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Tattoo Aftercare Tips & Advice
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Shotsie Gorman is one of the most known and successful Tattoo artists in the USA. His level of Tattooing spread his name well through the American and the International media.read more
"Hi my name is Shotsie Gorman. I'm here as a tattoo artist, a professional tattoo artist for expert village. What we've done now is cleaned up the area completely. Make sure there is no plasma leaking. I'm using a sterile stick to put petroleum jelly over the surface of the tattoo. Then we're going to bandage it up, keep it elevated for two hours. At the end of two hours, these are plastic coated gauze, at the end of two hours he's going to take it off and wash it up thoroughly with soap and water. He can go in the shower or hand wash it. Then begin to apply ointment to it at least three times a day. There is a number of things you can use, Lubriderm, if you prefer antibacterial, you can use bacatracin, as long as it doesn't irritate the skin. Really all we're after at this point in time is to keep it from making contact with the air for a few hours giving the body a chance to close itself off, and stop all the bleeding. Five minutes in the microwave and he's done. {laughing} Using my 1920s tape dispenser here. Can you move around okay? Yeah! No jumping jacks but.... how does it feel? Okay, no direct sunlight for two weeks. No swimming. No excessive exercise for the next couple days. No running. You don't want to over do the sweating for two days. Okay, that won't be a problem. Get relaxed, use common sense, and make sure your hands are clean when you apply the ointment. You don't want to implant anything under the surface of the skin. So, your hands have to be clean or have someone else take care of it. Make sure that when you put it on, put it on very lightly. Massage it into the surface of the tattoo. Don't' just slick it on the top. So you want it open to the air as much as possible without overdoing the ointment. And then within a week it will be peeling and then in 10 days it will be back to its original state. Thank you Shotsie. Okay!"
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