moisturized.