After Care
Please follow this guide and the advice of your artist about caring for your new tattoo and not the advice given by others. This step by step guide will ensure quick healing of your new tattoo to ensure the quality remains for years to come.
1: Leave the tattoo covered in cling film until the following morning of your tattoo. If the cling film starts to fall off, please do your best to re-cover it with new cling film if you have any. (If using cling film from home, Make sure you peel off a small amount first and discard this in case it has any traces of food etc still left on it)
2: When you wake up, the clingfilm will likely be full of black liquid. This is totally normal. Don't panic!
Remove the cling film in the morning and shower the tattoo off gently by hand.
We strongly recommend using YAYO Clear Tattoo Soap to clean your new tattoo, as it is specifically designed to calm and cleanse, and with its active ingredients, can help to prevent infection.
Do not submerge the tattoo in the bath, stick to showers.
3: Let the tattoo air dry
4: Once dry, apply a thin layer of our recommended aftercare treatment, YAYO Tattoo Butter 2-3 times a day.
YAYO is deep moisturising and perfect for sensitive skin, ensuring the epidermis heals quickly which in turn ensures a bright, vibrant tattoo.
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5: Continue using the Tattoo soap and Tattoo butter 2-3 times a day for 1 week.
After a week, you can continue to use the tattoo butter 2-3 times daily for up to four weeks to help significantly improve the look of your healed tattoo.
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6: Please avoid swimming or submerging your new tattoo for at least two weeks as your new tattoo will be susceptible to infection from bacteria.
Please avoid exposing your new tattoo to direct sunlight for at least 2 weeks.
Always use a high factor suncream on your tattoo, no matter how new or old it is.
*** PLEASE ONLY USE THE YAYO PRODUCTS WE HAVE RECOMMENDED. DO NOT USE SUDOCREME, VASELINE OR ANY OTHER PRODUCT. ***
***DO NOT PICK YOUR TATTOO OR TRY TO REMOVE ANY SCABS OR FLAKEY SKIN. LET IT ALL HEAL NATURALLY***
Provided you have followed our aftercare advice and have used the products we recommend, we will happily touch up any small areas of your healed tattoo that may need doing for free, provided you contact us to book in within 1 month* of your tattoo being completed.
(*For large scale projects this applies to final completion of entire project)
If you fail to follow our aftercare advice, any touch ups will be charged accordingly (starting at our minimum charge up to the full hourly rate of the appropriate artist).
If you have any questions regarding the healing of your tattoo, please do not hesitate to get in touch.
For information on the aftercare products we have recommended, please see our product info page here.
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Our Yayo aftercare products are only available in person, directly from the studio.