I’ve heard that three weeks is okay. The chlorine is what I am concerned about. Too many people over use it. I was in a hotel pool years ago that bleached my trunks.
Chlorine does take out ink stains.
Try to find a pool that uses salt rather than chlorine.
To be safe, follow butt’s two month suggestion.
I personally will not go in a pool until I am absolutely comfortable in knowing my tattoo is healed enough not to get messed up by the Chlorine. I’ll agree with Buttwheat and say two months but you should be fine with it being 5 weeks. Technically they do say 2 weeks but even then I’d be iffy
@Mistress_Of_Pain 127370 wrote:
I personally will not go in a pool until I am absolutely comfortable in knowing my tattoo is healed enough not to get messed up by the Chlorine. I’ll agree with Buttwheat and say two months but you should be fine with it being 5 weeks. Technically they do say 2 weeks but even then I’d be iffy
I agree with what these guys are saying. You are probably just fine at 5 weeks, but like both Butt and the Mistress, I personally would wait a few months. I like to be extra careful – I paid a lot of money for these and for some of them touch-ups aren’t an option without travel.
It would also probably depend how long you are in the water. Soaking all day? Wait longer. Swimming a bit and getting out again to lounge before you return to the water? You are probably good.
Just remember your sunscreen. And your sunscreen. Did I mention sunscreen?
We know tattoos are open wounds for three to four weeks. After that point, it becomes a closed wound, but that following month, it is STILL a considerable subdermal wound with easy potential for infection/discoloration. From a nursing standpoint, I’d consider staying out of the water of any kind, and any kind of submersion, for two months, unless I sealed off the would with plastic wrap, clean gauze beneath it, and silk tape. Seeing as that’s a huge pain in the butt, I’d stay out of the water altogether.
@
@GrayCatLove 127406 wrote:
We know tattoos are open wounds for three to four weeks. After that point, it becomes a closed wound, but that following month, it is STILL a considerable subdermal wound with easy potential for infection/discoloration. From a nursing standpoint, I’d consider staying out of the water of any kind, and any kind of submersion, for two months, unless I sealed off the would with plastic wrap, clean gauze beneath it, and silk tape. Seeing as that’s a huge pain in the butt, I’d stay out of the water altogether.
I waited three months after. It was winter, so there was no problem.
You must be logged in to create new topics.
