Hello there! My names Ashwin and I’m from Bombay, India. I got inked by a friend a couple of months ago. The design I got on my right arm was conceptualized by me and this was my first tattoo. My friend did a decent job at making the tattoo. It looked good for a week but then gradually started fading off and started to look dull. I did everything he told me to protect the tattoo like… i kept it covered in dry foil for a week and kept changing the foil at least thrice a day and would apply coconut oil twice a day just before washing it off with dettol soap in order to get the excessive ink off. Even applied moisturizer twice a day (Nivea cream) to keep the area moist. But then eventually it started to fade off and now looks like a disaster. I havent gone for the touch up as yet. But I wanna make sure that i maintain it properly after i get it retouched. I also have dreadlocks and wash my hair using baking soda and apple cider vinegar. Do u think the baking soda played a role in the fading away of the ink?
Need some advice regarding after care of the tattoo. Kindly help.

I’m posting 3 pics of my tattoo… one was when the tattoo was just made.. the second was a couple of days later and the third is the most recent one in which it looks damn bad.

1st:

2nd:

3rd: (most recent)

Thanks a lot!
Peace…