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On Jun 12, 4:56 pm, sca...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Jun 12, 4:42 pm, N Jill Marsh <njma...@storm.ca> wrote:
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> > On Tue, 12 Jun 2007 20:32:08 -0000, "KavinTay...@gmail.com"
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> > <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.
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> > ><snipped story of tattoo and antibiotics>
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> > >> Thanks for any help you can give.
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> > >Taking antibiotics simply to prevent what may or may not happen is not
> > >a good idea.
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> > >And do not listen to healing advice from Curt James. (But you can
> > >listen to lish's advice).
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> > And post some pictures, dammit.
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> > nj"sheesh"m
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> > "I do not rhyme to that dull elf
> > Who cannot imagine to himself..."
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> 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.
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> Stop it. Now.
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> 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.
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> 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...)
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> 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.
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> Susan
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Oh, and stop bandaging it - it needs to get some air.