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The Rites

N°02 ✦ Aftercare

Fourteen days of rules for a healing wound. Keep them, and the ink keeps you.

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The reckoning ✦ Your day

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Station I

The first hours

  1. Station I ✦ Day of the tattoo

    The first hours

    • Keep the wrap on for three hours, or as long as we told you.
    • Wash it with clean hands, lukewarm water and unscented soap. Pat dry with a paper towel.

  2. Station II ✦ Days 1 to 3

    The weeping

    • Wash twice a day. Air dry, then a thin layer of unscented cream.
    • Warmth and slight swelling are normal. So is a little ink on the sheets.

  3. Station III ✦ Days 4 to 14

    The shedding

    • It flakes and itches. Do not pick or scratch. Picking pulls ink out.
    • No soaking: no baths, pools, sea or sauna until the flaking stops. Short showers are fine.
    • Stay out of direct sun, and wear loose clothes over it.

  4. Station IV ✦ After that, for life

    The keeping

    • The ink keeps settling for two to four weeks. It can look cloudy for a while.
    • Sunscreen, SPF 50, every time it sees the sun, for life.

The Commandments

The short version, for the bathroom mirror.

Thou shalt

  1. Wash with clean hands
  2. Pat dry, never rub
  3. Keep the cream thin
  4. Wear SPF 50, for life

Thou shalt not

  1. Pick or scratch
  2. Soak it
  3. Give it direct sun
  4. Wear it tight

When to contact us

See a doctor first. Then tell us.

Redness that spreads, heat, swelling or pain that gets worse after day three, or a fever.

Anything else you are unsure of: a photo and a short message is enough.

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