Drink alcohol or take aspirin before you get tattooed thin the blood and can cause you to bleed heavily during the tattoo process. Do not scratch your tattoo and tattoo bleeding is normal for the first few days. Treat your new tattoo as an open wound, keep it clean and do not touch it. You should keep is moistened as much as possible and covered for the first 3-4 days. Tattoo bleeding is when some of the ink flakes off onto other parts of the tattoo, like peeling.