Aftercare | Pen & Portrait

Treat your new tattoo as an open wound. Keep it clean. Don not touch healing tattoos with dirty hands.

Before cleaning the tattooed area, wash hands thoroughly with soap and warm water.

Carefully remove the gauze sticks, use a tiny bit of warm water to remove. DON’T RIP IT OFF!

Using mild soap and cool water, gently and carefully cleanse the area, and pat dry. Do not rub with washcloth or towel. Apply a thin layer of antibiotic ointment (Bacitracin, Neomycin-Polymyxin) on the tattoo. Repeat cleansing and application of the antibiotic ointment 2-4 times a day for 3 days.

Healing usually takes 7 to 10 days, depending on the size of the tattoo. As it heals, expect healing like sunburned skin. Do not pick at scabs.

Avoid sunburn, salt or chlorinated pool water, hot tubs, saunas and steam baths while the tattoo is healing.

Itching is expected. DO NOT SCRATCH THE TATTOO!

Consult a health care provider for:

Unexpected redness, tenderness or swelling at the site of the tattoo
Rash
Unexpected drainage at or from the site of the tattoo
Fever within 24 hours of the tattoo

Treat your new piercing as an open wound. Keep it clean. Body piercings need to be cleaned once or twice daily, every day, for the entire initial healing time. Do not touch healing piercings with dirty hands.

Before cleanings, wash hands thoroughly with soap and warm water.

Rinse or soak the pierced area with with warm water to remove any stubborn crust using a cotton swab and warm water.

Apply a small handful of mild antibacterial soap to the area with your clean hands.

Cleanse the area and the jewelry, and gently rotate the jewelry back and forth a few times to work the soap to the inside. Allow the solution to remain there for a minute. Bathe normally; don’t purposely work anything other than the cleanser onto the inside of the piercing.

Rinse the area thoroughly under running water, while rotating the jewelry back and forth to completely remove the cleanser from the inside and outside of the piercing.

Gently part dry with disposable paper products such as gauze or tissues, as cloth towels can harbor bacteria.

Consult a health care provider for:

Unexpected redness, tenderness or swelling at the site of the piercing
Rash
Unexpected drainage at or from the site of the piercing
Fever within 24 hours of the piercing

Treat your new piercing as an open wound. Keep it clean. Body piercings need to be cleaned once or twice daily, every day, for the entire initial healing time. Do not touch healing piercings with dirty hands.

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Before cleanings, wash hands thoroughly with soap and warm water.

Rinse or soak the pierced area with with warm water to remove any stubborn crust using a cotton swab and warm water.

Apply a small handful of mild antibacterial soap to the area with your clean hands.

Cleanse the area and the jewelry, and gently rotate the jewelry back and forth a few times to work the soap to the inside. Allow the solution to remain there for a minute. Bathe normally; don’t purposely work anything other than the cleanser onto the inside of the piercing.

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Rinse the area thoroughly under running water, while rotating the jewelry back and forth to completely remove the cleanser from the inside and outside of the piercing.

Gently part dry with disposable paper products such as gauze or tissues, as cloth towels can harbor bacteria.

Consult a health care provider for:

Unexpected redness, tenderness or swelling at the site of the piercing

Rash

Unexpected drainage at or from the site of the piercing

Fever within 24 hours of the piercing