I have officially only put any effort into outfits twice since last Wednesday thanks to this tattoo. Though I wish it would just finish healing already, I'm not really minding this temporary yoga pants lifestyle. (Not to mention I spent the weekend playing with/helping my aunt take care of my cousin's little baby Luke, with a pretty good chance of being spit up on, so there really was no need for looking all that put together.)
Speaking of healing... for anyone else out there with tattoos/wanting tattoos, I'm finding the care instructions from our guy at Insight to be WAY better than those with my previous tattoo. They recommend using lotion and NOT A&D/Aquaphor/etc. for moisturizing during the healing process, and it has made a big difference. The general thought behind it is that it allows any fluids to exit while better allowing oxygen in to the wound, and leads to much less scabbing and more of a peeling process similar to that of a sunburn. It also STARTED peeling a few days ago (it hasn't even been a week since I got it done) so the healing process overall has been much faster than when using Aquaphor with the last one. If you have any questions at all about the specific care instructions, feel free to comment/get a hold of me, because I definitely recommend this by far over using any kind of thick ointment.
I don't like posting without pictures, but since I'm sure no one (including me) wants to look at the peeling mess that this tattoo is right now, here's a super cute picture of little Luke the rock star.
Which reminds me... I need to get on buying him a precious little pair of baby Chuck Taylors. He's only 7 months old but we're all half convinced he's going to skip right over crawling and just start walking. He loves pulling himself up and, unless he's totally occupied, prefers to be standing, so it's only a matter of time. Might as well be running around in style.
He is soooooooooooooo cute!!
ReplyDeleteI have several tattoos, and after my second I knew there had to be a better alternative to a&d and ointments like that because after a couple uses, my skin would just break out into a heavy rash from the thick creams. thus making the sensitive area even more sensitive since I just wanted to scratch it all the time even more. After that, I've used cocoa butter creme and the healing process is MUCH faster and less painful!
ReplyDeleteWhen I got my 3rd (or 4th maybe), and I told the guy what I use instead of the ointment he said, "Huh.. good idea. Use what works for you." But it left me feeling, he never thought of the idea. It's amazing how many tattoos shops aren't up on the latest healing techniques of their trade.
xo, Jill
http://jillybeanstalk.blogspot.com
This is what I did to my tattoo and it came out perfectly http://howtofixstuff.blogspot.com/2012/03/how-to-properly-care-for-tattoo.html
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