Tattoo After Care Guide - Sunrae Studio

After Care.

As the body is a living, breathing canvas for our art, the way each tattoo heals is unique! It depends on your body as well as your aftercare.

In the first two days of your after care routine, you'll have a clear second skin bandage on your tattoo. During these two days you won't have to do anything to your tattoo!

You can shower with it on (but no swimming or saunas for two weeks).

Avoid excessive sweating to prevent trapping sweat underneath the second skin.

If you are you allergic to second skin and were given cling wrap for your tattoo, please take it off 2 hours after the appointment and skip forward to the next section of the aftercare routine.

Recommended Cream

Bepanthen for tattoos

Now that you've removed your second skin bandage, you'll need to keep on top of applying your after care cream on your new ink! You'll need to do a cleaning routine & apply cream twice a day (morning & night).

Do not rewrap your tattoo after removing the second skin as you can may bacteria and cause infection.
Always clean your hands thoroughly before touching your new tattoo. Wipe down your tattoo with plain cold or lukewarm water and a light touch (avoid soaps on the area for now!). Pat dry with a paper towel (avoid drying with a towel in the early stages as they hold a lot of bacteria)
Use a thin layer when applying your after care cream (it should not be excessively shiny or goopy, it must be thin to allow the tattoo to breathe).
If you go to the gym/get it dirty, make sure you clean it but you don't need to reapply cream.

You're on the tail end of your healing now, how exciting!

You still need to avoid swimming & saunas. Once it's been two weeks after getting your tattoo you can resume normal activities.

Make sure you continue to apply cream during this stage. The better you look after it, the better it will heal.

It will often look dry or flakey during this stage and may start to get itchy, as tempting as it is do NOT pick at it!

You can also start to incorporate gentle body soaps into your tattoo cleaning routine now.

Okay so it's been 2 weeks since you've gotten your tattoo. Good news is you can swim and use saunas again, woo hoo! You also don't have to stress about applying after care cream now, yay! Make sure to apply sunscreen before going out in the sun to keep your tattoo looking good! : )

Once it's been about a month, have a look at your tattoo. Compare it to the photos you see in the slideshow on this page. Has it healed evenly? Is there any fall out? If you think you may need a touch up, DM me a clear photo of your current tattoo to me on Instagram. If it meets the requirements* for a complimentary touch up, I'll let you know you can go ahead and book!

*See the touch up requirements on this page

Touch Ups.

Touch up appointment must be within 6 months of getting the tattoo
Tattoo must have healed incorrectly with uneven healing or far too light (see the gallery at the bottom of the page for examples)
Hand & finger tattoos are excluded from complimentary touch ups and are $50 - $100 for a touch up.
Tattoos that don't meet these requirements will be $50 - $100 for a touch up (depending on the complexity)

Before & After Touch-Up

If you meet the requirements below please send a clear current photo of your tattoo to @sunrae_artistry on Instagram about a month after your tattoo. You can get your touch up done up to 6 months after your initial appointment.

Healed Work.

Check out the slideshow before to see what you can expect from your healed tattoo!

Gold Coast fine line cursive script tattoo on wrist