On Jun 12, 4:42 pm, N Jill Marsh <njma...@storm.ca> wrote:
> On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:32:08 -0000, "KavinTay...@gmail.com"
>
> <KavinTay...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >On Jun 12, 11:03 am, Marian <marian.rosenb...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> Um, hi, I'm new here.
>
> ><snipped story of tattoo and antibiotics>
>
> >> Thanks for any help you can give.
>
> >Taking antibiotics simply to prevent what may or may not happen is not
> >a good idea.
>
> >And do not listen to healing advice from Curt James. (But you can
> >listen to lish's advice).
>
> And post some pictures, dammit.
>
> nj"sheesh"m
>
> --
> "I do not rhyme to that dull elf
> Who cannot imagine to himself..."
Yes, do.
Meanwhile, I interpreted some of your fairly flowery prose to be
saying that you're glopping a lot of stuff, vaseline based and
otherwise, on your tattoo.
Stop it. Now.
You only need moisturizer (Lubriderm or similar if you can get it)
applied VERY lightly, after washing the tattoo off. You only need to
wash it once a day unless you're in the habit of rolling around in cat
poo or something similarly icky. If during the day the tattoo should
start to feel a bit dry and the skin a bit tight (and this is
preferable to gloppy with goop), add a bit more moisturizer.
Do not overmoisturize, gloppy sticky tattoos bleed out color faster
than, um, a really really fast thing that's fast (I think I just
channelled Hugh Laurie in Blackadder...)
I am Very Heavily Tattooed. It works. Caring for a tattoo is
something like caring for a colorful rugburn or scraped knee, except
you do want to keep it from drying out and not scab. Keep it clean,
and if necessary moisturize only if it feels dry. That's really all
you need to do.
Susan
http://scamptattoo.com (which hasn't been updated in a dogs age... )