First tattoo

[SajN]

I've decided to get my first tattoo this year (something I've thought about for so many years), and maybe in Las Vegas in summer because it's cheaper in US than here in Norway.

I am just wondering how the aftercare of the tattoo will be, because I read that you cannot take a bath or swim and stuff like that for a while... so maybe I should take the tattoo the day before I go back to Norway?

[Fleka]

My friend is a tattoo artist, he says that the best time for a tatto is during the winter. No sun and all that.

[SajN]

My friend is a tattoo artist, he says that the best time for a tatto is during the winter. No sun and all that.

I am thinking of having it on my shoulder, and I don't go outside without shirts with long sleeves, and I never take a sunbath, so I think I am "safe" there.

[Fleka]

Ok, if you don`t go to pools ore beaches.

[SajN]

I don't really, not here in Norway. I was thinking of doing it in Vegas, so that's why I asked whether I should do it the day before I go back to Norway or not.

[Fleka]

That would be the best.

[Hansen]

I've got one on my shoulder aswell. Pretty self explanatory the best time to get a tattoo is in the winter. You can take baths, but not for long. The most important thing is to keep it out of the sun, if you get a sunburn (which is really easy on a healing wound like a tattoo) you risk fucking it up pretty badly and also skin cancer and shits. People say you should apply some mouisture every 2-3-4 hours or so. I personally apply it when the tattoo feels stiff or a bit dry. And don't apply much, just a thin layer so the tattoo can breathe.

[SliK]

What are you getting done?

[Guess_Who]

Fleka is right about the sun. And doesn't matter if you go to the beach or not, in the street the sun hits you too.

I use an SPF cream on my tattoo every single day of summer. And it didn't lose color almost (they all lose some color) I have friends with tattoos very discolored because they don't take care.

Also, you have to use a cream on your tattoo every few hours, to keep it hydrated. So if you are outside and all that, maybe you won't do it.

And the most important thing, most of the times you need to do the tattoo 2 times. Because at the first time it didn't did not catch all the color that should. But you have to wait a few weeks between the first and the second time. So think about it if you do it in another country.

[Hansen]

And also if you are getting a tattoo in a moist or warm country you should be extra carefull with the moisturizers.



This is the cream that worked the best for me. It's thin and works like a charm. Should be available in every pharmacy. Atleast in Norway, where I am from.

[Guess_Who]

I used bepanthol.

these the first weeks :
http://pha24.com/images/bepanthol_cream.jpg

and the lotion after, the lotion is much more light and it absorbs completely :

http://www.medidaily.com/shop/component ... e3a7f6.jpg

plus the SPF cream.

[SajN]

I've got one on my shoulder aswell. Pretty self explanatory the best time to get a tattoo is in the winter. You can take baths, but not for long. The most important thing is to keep it out of the sun, if you get a sunburn (which is really easy on a healing wound like a tattoo) you risk fucking it up pretty badly and also skin cancer and shits. People say you should apply some mouisture every 2-3-4 hours or so. I personally apply it when the tattoo feels stiff or a bit dry. And don't apply much, just a thin layer so the tattoo can breathe.

Don't you have a bandage around the tattoo for a while?

What are you getting done?

Well... I've wanted a microphone, never really thought about details. I am now thinking it should be a studio mic with a small sheet with lyrics in the background. I am not a good drawer, so I just have the basic picture/overview in my head.

And the most important thing, most of the times you need to do the tattoo 2 times. Because at the first time it didn't did not catch all the color that should. But you have to wait a few weeks between the first and the second time. So think about it if you do it in another country.

Ah shit, I didn't think of that. What if I could just get a Norwegian tattoo artist to finish it up (if it's needed)?

[Guess_Who]

And the most important thing, most of the times you need to do the tattoo 2 times. Because at the first time it didn't did not catch all the color that should. But you have to wait a few weeks between the first and the second time. So think about it if you do it in another country.

Ah shit, I didn't think of that. What if I could just get a Norwegian tattoo artist to finish it up (if it's needed)?

I guess there is no problem. But I think I prefer the same person to do it....also maybe they don't have the same ink exactly.

Anybody else here apart than me had to do it twice??? Maybe is not that usual.

[SajN]

I read about Downtown Tattoo, which is located in Vegas. No one mentioned that

http://www.yelp.com/biz/downtown-tattoo ... oo%20Shops

[Hansen]

I've got one on my shoulder aswell. Pretty self explanatory the best time to get a tattoo is in the winter. You can take baths, but not for long. The most important thing is to keep it out of the sun, if you get a sunburn (which is really easy on a healing wound like a tattoo) you risk fucking it up pretty badly and also skin cancer and shits. People say you should apply some mouisture every 2-3-4 hours or so. I personally apply it when the tattoo feels stiff or a bit dry. And don't apply much, just a thin layer so the tattoo can breathe.

Don't you have a bandage around the tattoo for a while?

A plastic wrap, yes.