Knowing how to prepare for a long tattoo session is the difference between sitting through five hours like a champ and hitting a wall at the two-hour mark. Any session…
Eat a balanced meal with complex carbs, lean protein, a little healthy fat, and water about 2-3 hours before your appointment. That kind of meal keeps your blood sugar steady…
You can put sunscreen on a tattoo once it is fully healed, usually 2 to 4 weeks after your appointment, and broad-spectrum SPF 30 or higher is safe and strongly…
Scratching a new tattoo pulls ink out of your skin, tears healing tissue, and opens a doorway for infection. The damage can show up as patchy colour, blurred lines, raised…
Why is my tattoo raised years later? Most of the time, the answer is simple: your skin is having a small, normal reaction to the ink sitting in your dermis,…
If your new tattoo looks cloudy, milky, or hazy, take a breath. A milky haze during the first few weeks of healing is completely normal. It happens because a thin…
If your tattoo bandage is leaking, stay calm, identify the fluid (plasma, ink, or blood), and decide whether to re-cover or leave it open based on your bandage type. A…
