TIPS ON MAINTAINING YOUR TATTOO DESIGN

Tips On Maintaining Your Tattoo Design

A tattoo design is a type of body alteration or modification made on the skin with the use of indelible ink. With the aid of a needle, the ink is injected into the dermis to change the pigment or color of the skin to make various and beautiful works of art.

Like all other art works, there are of course, maintenance practices to keep any piece of art brilliant and beautiful. In this case, a tattoo needs routine maintenance work to keep it from fading. Here are simple tips to keep your tattoo looking crisp and brilliant.

To keep the colours from diminishing; the main enemy of a tattoo is the sun. Always protect your tattoo by putting on sunscreen daily before leaving your home. Wearing a shirt over the tattoo won’t do the trick because ultra violet light can pass through clothing. Re apply sunscreen when needed.

In the end of the day, it best if you wash all the sunscreen lotion off with a moisturizing body wash. Getting all that oils and dirt is good for your tattoo.

After washing, use a special moisturizer specially created for tattoos. Use only premium tattoo aftercare that contains grape seed oil for best results. Grape seed oil is not only great for moisturizing the skin, it is also an antioxidant, an excellent in slowing down skin ageing.

Over all, taking care of your tattoo is basically taking care of your skin. Keeping your tattoo away from the sun and constantly keeping the skin moisturized is the technique. It’s not that difficult really.