Black Flame Ritual Tattoo Aftercare 
 Black Flame Ritual welcomes any questions, concerns, or photos, about your new tattoo or healing process. Please feel free to contact us!
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Traditional Healing
*Before touching or washing your new tattoo, wash your hands thoroughly using an unscented anti-bacterial liquid handsoap.*
Wash the new tattoo with unscented liquid anti-bacterial handsoap. Gently massage the soap into a lather using your fingertips and continue to clean off any plasma, dried blood, ink, etc. DO NOT use a washcloth. Air dry or pat with a clean paper towel to absorb excess water.
You will need to repeat this process of washing your tattoo at least 5 times everyday until your tattoo is healed. It is vital to your healing process to keep your tattoo free of  any plasma, as this may create a scab. Scabbing is normal, yet frowned upon as it can draw ink out of your new tattoo. You might experience peeling 1-2 weeks from the time your tattoo was completed. That is normal and extremely common. Continue to keep your tattoo clean and moist using one of the products mentioned below.
 Healing with Adhesive Bandages
What is an adhesive bandage? Dermour is an adhesive bandage that essentially is a shield like barrier. Tattoos are cared for and healed as if it is an abrasion. Your body produces plasma which is pushed up from your new tattoo. The adhesive bandage withholds the plasma, (which carries your bodies healing properties) underneath the Dermour. Feel free to contact us with any questions and photos regarding your tattoo or covering.
What does an adhesive bandage do? You may have what looks like a pocket of plasma, blood, ink, etc. This is completely normal. While it may look gross, it is important to let the plasma be. While the Saniderm is protecting your new tattoo from bacteria, it is also promoting and expediting the healing process. Plasma is a natural aide in your body's healing process.  
*You can workout lightly and shower everyday with Dermour.
IF Dermour was applied to your tattoo, leave on for 5 to 7 days, unless otherwise instructed by Black Flame Ritual.
AHDESIVE BANDAGE REMOVAL: After the wait period, remove the Dermour using warm/hot water and unscented liquid anti-bacterial handsoap. Gently massage the soap into a lather using your fingertips and use the lather to pull the Dermour like a command strip to release the adhesive. Continue to clean off any residual adhesive, plasma, dried blood, ink, etc. You should lather, rinse, repeat as many times as needed to remove any of the remaining bodily fluids.
 Once you've removed your Dermour and your new tattoo is clean, air dry or use a clean piece of paper towel. Next apply a thin layer of one of the following approved aftercare products.
*Reborn Tattoo Aftercare is an organic oil based tattoo aftercare and all around general moisturizer. Reborn aids in reducing redness and calming the skin, showing less irritation and swelling. Reborn Tattoo Aftercare has 100% all natural and organic ingredients, vegan and cruelty free.
*Any brand of Fragrance Free Lotion will be an acceptable product for keeping your tattoo moist as well.
DO NOT use petroleum based moisturizers such as Aquaphor, A&D or Vaseline. These products have been known to draw out tattoo ink.
Other information about your tattoo healing process
*DO NOT itch, scratch, or pick at the peeling skin, or scabs. 
Just keep it clean, moist, and leave it alone. 
*Contact a physician if you begin to show the following signs or symptoms: Fever over 102 degrees, muscle aches, soreness, continued swelling, extreme or unquenchable thirst. These are signs of infection in your tattoo. 
Contact a physician about when it is safe for you to donate blood. 
Let us know if you are pregnant or breastfeeding as getting a tattoo at this time could pose a risk for infection.