oh you already know what time it is baby yo yo yo what's going on YouTube my name
is drew welcome back to my channel and in today's episode I'm gonna talk about
tattoo aftercare so I've actually been receiving a lot of comments after my
last tattoo video essentially asking me how you keep your art as beautiful as
when it first was put on your skin and so today I'm gonna get into some
techniques that work for me and see if maybe that can help you out a little bit
hey what's going on there just wanted to let you know that this isn't a
one-size-fits-all method different tattoo artists do different styles and
they have different ways of healing their tattoos so the best piece of
advice is to listen to your artist this is just from one perspective so take my
advice as it comes and lick your beautiful life okay so when it comes to
tattooing aftercare is by far the most important step of the process
anytime I get a new piece of art I follow a strict regimen to make sure my
piece is gonna stay as beautiful as it looked when it was first put on and to
retain as much ink as possible this is also going to allow you to not have to
have as many touch-up sessions down the road which means saving a lot of money
so the first step after you get a beautiful piece of art and you're on
your way home is to make sure that you have a few essential products ready to
go for the beginning part of the healing process you're going to need these two
products right here aqua for advanced healing ointment and dial complete
antibacterial foaming soap so usually after your piece is all done what your
artist will do is wrap you up with some saran wrap and send you on your way but
the healing process doesn't end there it's only just beginning so what I
recommend is to leave that saran wrap on for about two to three hours after
you've left the shop and then after those two to three hours have passed you
remove the saran wrap and you wash with this antibacterial soap right here right
when you peel off the bandage or the saran wrap whatever your artist has
chosen to put on your skin you're gonna notice there's a lot of blood and plasma
still left and so that's when you know it's time to immediately wash it off
also a little tip when you're washing your skin make sure the water is about
lukewarm you don't want it too cold or too hot that warm water is gonna help
aid in taking off all that plasma and during after you've completely washed
off the area that just got tattooed you want to let your tattoo air dry you
don't want anything touching your work after you've washed it at this point in
the healing process your skin is essentially like an open wound o tread
carefully but after about 10 to 15 minutes you'll feel that your skin is
completely dried off and that's when you're gonna
the healing women on to the tattoo now this is a really important step to
because you don't want to overdo it with this healing way man if you put too much
white mint on your piece then that can possibly lead to some of that ink
seeping out of your skin and you do not want that if your piece looks really
shiny afterwards that's how you know you put on way too much ointment so just put
a few dots a thin layer of this ointment over the tattoo and then the first step
is done you're good to go just make sure that you don't touch it make sure that
you have light clothing on so it's not pressing against that skin don't work
out don't go swimming like I said earlier your tattoos an open wound at
this point so you want to treat it as such I recommend every three to four
hours you're constantly washing your piece to make sure that there's no
bacteria on the skin while it's in such an important part of it's healing stage
so the majority of my tattoos I actually got when I was serving tables so it made
it really difficult to constantly wash my skin I actually brought my
antibacterial soap with me and I would wait every three to four hours before I
go into the restroom and wash it off now this sounds like a lot of work it really
isn't that big of a hassle and if you're serious about preserving your work so
you don't have to go back in and get it touched up this is just gonna be
something that you have to do so like I said every two to three hours or so
you're gonna wash that piece probably around four to five times a day and do
the exact same thing afterwards you're gonna put just a thin layer of ointment
on to make sure that it's protected but after several days passed you'll notice
that your tattoo starts to get a little bit pili and scabby and this is when you
know it's time to switch products so the last product I'm gonna recommend is
Cetaphil moisturizing lotion non-scented so say for the last few days you've been
putting on your ointment washing it four to five times a day you're gonna get to
a point where your tattoo starts to peel and then you stop using the Aqua for
healing ointment and start putting this on instead so you're gonna continue the
washing regimen that you've been doing the past few days
except instead of putting the aquaphor on afterwards you're gonna put the set
of filters also it's gonna be really hard during this stage because your
piece will probably start to itch a lot but you just have to be disciplined you
can't eat it because it can prematurely pull off some scabs that aren't ready to
fall off naturally yet which means it's gonna pull out some of that ink so now
for the next three to four days just continue the same regimen except use
this and so that the feeling I'm in and that's basically it it sounds very
simple but that's all it takes now side note there is a new healing process
that's been kind of gaining traction lately in the realism world and that's
something called Sanna derm that's basically like saran wrap that stays on
your skin and does all the healing for so there was one piece of mine which was
this piece right here that was actually healed using sander and that took out
all the hassle and it protected my skin okay so here's like a mini Sante derm
storytime I guess I don't know if we'll call it that so me and the boys head out
to Vegas for EDC and we're gonna get lit but two days before that I had my third
session on my rimbor tattoo piece my Poseidon piece and we actually used
Santa Durham because I was going to be in the festival touching up against
everyone else and we figured that would be the best option and so we get to
Vegas first night and as you can tell in this picture here's me with the deez
nutz guy if you look at my arm there's a little kind of sticky wrap and that's
what the Santa Durham is and so we use that here's some other pictures of me
actually at the festival festival is stupid lit by the way here's Martin
garrix going hardest and then here's a picture of what it looks like after the
Santa Durham was taken off for the third day so all in all if you have Santa
Durham available at your disposal I would definitely recommend it if it
could last the madness that is Electric Daisy Carnival
you'll be I so I would recommend asking your artist if they have any Santa
Durham or if they liked using Santa Durham to heal their pieces because I
think that is a really seamless process but I know most people right now
don't have access to that and so that's why I recommend this tried-and-true
regimen so it's pretty simple pretty straightforward that's all you do and
after those last three to four days your scabs on your tattoo will start falling
off naturally and then you'll be all healed up and ready to go so the whole
healing process takes about a week to a week and a half and if you've followed
all these steps to a tee I guarantee that you have a beautiful piece that
will last you a lifetime so that's it thank you so much for watching my video
I appreciate you tuning in and I'll catch you next time peace
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