How to Prevent a New Tattoo From Scabbing

Video Transcript

"Scabbing is a natural part of the healing process. Therefore, it's not something that you should be alarmed about at all. Scabbing, even though most of our tattoos don't scab, everybody's body reacts differently, to tattooing, and everybody tattoos differently. Different needles, different machines, different skin types, different body placement, all these variables. It's like a sea of variables, that will all determine, how your tattoo heals. Will you have scabs? Maybe. Will it be bad? No. Scabs are fine. The only problem with scabs is, then people want to scratch them, because they itch a little bit, and the number one thing you want to do in relation to scabs, is not peel it off, ever, just let it sit. It will fall off naturally on it's own. If you do get scabbed up, don't worry about it. It's not the end of the world, and nothing to do with something like an infection."