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The Ultimate Tattoo Care Report The practice of tattooing dates back to pre historic times as a form of permanent body adornment for individual expression, identity, rites of pas sage and, more recently, as a form of permanent cosmetic make-up for women. Tattooing permanently the pigments into the skin to a depth of 1-2 mm, which will creates an imprint of a design. The de sign is either drawn free hand by the artist or more commonly follows a stenciled design that has been copied onto the skin prior to tattooing. Cosmetic tattooing may be used for eye lids and nipples. The contemporary electric powered tat too ma chine vibrates a cluster of fine needles several hundred times a minute creating a series of skin punctures. The solid needles impregnate pigment into the skin. Other facts about the tattooing procedure follow:
• Tattoo needles are soldered onto a long, move able shaft called the needle bar, which is placed into a stain less steel tube that serves as the “grip”. During tattooing, the needle bar (with mounted needles) pro-rudes from the end of the tube, driven by the needle bar post. 1
• The number of needles on the needle bar varies de pending on the effect desired: a single needle for fine out lining, three to four needles for thicker lines, and up to 14 needles for shading or dense de posits.
• The protruding needles are dipped into tattoo pigment that is poured into individual caps or cups for each client. 24
• Pigments used during tattooing may be purchased in liquid form, or the practitioner may pre pare the product using chemically pure, non-toxic and non-sensitizing pigment powder and other ingredients ac cording to the manufacturer’s instructions. Dyes and pigments containing mercury, e.g. cinnabar/vermilion/red mercuric oxide, are not permitted to be used in most countries. Pigments should be pre pared in a hygienic manner.
• The needles penetrate the outermost layer of skin (the epidermis) and reach the next layer (the dermis). During tattooing, excess pigment and blood is wiped away with tissue or pa per towels.
• Tattooed skin heals in about two weeks. Immediately after tattooing, the skin swells slightly and a small amount of bloody to color less body fluid comes to the surface. The swelling lasts for a few hours, and then the skin is in flamed much like a sun burn.
• Tattoos are permanent, al though over many years colors fade and borders become less distinct. Tattoos may only be re moved by special medical procedures, e.g. lasers, which are ex pensive and not al ways effective.
Infection Prevention in Tattooing The most critical item for infection risk during tattooing is the set of needles mounted in the needle bar. Needles must not be cleaned in the ultrasonic cleaner and re used with a new color, as the needles are not sterile. Needles can not be sterilized for re use be cause their very close placement to each other when shouldered onto the needle bar means that they can not be adequately cleaned (even if the ultrasonic cleaning de vice is used). Because the needles have con tact with the client’s blood stream in tissue under the skin, the sterile needles must be used only for one tattooing session, on only one client. Used needles should be care fully re moved from the needle bar to re duce the risk of needle stick in jury to the practitioner and placed in the sharps container.
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Careful handling of the tattoo needles during the procedure reduces infection risk.
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Some individuals may have an allergic reaction to even the most pure and non-toxic pigments. If the client shows any type of allergic re action during the tattooing process, e.g. paleness, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, undue swelling, or puffiness around the eyes, the tattooing process should be stopped and immediate emergency medical attention should be obtained.
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Tattooing shall not be performed on any skin surface which manifest any evidence of unhealthy condition, such as rashes, sunburn, infections or abrasions.
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Tattooing shall not be performed when you are under influence of alcohol or drug.
In my experience, it’s nearly 99% of any problems arising from tattooing result from poor aftercare. Therefore, It’s vital that you should learn how to taking care of your new lovely tattoo to ensure proper healing.
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Tattoo After-Care How to Care for Your New Tattoo The tattooist uses a gun that’s about the same size as the drill a dentist would use. The number of needles it holds at one time depends on how much ink needs to be deposited to achieve the desired affect. Your skin has two layers: the dermis and the epidermis. The epidermis is the surface layer, and the dermis is underneath. The ink is deposited about a millimeter under the skin in the dermis. Your tattooist will bandage his newest work of art before you leave his shop. Leave it wrapped up for at least 10 to 12 hours. This protects it while the skin is its most vulnerable, and gives it time to properly scab over. Once the bandage is off, don’t cover your tattoo up again. Rebandaging can trap foreign particles such as dirt and lint under the gauze, irritating your skin increasing your chances for infection. There are as many recommendations for tattoo lubrication as there are tattoo shops, but a few facts hold true. Petroleum-based products used to be the aftercare of choice, since it was inexpensive and could be found just about anywhere. It has since been discovered that they can take color out of your tattoo, and does nothing whatsoever to promote healing and stave off infection. For a while, Neosporin was the favored alterative. It has antibiotic properties and preserved the color beautifully. However, some people developed small, red bumps on their new tattoos. The bumps generally healed without much problem, but they took some color with them when they went. Hoards of Neosporin users are walking around with spotted tats. Bacitracin is the big thing in tattoo aftercare right now. It’s good for fighting infection and keeps the tattoo moist to keep the healing skin healthy. It’s not perfect; some people still have allergic reactions. There’s no one thing that will work perfectly for everyone. A&D Ointment or Micotracin are good alternatives. A&D is a great choice for people who don’t do well with antibiotic ointments. While it doesn’t have infection-fighting proprieties, it does have vitamins that promote healing. Unless you’re prone to infection, keeping your tat clean should be enough. If your immune system is compromised for any reason, you don’t need to get a tattoo anyway. Wait until your back up to speed. Whatever your choice of ointment, use it frequently. Don’t ever let your fresh tattoo dry out. Keeping the tat moist will keep your scabs from falling off too early. Eventually, the tattoo will develop a layer of dry skin over the top. Resist the urge to peel or scrub it off. That’s just another way to get it infected. Let it fall off naturally. Don’t scrub or scratch your new tattoo. Don’t pick at the scabs. They are nature’s way of protecting newly traumatized skin. Picking them off is not only gross, it’s 4
painful, will bleed and you’re just asking for infection. It will make your tat look ugly, and who wants to show that off? The color in your new tat is especially susceptible to fading in the first two weeks. During that time, avoid direct sunlight. Soaking in the bathtub is a bad idea too. In fact, spending time in any water, specifically water than has chemicals in it, such as swimming pools or hot tubs should be avoided as well. Once the tattoo is finished, the artists should tell you how to take care of your new tattoo. Some of the better artists will talk to you and give you a detailed sheet with all of the information you need. If you went to a tattoo artist who did not explain this to you, you may be wondering just what you should do. Taking care of a tattoo is not hard, as long as you know what you can and cannot do. I’m sure that you tattoo should heal within 3 – 5 days if follow this guide listed below:•
At least 3 times a day cleans the tattoo thoroughly, using anti-bacterial soap, cool water and your clean hands only (No Wash Cloths). Do this more frequently if you get sweaty or dirty. Keep applying soap and rising until your down to squeaky clean skin. And please don’t scrub your tattoo.
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Pat dry with clean towel. Apply A&D or antibiotic Ointment, cover with a sterile bandage and tape securely. Clothing will irritate a new tattoo. Be sure to keep it bandaged. Normally, it’s not unusual for some color to show the bandages for a couple of days.
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If bandages sticks to the tattoo, just soak it in cool water until the bandage lets go on its own. And do not pull it off. Furthermore, you can use more A&D Ointment next time to avoid the bandages stick to your lovely tattoo again.
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As a tattoo heals, it may itch. Just ignore it and do not scratch or pick on it. Once the tattoo flakes discontinue the Ointment and bandages and use lotion.
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Do not expose your lovely tattoo to the sun for at least 2 weeks, and afterwards use sun-block #50. If you Use a tanning bed cover your tattoo.
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DO NOT go swimming or hot-tubing in fresh. Salt or chlorinated water for at least 2 weeks. And avoid long streaming showers.
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DO NOT use Hydrogen Peroxide, alcohol, or Vaseline on your tattoo.
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DO use liberal amounts of A&D Ointment.
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DO cover your tattoo with clothing or sun block when outdoors or tanning. 5
Normally, healing will be complete in approximately a week to 10 days. Let it heal naturally. I’m so sure that you will manage to take care with your tattoo now if you just having a new tattoo. If you haven’t got any tattoo yet, this report will give you some guidelines and tips on before tattoo preparation and tattoo aftercare.
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