First tatoo? Tips and instructions

Before confirming the appointment, they will give us an information sheet or indications that we will have to carry out the day we are going to get tattooed. Some of the recommendations are as follows:

•  Take the area to be tattooed clean, to prevent dirt from seeping into the wound.
• Going to the study rested, we will be exposed to the tattoo for some time, and as the needle advances through your skin, sensations and discomforts appear. It is necessary to be prepared and go with a positive and calm attitude, since we could intercede in the work of the tattoo artist.
• Do not use drugs before getting the tattoo, as they can change the mood and affect the production of the tattoo.
• Avoid drinking beverages with a lot of caffeine, for the same reason as the refusal to consume drugs, they accelerate the metabolism, and the more relaxed you go, the more you will help the tattoo artist in his task.

We will enter the table where they will tattoo us, and they will tell us to adopt a comfortable position, both for the tattoo artist and for you. If you get dizzy or feel unwell, let the tattoo artist know and be sure, that he will do everything possible to find a favorable position so that both he and you are comfortable in that lapse of time.

Once tattooed, you will surround the tattoo with transparent paper, to prevent dirt from entering the tattoo. It will give you some instructions that you must carry out, for a cicatrization optimal, among them, we will find, the use of a healing agent (I recommend bephanthol, a special healing cream for tattoos), wash the area 2 to 3 times a day with neutral soap, and finally, surround the area with transparent paper whenever we are going to expose the tattoo to environments that can infect our tattoo (very important: when you get home, remove the transparent paper so that the tattoo "breathes").

With all this, we hope that it has helped you face the mental crossroads that the idea of ​​getting a tattoo produces.