During tattooing, the skin breaks down, creating a wound. If you take good care of the tattoo, it will take about six weeks for this wound to heal.

The tattoo will be covered with foil for the first two hours. We do this so that no dirt or lint from your clothes can get into your open wound. After two hours, you may remove the foil, and clean it with handwarm water and tap it dry with kitchen paper. You should not use soap and/or lotions when cleaning your tattoo, and we also advise against using soap and/or lotions throughout the healing process.

After cleaning the tattoo, you may rub it in immediately. We recommend using aftercare from the brand, Balm Tattoo. This counteracts redness, itching and scabs during the healing process. Make sure you thinly rub the tattoo 3 times a day for the next 3 weeks.

After 4 to 5 days, you may develop scabs on your tattoo. This is part of the healing process and cannot do any harm. However, it is important not to pull these scabs off! Leave them on until they fall off by themselves.

You will see that there is ink in the scabs. This is because your body works the excess ink out, and the ink encapsulated under your skin remains. When the tattoo is done, it may still look dark, but once the last scabs have fallen off during the healing process, a lighter layer of ink will replace them. So your tattoo will often be two to three shades lighter when it has healed. For colour tattoos, the colours become brighter once the scabs have fallen off.

During the healing process of your tattoo, we advise you to be careful with sports in the first week. After the scabs have fallen off after the first week, you can resume sports. Keep rubbing the tattoo in!