The next step after receiving your tattoo is all up to you. So make sure you follow these steps.

Keep bandage on for 2 - 12 hours.. Recommended 12 hours.

Remove bandage and wash with soap & warm water using clean finger tips to remove excess pigment and body fluids.. (No wash cloth) If bandage wants to stick to the tattoo do not yank it off.Run some warm or hot water over bandage and saturate it and this will help the bandage come off with ease.

Keep your tattoo clean by washing it up to 3-4 times a day till fully healed.

Apply a VERY THIN layer of bacitracin on tattoo for approximately 3 times for the FIRST DAY (ONLY) after receiving the tattoo. Discontinue bacitracin use after 1 day and replace with "TATTOO GOO LOTION"or a regular fragrance free hand lotion.. Ex. Curel, Lubriderm, Vaseline Intensive Care (not petroleum jelly) Apply Lotion up to 8 times daily or as needed ...Make sure the lotion is fragrance free and water based. No aloe vera, vitamin E , etc.

Keep air circulation to your tattoo.. NEVER re-bandage your tattoo..

Avoid tight clothing around the tattooed area for the first week.(use common sense.)

Keep out of tanning beds, Direct sunlight, swimming pools, hot tubs, Lakes, Oceans, Bath tubs... Etc. ONLY THE SHOWER until healed.

Please take a shower, But just don't soak it or saturate it.....

DO NOT Pick at it , Scratch or substitute any lotions etc. for greasy ointments !!!Your body will remove the unwanted skin on it's own...

  The tattoo will noticeably heal within 10-14 days but it takes roughly 6 weeks for the skin to fully recover and regain it's strength.