Apologies for being a pain…

I did what everyone here said and left it uncovered, I wore the softest clothing I’m allowed to wear for college and it would seem the tattoo has started peeling. I haven’t pulled any skin off or picked at it etc but my concern is that some of the skin has pulled off a little bit onto the clothes. The biggest problem is it seems to have some colour on it. Should I assume I’ve basically managed to fcuk myself over and it’s going to need touched up? If so, I’m seriously annoyed. Any help or advice would be great. Again I apologise for being so paranoid and annoying. Thanks.

Oh can it? Alright, I’ll be sure to not over do it from now on.

That’s roughly the routine I’ve been doing with the “Tattoo Goo”, but it didn’t seem to moisturise it enough which is why I put a little extra of the Bepanthen on just to kind of make up for it I guess.

How long until I should expect some scabbing?

As for the comments, I’m expecting some negative ones and what not, but at the end of the day I’ll take the constructive criticsm and just ignore the rude ones. I do definitely plan to have more though.. I’m addicted already.

Thanks for all your replies, I really appreciate it!

I’ve managed to keep it uncovered 90% of the time since I got it done on Saturday evening.

I’ve gotten rid of the Tattoo Goo and looked for Aquaphor but unless I’m blind or an idiot (both are possible) I can’t find it in the UK. I went to my local pharmacy and spoke to them and the lady said she used Bepanthen on hers. I got a small tube because I couldn’t find anything else, so far it’s really moisturising but I hope it’s okay to use it.

I’m extremely nervous to be honest as it’s technically my “first” tattoo so I’m probably over-worrying. I just don’t want it to need touching up or anything. I say “first” in quotes because the very first one I had was a shitty job that I had covered the day I got my back done, and the first one due to hating it so much I didn’t take care of it at all.

My biggest concern now is managing to not get the cream on my clothes for college tomorrow as you guys were right, it has stopped leaking ink. 😀

Thanks for your reply.

I made the mistake of wearing light-coloured clothes the first night, thankfully it wasn’t an item of clothing I was concerned about.

It’s only just over 24hrs old and for the most part it’s been completely uncovered. My biggest concern though is college on Tuesday. Due to the course I’m studying I have to wear a specific uniform, but I can’t have the tattoo uncovered when wearing it. The clothing isn’t too tight, however I also don’t want to risk keeping it uncovered due to it not being the softest material (and I can’t make it softer with fabric softener) would it be okay to just loosely cover it with gauze during college hours? Shame I can’t cut a hole in the back of the uniform, lol.