Tattoo Goo Professional Aftercare Kit (2024)

FAQs

Is Tattoo Goo good for tattoo aftercare? ›

Moisture-Rich

Natural, moisturizing ingredients mimic skin's natural oils lost during the tattoo and piercing process. This familiar makeup efficiently replaces lost moisture and aids in faster healing times.

Even if you over-apply Tattoo Goo, it won't damage your tattoo because it does not contain lanolin or petroleum. Tattoo Goo Original (ointment) is a bit thick, which means you don't have to apply too much.

Carefully wash your tattoo area three times a day with soap and water, and gently pat it dry. Keep applying a moisturizer or ointment after you clean your tattoo to keep it moist. After 5 days, you can switch from an antibiotic ointment to a gentle fragrance-free body lotion.

Avoid Applying Certain Skincare Products

It's best to avoid them altogether. You'll also want to avoid soaps and lotions which contain alcohol, fragrances, or dyes. These can irritate the skin and prolong the healing process.

The itch-relief ingredient panthenol makes this lotion your best friend during the scabbing part of the healing process. It's also a go-to for healed tattoos to keep skin moisturized and colors vibrant.

The combination of shea butter, olive oil, beeswax and other emollients offers a soothing blend of antioxidants, phenolics, anti-inflammatory triterpenes, healing allantoin and vitamins A, E, F and H to reduce redness and swelling. As always, it contains no pore-clogging petroleum jelly.

Most tattoos can be properly healed with 2 applications of the bandage, with each application being left on the skin for 1-2 days, for a 3 or 4 day total. To remove the Saniderm, carefully peel up from one corner, slowly massaging the adhesive bandage off of the skin.

During the first two-ish days, you're gonna want to avoid lotions, but once you start to feel some tightening, drying, and peeling a couple of days after application, that's when you'll want to start using light layers of lotion after washing it. But—and this is important—don't reach for just any old lotion.

Plasma is the fluid that may leak from the skin after getting a tattoo and is a normal part of the healing process. This plasma is rich in white blood cells that fight off infection and trigger the body's immune response and healing.

Should you moisturize your tattoo after it's healed? ›

However, you should always be moisturizing and nourishing your skin. Even after the tattoo is healed, make sure that your skin is healthy by consistently using body lotion that is intended to enrich your skin with the best that nature has to offer.

According to Goold, Aquaphor is a go-to in most tattoo shops, since it's super effective at soothing and moisturizing fresh ink. "It's great for both the initial healing period and afterward," she says.

Once the tattoo starts to scab and itch, use the Tattoo Goo Lotion exclusively 2-3 times per day — it contains panthenol, which helps stop itching. When your ink is completely healed, continue to use the lotion and/or balm 1-2 times per day to keep your skin moisturized and your ink vibrant.

Natural Care for Your Tattoos

As it is extremely important to take care of your tattoo during the healing process, the Tattoo Goo The Original After Care Salve provides natural healing properties and soothes damaged, chapped or scraped skin.

Vaseline is a commonly used product to keep a tattoo site moisturized, but this Hustle Butter aftercare balm is a petroleum-free option that suits our experts' criteria: it has recommended ingredients such as shea butter, coconut oil and vitamin E in its formula.

With a bit of Goo Gone Bandage & Adhesive Remover on a paper towel once again, we applied it to his tattoo much in the same way we applied it – by laying it on the area and waiting a few moments for it to absorb. Almost instantaneously, the adhesive remover went to work.

Tattoo balms are all about helping to support the natural healing process of the tattoo so that you can keep the colors vibrant, the linework bold, and the skin protected.