Are they painfull mate? must be all that sitting around you’r doing. Pretty wierd thing to try out on your tattoos though, unless you had the ring of your arse inked? 😀

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I remember buying it, I also felt the need to over explain to the girl being the counter that I didn’t have piles niether, only made me look more as though I did have them as well.
Oh well, whats a pile or 2 here or there.:rolleyes:

I use Bepanthen 🙂 it’s nappy rash cream available from boots, tesco etc and was reccommended by my tattooist, award winning artist Chris Jones. I use this treatment for about a week after any of my tattoos and it’s usually healed and ready for the next sitting 2 weeks later. I never have any scab, the cream is soothing plus my colours have always stayed bright (though this could be due to Chris’ work quality)

Also worth noting it was in Skin Deep’s beginners guide to tattoos last year (issue 147) and it’s noted how it keeps “scabbing to a minimum” and how “it also stops the annoying itching sensation some people get whilst their tattoo is healing”

There are other creams and methods available including:

“tattoo aftercare”, Approved by the Humane Cosmetics Standard.
“Cream the Art”, a slow absorbing emollient with good soothing results.
“Medical Body Art”, A whole kit from a French based company that caters for every aspect of tattoo healing to a good standard and on paper it’s ideal but can be expensive and you need to follow a routine that can be hard to manage.
“Tattoo Goo”, Again best used as a kit but you can buy different parts of the set separately. All tattoo goo sets are made with natural materials

Hope this helps a bit 🙂

Just remember that anything with a perfumey smell is not to be used. The soaps and lotions with a scent to them have alcohol in them, this is not good for a healing tattoo. I’ve found in a pinch vasaline is good for the first couple of days, use it sparingly like a dime(coin) size dab 2-3 times a day. Then after that I use baby lotion. A rule of thumb, if its good for a newborn, its ok for a tattoo, just don’t over saturate. You will make the stabbing worse and lose ink.

After 2 1/2 years? What’s wrong with it?

I guess I’m late to the party. 2 years, this has been a moment with Irish the hired gun.:o

WELL MY FRIEND, think of it this way… Have you ever been to prison and got some work done? do they have all these fancy cremes and ointments in there? let me assure you that they dont. i have never put any creme on my pieces. remember its a wound…. keep it clean. if you have a little hand lotion throw a light coat on. most people say to use unscented so it wont irritate your skin…

all i do is regular washes and some coco butter once in awhile.

but thats just my opinion and im sure its wrong to some people haha. :p