SoSweetMandi

Well... I put it on the first time at about 5pm on Sunday, and then second time about 12pm Monday (So it was closer to 18 hours the first time, not 12). So the second 4 days that Saniderm recommends would be Friday around noon. I guess I can watch it for the flaking and see how it goes and take it off if I see any flaking/cracking going on. First session with dry healing I had no flaking for scabs. Second session I had crazy, crazy peeling and still no scabs. Used the exact same method with washing and applying Aquafor for both of those dry heeling sessions. So I have no idea if I'm going to even have any flaking this time or not.

I'm on my 3rd day of using Saniderm, and I'm so happy with it I want to call all my tattoos friends and make them try it. This has been amazing so far! I've got a large back tattoo from the small of my back to almost between my shoulders. It's a cover-up at the very bottom, and so far done 12 hours in 3 sessions over the past two months. The first two times I did normal dry healing, and then two weeks ago I found Saniderm. My tattoo artist was super hesitant because she's had two instances where things went badly when people have used 'derm. She said if you aren't careful when you reapply, and you do get bacteria in there the infections can go bad quickly. I promised to be as clean and sanitary as possible, and so far so good. I went home in saran-wrap, washed really well with soap and water and then applied the Saniderm (with help of course, I can't reach the whole tattoo myself). Left the first one on for about 12 hours and then replaced because it was lifting and curled. Weirdly enough removed it just fine. I kept expecting it to hurt and it didn't at all. Applied the second round and it's secured really nicely. I'm going to leave it on until the morning of day five (makes more sense than removing it right before I go to sleep). I can wear clothes, lean against a chair, drive, move... all things that were extremely painful the first two sessions! Usually the first 2 days are extremely painful, the 3rd day is uncomfortable, and the 4th day I'm feeling close to normal. I would say even after the first application of the 'derm I was at a pain level compared to the end of day 3. It does feel a bit weird because it covers such a large section, I can "feel" it pulling as I turn and move... I keep expecting it to be painful, but it's not at all. The only thing I'm worried about is that I won't have enough fluid in there to prevent it from sticking to the tattoo. I'm going to just keep my fingers crossed and believe, because I don't think that's actually possible. When I look at the tattoo through the 'derm it doesn't look like there is any fluid build up at all, but there has to be... right? It's pure color on the tattoo, no line work this past session, as that was done the first session.