Summer Clients
A reminder for
summer-time clients!
It’s that time of year again!
We CAN NOT and WILL NOT tattoo over sunburnt skin — no pink at all!
Please — wear sunscreen and coverings over the area you want to have tattooed, and a bit of surrounding area as well, for at least a week before your appointment.
If you get sunburned on the area you were hoping to get tattooed, you will need to reschedule your appointment!
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You cannot expose a fresh tattoo to sun OR any body of water while it’s healing.
You CANNOT apply sunscreen to a fresh tattoo, so coverings are crucial the first week and still essential for weeks 2 and 3.
However, you can probably get by with just sunscreen after the first 14 days. Keep sunscreen on through week 4 if you are going to be getting lots of UV rays.
Re-apply your sunscreen every few hours!
It stops working after about two hours, so you will need to keep applying sunscreen throughout the day to keep your skin and tattoo protected — especially during weeks 3 and 4.
Sun exposure can, and sunburn absolutely will, lighten your tattoo at best and totally fuck it up at worst.
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You cannot submerge your fresh tattoo in ANY pools, lakes, oceans, or hot tubs / jacuzzi.
The “cleanest” pool / lake / ocean / hot tub / jacuzzi is still crawling with pathogens. These are a HUGE bacterial / microbial / fungal risk for infection, which will require medical intervention!
Even if your tattoo is only splashed with water from a pool, lake, ocean, hot tub / jacuzzi — it has been exposed to pathogens and is still at risk for infection!
Our recommendations for water:
Week 1 — Stay away from pools, lakes, oceans, or hot tubs / jacuzzi. altogether. Splashing is still an infection risk.
Week 2 — Do not submerge your fresh tattoo but splashing from pools, lakes, and oceans should be okay unless there is any scabbing. Still no hot tub / jacuzzi.
Week 3 — Linework and small / simple tattoos should be okay for swimming pools / lake / oceans by this point (you should be able to see shiny new skin) unless there is any scabbing. No hot tub / jacuzzi.
Week 4 — Most tattoos should be fully healed by this point and okay to resume normal activities, unless there is any scabbing. Hot tub / jacuzzi use at this stage is up to your discretion but not encouraged.
Week 5 & beyond — Your tattoo should absolutely be healed by this point and should not have any special restrictions.
Remember to use your best judgement and common sense when it comes to risks you are taking with your new tattoo. Bird’s Eye View Tattoo and it’s artists are not responsible for how your tattoo heals or what happens to your tattoo once it leaves our shop!
Other than that, don’t worry too much and just have fun! :)
We will still go over all of your aftercare needs at your appointment and answer any other questions you may have. This information is just to help you with summer activities planning!