I found somethin that works great. You won’t have to worry bout switchin from bepanthen to somethin different later for moisturizing. It has a lot of great ingredients in it that help heal, moisturize, and won’t pull the color out. We all know that the first couple weeks are the most important to having a great looking tattoo later on in life. It even comes in an easy apply container so you can apply anywhere anytime and won’t have to get greasy. Someone introduced it to me and i could tell a huge difference from my previous tattoos. I’ll never use anything else. Here’s a link of where you can find it. http://thesoappeddler.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21&products_id=32

i advise either savlon or bepanthen for the first 3 to 4 days then use non scented body lotion
fully heals within 10 days normally

i had one client showing her friends the piece i did on her wrist, she was saying that she used savlon and it was fully healed in 3 days…. i did it on the monday at about 5pm, she used the savlon 3x tues, 3x weds, 3x thursday….. it only scabbed slightly then flaked and by friday morning it was completely done

bepanthen for me for 5 days or so, then onto an unscented mositurising lotion (currently vaseline intensive care stuff)…does the job fine for me 🙂

i use Hemp Stick…its great all natural, lots of good stuff in it…its got no petroleum or parafin wax like bepanthen does which can draw ink from the skin, bepanthen also clogs up pores really bad…i used bepanthen for years only got hemp stick with my last 2 tatts and i can see a noticeble difference..its good shit! i buy it online for 10 dollars, just google it!

also if you ever have a tatt that seems to be taking a while to heal, use some pure vitamin e oil, from chemists or health shops…vitamin e is a natural healing agent, the oil is a little sticky, but really good!…also doubles up as skin care for my boa constrictor.. lol 🙂