On Jun 13, 12:37 am, Marian <marian.rosenb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Jun 13, 5:47 am, Curt <curtja...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Marian wrote:
You get good answers from people with lots of well healed tattoos,
and you reply to the group village idiot. Sigh.
>
> > > The afternoon of the second day after the tattoo
> > > I started getting some ink colors on my sheets.
>
> > I slept with my leg outside or on top the sheets.
>
> > > Today is the evening of the third day. I've now
> > > got a bandage
>
> > On day three, Calvin saw no bandage. Neither did Hobbes. By then I was
> > leaving it air dry with the very slightest hint of A&D ointment
> > smoothed across its surface.
>
> > > and extra amounts of wonderfully soothing
> > > vaseline above and beyond the aftercare
> > > ointment he gave me
>
> > Likewise on the above and beyond action. Actually, none on the above
> > and beyond. It was the wisp of A&D and nothing else.
>
> The bandage was to keep the vaseline from making other things gunky.
> It also keeps my fingernails away from it. The vaseline is like the
> aftercare ointment only gloopier and more soothing. As I write this
> my leg is open to the air and not currently itching.
>
Do not put vaseline on it, it's responsible for the gunk. If it
itches that's normal and you use self-control to not scratch it. You
are throwing away the money you put into this tattoo by gooping it up
the way you're doing. At the very least you will need a touch up.
Oh, and please read this - approximately 98% of all rec.arts.bodyart
users agree with the sentiments:
http://tinyurl.com/2suzqa
Susan
http://scamptattoo.com