Before Getting a Tattoo

Basic tattoo aftercare tips

Tattoo Aftercare: What You Need to Know

Check out photos of previous works of the chosen tattoo artist (the quality of performance, color uniformity, tattoo proportions). Of course, it's more preferable to go to a well known tattoo studio.
Find out during the consultation whether you have an allergy to any component of the used materials (including painkillers, if you're going to use them). Don't get tattooes during pregnancy, if you have elevated temperature or viral or chronic diseases.
Do not drink after you get a tattoo (as well as use should not drink alcohol the day before the procedure and one day after), if you have diabetes mellitus, epilepsy, cardiovascular disease, skin diseases, blood diseases, asthma or herpes.

Also it is desirable to use disposable plastic tip-holders for tattoo machines. After you get the tattoo carefully follow all the tattoo aftercare rules.
You should not swim after getting a tattoo. Do not forget that a tattoo, in essence, is a wound on the skin and you should take care of it respectively. Try to avoid direct sunlight (that's why it is better not to get tattoos in the summer) Try to sweat less and avoid stress on the muscles in the area of application.
It's preferable to wear linen and cotton clothing after you get a tattoo.
Failed or bad tattoos can remain on your body for life, because it's not always possible to remove it. Scars can still remain after grinding of the upper layers of the skin. And it's not always desirable to get a bigger tattoo over the old one.

Questions you must ask yourself before getting a tattoo

• Have you ever thought how your tattoos will look like when you grow old?
• Whose opinion is the most important when you are choosing a tattoo?
• How do you feel about tattoos in honor of the anniversaries of people or events?
• Tattooing is an art...or what?
• The perfect tattoo is one that ...
• Do you like intimate tattoos?
• How would you react if your mom decides to get a tattoo?
• What tattoo should reflect?
• In my opinion, a tattoo is made for...
• How do you choose image for new tattoo?
• What kind of tattoo would you choose for yourself?
• How do you feel about tattooed people?
• Have you ever wondered how to get rid of tattoos?

Funny tattoos ideas

Today, people can afford to do tattoos on what and on whom they want. Tooth tattoo became firmly in vogue now. Of Course tattoos on the surface of the skin on any part of the body has not been canceled. Lots of experiments are made in tattooing on the mucosa, you can even get a tattoo on your eye if you want to change it's color. Increasingly you can meet tattooed pets (mostly, of course, dogs and cats).

The teeth tattoo is actually not a tattoo in fact. You can simply make a mold of the tooth, which you want to be tattooed, send your order and receive a dental crown with the selected image. Here it is, the perfect temporary tattoo - want to show off - wear it, got tired - take it off. You can change tooth tattoo image whenever you like.

Tattoo on the eyeball were done in the nineteenth century as a correction of poor eyesight and to change eye color. It only seems that the procedure is very complex. Actually it is very simple: pigments are simply entered into the eyes. And the eyeball acquires the color you have chosen for your eye tattoo. However this kind of tattoos is not that popular.
Making tattoos on pets started relatively recently, but it quickly became fashionable in certain circles. We are talking precisely about tattoos, not about the identification number, which is given for pets in the nursery. Recently, animals get chips, which contain all information about them. Tattoo-IDs will be completely replaced with chips in a few years. Some pet owners are ready to make a tattoo on his favorite which contains some useful information in case the pet is lost. Now not everyone will drag an animal found in the street to nursery to check the availability of the chip. After all you can make a tattoo for your pet just for fun.