I’m a firm believer that your body already knows what it needs to do to recover, your job is to help it.

A tattoo is an open wound, and your body treats it no differently. Keep it clean. Soap and water. No swimming, no baths (please shower!), and no soap or lotion with fragrances until fully healed (3-6 weeks).

Step 1- Immediately After: Ideally to start, you’ll be able to cover your tattoo with Tegaderm or Saniderm. Keep this on for up to 3 days. If it comes off before then, that’s ok. Just skip to step 2. If you are allergic or for some other reason you cannot use Saniderm and your tattoo is oozing, you can put plastic wrap over it to keep it from staining your clothes, but be sure to change it at least every 12 hours and wash with soap and water.

Step 2- 3 days- 1 week: Research shows that wounds heal twice as fast when they’re kept moist. So I recommend a very thin coat of Aquaphor or Vaseline a few times a day (wash in-between coats!) until the tattoo starts peeling.

Step 3- Peeling and Beyond: Once your tattoo begins to peel, you can use unscented lotion or you can continue to use Aquaphor/Vaseline.

Step 4- Your Healed Tattoo: At about the 3-4 week mark, once your tattoo has stopped peeling, you can start using scented lotions and soaps on it if you want to. This is about the time that you are clear to swim again too.

The other thing you can do? Stay hydrated, eat protein. Bodies heal faster when taken care of.

Urban Magnolia Studio policies can be found here: https://www.theurbanmagnoliastudio.com/policies

If you have additional questions, you’re welcome to contact me.

Right now, I’m still learning. I definitely have a style when it comes to my watercolor and pen artwork, but every medium has been different for me, and I’m sure tattooing will be no different. I do not have a preferred style at the moment, but I do have an interest in flora and fauna as subject matter.

Typically, flash are pre-made designs that are meant to be tattooed multiple times. Pre-drawns are something the artist has designed on their own and would like to tattoo. Usually, these are not repeatable. Custom work is just what it sounds like. Custom art is made in collaboration between the customer and the client and is tailored specifically to the client. It is not repeatable.

I currently hold a Tattoo Artist license in the state of Tennessee. Along with a Registered Nurse (RN) license :)

Any time after the 1 month mark we can schedule a touch up. I’m happy to do them and the first one is always free :)