Tattoo Care

Caring for your new investment

1. The first twenty-four (24) hours of the healing process is the most crucial time for your tattoo.

2. Keep the tattoo covered during the first twenty-four (24) hours with a non-stick bandage.

3. Care for your tattoo after four (4) hours:
   
   - Remove the bandage.
   
   - Wash the tattoo with HOT, soapy, Dawn Dish Soap. Use only the Original BLUE dawn soap.
   
   - Pat Dry.
   
   - Re-wash the tattoo with HOT, soapy, Blue, Dawn Dish Soap.
   
   - Pat Dry.
   
   - Re-bandage for twenty (20) more hours. DO NOT use gauze when bandaging the tattoo.

4. After twenty-four (24) hours wash the tattoo twice daily with soap and water. After washing pat dry and apply Curel Hand Lotion (no others) twice daily for at least two (2) weeks.

5. DO NOT pick at or pull the surface of the tattoo. DO NOT go swimming for one week. KEEP OUT of sunlight (heat.). NO Neosporin, Polysporin, or triple anti-biotic. NO peroxide or other chemicals.

Your tattoo is guaranteed for one year only if you follow the above. Otherwise its on you. Proof of purchase required.

The sleeve pictured above is an example of work done by Rob.

Piercing Care

Caring for your new piercing

All piercings take six to twelve months to heal.

Your piercings are open sores. Therefore, you are susceptible to infections!!! You must clean your piercings at least two times a day until it is healed.

Piercing Care Index

Oral Piercing Care
All Other Piercings
Common Problems with Piercing
Signs of Infection in your Piercing

Oral Piercing Care

1. Every time you eat, drink, or smoke.

1. Brush your teeth

2. Rinse your water

3. Rinse with Listerine

4. Rinse with water again

2. No alcohol for seven days.

3. No aspirin for seven days.

4. No sucking on a straw and be careful if you smoke.

5. Use ice and ice water to cool the mouth, as often as possible, for the first two days. This is very important!!!

1. It will help stop bleeding.

2. It will also help reduce swelling & pain.

6. Eat soft foods.

7. Take a multi-vitamin twice daily.

8. Check the balls on the barbell daily and tighten as necessary.

9. Swelling, pain, tenderness, and secretions are normal!! Swelling should stop after four days.

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All Other Piercings

The best place to clean your piercing is in the shower. Use your clean hands, no cotton or Kleenex. Be sure to adhere to the following procedure.

1. Rinse off all dry secretions.

2. Apply Dial Antibacterial Soap with hands to skin and jewelry.

3. Rub jewelry and skin to clean gently.

4. Turn and Rotate the jewelry (only when you clean it).

5. Leave the Dial on for three minutes, no more.

6. Rinse the Dial off, making sure to rotate the jewelry to rinse the inside of the opening.

7. Dry area with a bath towel. Do not use cotton, tissue paper or anything that would leave dust or dirt.

8. Cover piercing witrh a bandage to keep clean, if desired.

9. Take a multi-vitamin twice daily.

10. Redness, tenderness, soreness, pain, and secretions (daily) are normal!!!

11. Do not apply creams.

12. Do not apply alcohol, peroxide, Neosporin, polysporin, or triple antibiotic.

13. Do not turn, touch, or play with the jewelry unless you are cleaning it.

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Common Problems with Piercings

1. Infection

2. Allergic Reaction

3. Rejection

4. Keloids

5. Bleeding (oral piercings)

6. Swelling (oral piercings)

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Signs of Infection of Your Piercing

1. Prolonged Redness

2. Prolonged Tenderness

3. Secretions of a dark fallow (green/yellow) color

4. A bubble formation

5. Prolonged swelling (oral piercings)

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