Tattoo Aftercare & Tips
Expert guides on tattoo aftercare, healing, touch-ups, sunscreen, and long-term skin health.
How to Sleep With a New Tattoo: Positions and Bedding Tips
A fresh tattoo can stick to your sheets and get rubbed while you sleep. How to prepare your tattoo and bed, the best sleeping positions for arm, leg, back and rib tattoos, and what to do if it sticks.
Tattoo Scabbing Phase: What Is Normal and How to Care for It
Scabs on a new tattoo are usually a normal part of healing. What the scabbing phase looks like day by day, light vs heavy scabbing, how to care for scabs, and the signs that mean you should see a doctor.
Can You Swim After a Tattoo? How Long to Wait for Pools, Sea and Hot Tubs
A new tattoo is an open wound, so pools, the sea and hot tubs can wait. How long to wait for each type of water, how to tell your tattoo is ready, and what to do if you cannot avoid getting wet.
Why Does My Tattoo Look Faded After Peeling? The Cloudy Stage Explained
A dull, cloudy or patchy tattoo after peeling is usually a normal healing stage, not lost ink. Why it happens, how long the cloudy stage lasts, and when a patchy tattoo actually needs a touch up.
Getting a Tattoo Before a Holiday: Sun, Swimming and Flights
How long to wait between a new tattoo and a beach holiday, what sun, swimming, sweat and flights do to healing skin, and how to protect a fresh tattoo if you are already booked.
Why Does My Old Tattoo Itch Years Later? Causes and Relief
An old tattoo that suddenly itches is common and usually harmless. Dry skin, heat, delayed ink allergies, sun sensitivity and skin conditions explained, plus how to calm it and when to see a doctor.
Tattoos and MRI Scans: Is It Safe? What the Research Says
Can you have an MRI with tattoos? A study of 330 people with 933 tattoos found a low risk. Why rare burning sensations happen, which tattoos are more likely to react, and what to do before your scan.
Why Is My Tattoo Raised? New and Old Tattoos Explained
A raised tattoo is usually harmless. Why new tattoos swell, why old tattoos puff up in heat, how ink allergies and skin conditions can appear years later, and when to see a dermatologist.
Can You Donate Blood With Tattoos? Rules in the UK, US, Canada and Australia
Yes, tattooed people can give blood. How long you need to wait after a new tattoo in the UK, the US, Canada and Australia, why the waiting period exists, and what counts as a licensed tattoo.
Tattoo Peeling Day by Day: What Is Normal and What Is Not
Coloured flakes, intense itching and a cloudy look are usually normal. Why tattoos peel, what to expect day by day, how to care for a peeling tattoo, and the signs that mean you should see a doctor.
Getting a Tattoo in Dublin: Laws, Prices, Studios and the 2026 Convention
Everything to know before getting a tattoo in Dublin: why tattooing is not licensed in Ireland, the age rules studios use, how to choose a safe studio, prices, Irish designs and the Dublin Tattoo Convention 2026.
First Tattoo Guide: Everything to Know Before Your First Tattoo
Age rules in the UK and US, choosing a design and artist, what happens in the chair, and aftercare. A step by step first tattoo guide so you walk in prepared and walk out happy.