TATTOO AFTERCARE

1. Remove dressing after 1 hour and wash gently with warm soapy water and pat dry. Leave it for the rest of the day.

2. Apply cream once a day (we recommend Bepanthen) first thing in the morning and rub in well but use sparingly.

3. Wash off in the evening and start again with the cream in the morning.

4. You must keep the tattoo free of dust and dirt and do not soak it in any water. (Take showers for the first 2 weeks, not bathe if you can).

5. DO NOT use swimming pools, sauna’s, Jacuzzi’s or expose to sun for at least 2 weeks (4 weeks would be recommended.)

6. A scab will form over the tattoo and will start to come off 10 days – 2 weeks DO NOT pick or scratch. Let it come off naturally. After that you will get scar tissue for another 2 weeks. So it is about 4 weeks for the skin to rejuvenate.

PIERCING AFTERCARE

1. Clean your piercing at least twice a day with boiled salt water (Saline Solution). Always after soap was used for washing.

2. After a few days the piercing will excrete a white fluid called lymph. This will dry hard onto the jewellery, this must be cleaned away. Try not to move the jewellery until clean, then gently move it through the skin. DO NOT REMOVE JEWELLERY!

3. DO NOT play/fiddle with a new piercing.

4. ALWAYS wash your hands before cleaning a new piercing.

5. DO NOT use public swimming pools or Jacuzzi’s for the first 2 weeks of a new piercing or go swimming in the sea.

6. Oral Piercings: Rinse with salt water or an antibacterial mouth wash 3 – 4 times a day. Try to avoid smoking if possible! Avoid any cross contamination for 2 weeks.

7. Genital Piercings: Warm salt bath soaks after a normal bath at least twice a day. Avoid cross contamination for 2 weeks.