Comments on: Will covering a tattoo during the healing process mess it up?

By: kaitlinmarie

kaitlinmarie — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 00:35:03 +0000

I have a large tattoo on my foot and had the same issue. Make sure you can get the tattoo on a day where you will have a couple of days afterwards to let it heal before going back into your shoe. Then, make sure to keep it moist while it is in your shoe (i.e. ointment/lotion on it). As soon as you can, take off your shoe and let the tattoo breathe. This is super important, and don’t drown it in ointment while it is out of your shoe. This will still allow scabbing and peeling to occur so your ink will look great. That is what I did, and I had no problems at all with my tattoo, and I was working construction at the time so it was super labor intensive.

By: protege_moi

protege_moi — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:55:49 +0000

how fast do you usually heal after each tattoo? you should try to find a day were you can at least have the weekend for your tattoo to get through the beginning of the healing process without sneakers (since the first days are so… … gross lol )

just use the the anti-biotic creme and don’t re-wrap your tattoo

but i really think since you already have 2 tattoos you will know your body and how you react and heal so just don’t push your limit and wear clean socks lol

By: CJ G

CJ G — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:19:43 +0000

My brother gets tats, he leaves the bandage on for the first several hours, except once one bled a bit- he kept that one on overnight.

No problems at all

By: greetthebrandnewday

greetthebrandnewday — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:08:47 +0000

i wouldnt do it. it won’t let your tattoo heal correctly, and probably make it fade.