xaila13

4 tattoo's healed with -derm, first 3 being only line work. By the time I removed the derm (first sheet, minimal weeping) they were flat, never had any tightness, sensitivity or peeling. Basically didn't have to do anything for the healing. The latest piece is larger and full colour so it was a little different. Replaced my saniderm in under 24 hours, kept the second piece on for 6 days. It's 2 days after an my tattoo is flat, vibrant and done flaking. After washing I let air dry and apply a drop or two of squalene oil. If it's really dry and flaky I thickly apply lotion (tattoo goo because I'm using it up and it's thin so it's easy to remove excess) and let that sit in for a minute before wiping away what wasn't absorbed. After that, if I run a clean hand down the tattoo, the extra dead skin rolls off without pain or pulling. What is still attached to living tissue breaks off so I am not risking pulling out ink. (Without saniderm, I don't try this until it's been a few weeks and it's going through a second peel.) It's certainly not the recommendation, but it really works for me.

For healing all my artists use second skin/saniderm, and if they didn't I would buy some myself because of the difference it has made in the speed of healing. If it's more than just line work or I lymph a lot, I pop in the next day to change and clean up the initial weeping. Leave the second round on for as long as possible, usually a week. After removal Wash (no preference but unscented), let it air dry and apply squalene if it feels tight. If it is still in the flaky stage (only stage I need to deal with, I've never had scabbing including dry healing) I will actually apply a thick layer of moisturizer (tattoo goo because I'm trying to use it up) let that soak in for a minute and wipe off the excess. With the excess the dried dead skin that was going to peel rolls off and my tattoo looks and feels amazing for hours. Before I used to do that, my tattoo's would stay raised for weeks afterward, the one on my thigh is still sensitive to shaving after 5 years. I'm 2 days after my last piece of saniderm, it's flat, vibrant and almost done flaking.