November 27, 2008 at 12:40 am #28349
    Hunni Bunni
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    @hunni-bunni

    i dont know if this is well known to people but im gonna share it with you!!!

    after ink i use bepanthen (nappy care ointment)

    i know it may sound strange but trust me on this one!!!

    i swear by it!!! it immediately soothes the skin after and any itching in the healing process, and best of all it leaves hardly any scabbing whatsoever!!!

    kez 🙂

    (ps – for a 30g tube for about two pounds, you cant knock it!!!)

    December 2, 2008 at 10:09 am #56341
    dad556
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    @dad556

    🙂 Bepanthen 🙂 is the best and you dont scab on your tattoo thats the best part i found.
    Rgds Paul 🙂

    December 2, 2008 at 4:13 pm #56371
    AhshKoshBGosh
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    @ahshkoshbgosh

    Hmm there is someone here yesterday tlaking about that stuff… their tattoo scabbed and they were worried if it was normal or the fact that they put too much on it. I dont trust it only cause i never heard any of my artists talk about it but then again im here in the USA and we prolly dont carry it in the part of Florida im in.
    Thanks for letting us know tho so now maybe the person earlier wont get to bugged out to use it.

    December 17, 2008 at 10:02 pm #57371
    vala
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    @vala

    hi, im using bepanthen on my tattoo but was wondering on how long to use it for?
    currently i apply it 3-4 times a day (morning, lunch, afternoon, before bedtime) and have been doing so since saturday 13th december.

    any advice greatly appreciated 🙂

    December 23, 2008 at 2:12 am #57635
    simon.uk
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    @simon-uk

    Have been using this for the past few years and have to say its the best stuff out there..!!

    I have tried most of the wonder creams and special tattoo healing gear over the years and bepanthen is in a league of its own..I highly recomend it to everyone..:)

    December 23, 2008 at 4:05 am #57653
    Demure
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    @demure
    vala;31803 wrote:
    hi, im using bepanthen on my tattoo but was wondering on how long to use it for?
    currently i apply it 3-4 times a day (morning, lunch, afternoon, before bedtime) and have been doing so since saturday 13th december.

    any advice greatly appreciated 🙂

    It’s time to ween yourself off of the cream you are using now and to switch to an unscented moisturizing lotion. Use it every time you get out of the shower.

    December 23, 2008 at 9:23 am #57667
    vala
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    @vala

    Roger that one. I’ll have a snoop for some moisturizing lotion today.

    January 11, 2009 at 6:58 am #58427
    chachainsaw
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    @chachainsaw

    I looked up Bepanthen. Essentially, its the same thing as A + D ointment, which I would NEVER recommend. I used it when I first started getting tattooed, I had it pull ink out of my tattoo 3 days after having it done.

    Every time someone comes back to the shop wanting a touch up and it looks really old even though its only a few months old I have to ask “were you using A+D ointment” and the answer is almost always yes. I need to stop doing free touch ups for people that use that stuff.

    January 11, 2009 at 7:33 am #58432
    Izarrasink
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    @izarrasink

    Its used for babys bums here, i highly recommend it and have used it for many years, and send all my clients off with a little tub of it. I have yet to come across it pulling ink out of a tattoo. The only way it would pull ink out would be if the person was smothering their tattoo in it.

    January 11, 2009 at 7:39 am #58436
    chachainsaw
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    @chachainsaw

    If it is like A+D like it sounds like it is, it expands when it gets warm.. So it soaks into the skin, warms, expands, forces its self back through the pores taking ink with it. Bag balm does it too.

    January 11, 2009 at 7:44 am #58438
    Izarrasink
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    @izarrasink
    chachainsaw;33099 wrote:
    If it is like A+D like it sounds like it is, it expands when it gets warm.. So it soaks into the skin, warms, expands, forces its self back through the pores taking ink with it. Bag balm does it too.

    Ive never used A&D ointment, and quite honestly dont even know what it is, but i’ll stand by bepanthen any day, none of my inks come out and thats all i use.

    January 11, 2009 at 8:06 am #58444
    Demure
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    @demure

    A&D ointment is the same as Bepanthen. American tattoo artists recommend A&D. I used it and it worked very well for me.

    January 11, 2009 at 11:04 am #58457
    simon.uk
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    @simon-uk

    Ive never heard of a+d ointment..but ive used bepanthen for years..never had any ink pulled out and the colour stays very bright (check out my pics in my albums) i wont use anything else..

    Its also recommended by some of the top people in the tattoo world..!!

    January 11, 2009 at 7:18 pm #58486
    chachainsaw
    Participant
    @chachainsaw

    Most good shops recommend aquaphor.

    January 11, 2009 at 8:55 pm #58492
    Izarrasink
    Participant
    @izarrasink
    chachainsaw;33156 wrote:
    Most good shops recommend aquaphor.

    Never heard of it

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