I just throw it in hot water if my tattoo is peeling/getting some scabs to lighten it up a little, or put it on damp skin.

I usually use Savlon or tattoo goo. Both work well for me.

@buttwheat 141502 wrote:

I couldn’t disagree more you don’t want to trap water on your tattoo with your ointment.
Oh so many ways to heal a tattoo but the tattoo will just heal on its own no matter what.

Oh, not while it’s actually wet, just slightly warm/moist like straight after just patting it off. Usually only do this at the worst phase of healing, when there are scabs/dry skin and ridiculously hard to put anything on without it being waaay too much. But yeah, generally don’t mix with water.

I’ve used three different ointments on my new ones so far… Haha and they’re healing great!