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How To Care For Your New Tattoo Tattoo aftercare is the key to preserving the beauty and integrity of your tattoo for years to come. You invested in this tattoo - you spent time and money to express yourself. You've come this far - you can’t stop now. Read on for our comprehensive guide to tattoo aftercare, we're here to offer guidance at every stage of the healing process. Our guide has it all - from hygiene practices to specific instructions, we are here to help you understand the import

Is It Normal For A Tattoo To Peel? There are so many things that our body does on a regular basis that we are not aware of or may just take for granted. The cycle of dead cells shedding from the surface of our skin is typically one of those rather benign occurrences. Unless of course you do an exfoliation treatment, and then you may actually SEE an abundance of little particles of skin flaking off. In the earlier weeks of a tattoo healing, a more extreme cycle of natural exfoliation takes

Relief and Remedies: Chafed Skin Treatment It may not officially qualify as an onomatopoeia, but it’s one of those words that makes you kind of cringe and feel uncomfortable when you say it—chafed. It’s one of those things that doesn’t seem like such a big deal, until it’s happening to you. And then, oh boy, what you won’t do to find some real relief to soothe your chafed skin.  Chafing happens when skin rubs against skin or against another surface repeatedly—causing friction—and t

When Can You Swim In Chlorine After A Tattoo Summertime means showing more skin, and let’s be honest— if you’ve got a new tattoo, it probably means you’re looking forward to showing it off when you’re at the pool or beach.  Sorry to disappoint, but in addition to the obvious dangers of exposing that pretty new tattoo to the sun, you need to be forewarned that chlorine isn't your friend either right now.  Although tattoo infections may be rare, if you do expose your new tattoo to

The Importance of Proper Hand Washing You’ve heard these words since you were old enough to wash our own hands, right? If you’re a parent, you may find yourself sounding like a broken record, repeating those same words to your own kids—all day, every day. If you work in the medical field, or you know someone who is, then you already know that frequent and proper hand washing is probably the single most powerful way to avoid spread of germs and disease. And now, during this COVID-19 crisis pand