Getting a Tattoo & Maintenance Tips : How to Prevent a New Tattoo From Scabbing

Preventing a new tattoo from scabbing is difficult, but it is not a sign of infection and should not be picked at or touched during the healing process. Scabbing is natural part of the tattoo healing process and can be explained further from an experienced tattoo artist in this free video on body art.

Expert: Brandon Bond
Contact: www.allornothingtattoo.com/
Bio: Brandon Bond was voted Artist of the Year in 2005 at the South Florida Tattoo Convention.
Filmmaker: Sheldon Bradley

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• ink
• tattoos
• body art
• needle
• tattoo removal
• tattoo care

[gunjamstring]

youtube grammar fail! (1 dislikes) - LOL

[gunjamstring]

youtube grammar fail! (1 dislikes) - LOL

[ifuckinghateyou12345]

@74stigma my tattoo went through all the process, and now it's very good.

thank you for taking the time to reply to my comment, god bless!

[74stigma]

@ifuckinghateyou12345 scabbing occurs more on parts where you have bled, scabbing does not mean you have a deep wound, some people can bleed more easily than others, i heard that when a tattoo scabs alot, the advice is to discontinue the treatment and leave it, do not apply anymore lotion.

[ifuckinghateyou12345]

I can't afford to get it retouched,

[ifuckinghateyou12345]

someone please be intelligent enough to reply to me? I know all of you are saying that scabbing is fine, but it bother's me a little because supposedly, scabs are the after math of the deep wound therefor should only look brownish?

But when i apply lotion to my tattoo(very gently), large amounts of black-reddish parts are coming off which is getting me frustrated since my tattoo is black and red in color so this only means one thing.

the ink is coming off. what the hell am i supposed to do??

[ArugalSwe]

@MonikerMCR got this is my 4 lagre tattoo i never never get uset to the itching haha :D but if i scabb not alot ALOT ALOT but it is there i heard you could rapp your tattoo in to something when you shall go to sleep and it minor your pruduce of Scabbing is it your do you know?

[SHIZZY215ACE215]

I thought all tattoos scabb up. What happens when u get a pretty deep scratch, it scabbs up

[MonikerMCR]

Your tattoo will not fade from scabbing. It's a natural process. Just chill out! All of mine have scabbed, and they all have turned out fine, as I tried to touch them as little as possible when they were healing. If you follow the aftercare suggestions of your artist, everything will be fine. And yes, it will itch, but no, DON'T SCRATCH IT!

[Pranks313]

This guy sounds like he smoked a fat one. He should give me a tat