The third part of our ultimate tattoo with a lot of information guides, tips & tricks and tools on the topic:

9th How old do I have to be to get a tattoo?

As far as we know, there is no legal guidelines for a minimum age for legislators is the maturity and insight of the persons history. In practice, that’s something different: Your parents can initiate civil legal action against the tattoo artist, if you’re under 18 years and a tattoo or piercing get permission from your parents.

So this is only a statement of parental consent possible, but mostly from a studio is rejected, because they are easy to falsify it. Minors are therefore usually only in the presence of a parent, which agreed to a deadline for getting a tattoo.

10th What are the right preparations for the first date?
Basically, all medications, drugs or alcohol, coffee and caffeinated drinks or headache tablets and blutverdünnende funds before the deadline Tattoo negative assessment. Alcohol e.g. dilute your blood and prevents blood clotting. This leads to the tattooing meant that the agency is extremely concerned bleeds and thus the sting is extremely difficult because of the Tattoo Artist razor line barely sees.

11th Tattooing is painful?

On all body parts, which covered only by skin, it is very painful! These include areas such as the loin, elbows, head, joints and the pubic area. Where no muscles or tissue between skin and bones lie, faces the needle with about 800 to 3,500 movements per minute directly to the bone.

With many areas such as upper arm muscles, buttocks, shoulders, in contrast, are still quite harmless. But do not you ask the wrong idea, because: Yes, it is always painful!

12th Are there drugs against pain?

Until after the tattoo you should renounce all drugs, since these coukd hinder the work of the tattoo artist and his assistant.

Alcohol can cause strong Nachbluten and an enhanced crusts (crust), which is detrimental to the healing and the quality of the work involved..

The motto is: An Indian knows no pain. Who wants to be tattooed must be prepared to make the pain during the tattoo manageable.

13th How should cultivate my first tattoo in the early days?

It is useful in advance with the Tattoo Artist hold the ointment from his experience. He recommends that often it is an oiyment with the active ingredient Panthemol, you can find it at every local pharmacy in your area.

14th My tattoo itches and burns, what should I do?

First general care instructions for fresh tattoos are:
After your first appointment will you have a wound received film association. This is sterile, promotes healing and protects wounds from dirt and infection by external pathogens.

Earliest after about 2 hours, you can arrange the slide. In between, it is always advisable, the crisp fresh tattoo with a disinfectant spray to spray it and let it.

Once you slide home the association removed you should have a cold, gently running water, pH-neutral soap and a clean towel to wash the tattoo and gently blot dry. In the first month should visits to the solarium, sauna and swimming pool taboo to the healing process is not jeopardized. Even chlorine, for example, for a complete and, where appropriate, as well as sports and other sweat-driver should be completely avoided. If the scab completely disappeared, so you can now even tattoo the body lotion with care. Now comes the phase of the classic silver skin. During this time dying sheds the outer skin and shine like thin parchment. Please try, itching to oppress and not the new tattoo to scratch, because the healing process slows and only in extreme cases lead to scarring can. The scab, which is based on the wound, is an indicator of how well the quality of tattoos is. Generally, the more crust or scab forms, the more dye is removed from the water body and the lower the quality of the tattoo as a whole.
Salvation albums and creams are often only gossamer to apply, provide only partial relief and allowed only 3-times daily should be applied. If the tattoo is no longer wet and a slight crust has formed, you can leave it uncovered. It is still sparsely einzucremen daily. Basically please no synthetic fabrics, silk, stretch materials, etc.. Such materials are very elastic and voluminous, they have a good heat insulation. They should be kept away from the tattoo because these substances for an immediate friction with the skin and thus cause heat, which in the initial period is harmful.

The first 4 days, it is advisable to every 4-5 hours to treating tattoos to wash the fresh scab over the wound moist to keep the wound to cool and to remove old scab. Afterwards should always apply cleaning cream regularly. On 5 Day should be the procedure twice a day and after 1 week once a day again. In any case, Vaseline, agricultural teat dips or ointments with ingredients such as chamomile extract “use! Often it happens in the beginning of time, the various pieces of clothing, or foreign substances in the wound stick.

Be careful when showering with new tattoos! It is recommended that the motive in the first few days at best waterproof and contact with water and shampoo to avoid entirely. Any warming on body temperature in the showers could be in your tattoo an inflammation trigger! After each showers and washing the tattoo wound with thin lubrication. A good advice after complete healing of the wound for a shining and beautiful motif in the future, is the sunblocker use of a tattoo or stick. Please protectively to the corresponding body parts to apply color to guarantee and before fading.