Immediate Care for Tattoos
- Leave your new tattoo covered for 2-5 hours.
- After that period of time, remove your bandage and discard it.
- In a clean environment, immediately wash your new tattoo thoroughly with unscented antibacterial soap.
- Pat your new tattoo dry with a clean towel, and apply a thin layer of unscented hand lotion and make sure to rub it in throughly.
- Repeat washing and re-applying lotion a minimum of 3 times daily.
- Ice your new tattoo for 2 hours for the first 2 nights.
*Note: Scented soaps and lotions will cause severe irritation to new tattoos! be sure to use unscented soaps and lotions.
Any questions while your new tattoo is healing, please contact any of the artist at Iron Element Tattoo.
Piercing Healing Times
Facial Piercings:
Transverse Lobes: 6-12 weeks
Ear Lobes: 4-6 weeks
Ear Cartilage: 2 months- 1 year
Tragus: 2-3 months
Eyebrow: 6-12 weeks
Nostril: 6-12 weeks
Bridge: 6-12 weeks
Tongue: 4-8 weeks
Lips/ Labret: 6-12 weeks
Scrumper: 4-8 weeks
Nipples & Navels
Male Nipple: 2-4 months
Female Nipple: 3-6 months
Navel: 4 months – 1 year
Dermal Anchor: 2-3 months
Female Genital Piercing
Inner Labia: 2-4 weeks
Outer Labia: 6-10 weeks
Clitoral Hood: 2-4 weeks
Christina: 2-3 months
Male Genital Piercings
Prince Albert: 4-9 weeks
Reverse Prince Albert: 4- 6 weeks
Scrotum: 6-10 weeks
Guiche: 2-3 months
Dyode: 2-3 months
Ampallang: 4-6 months
Apadravya: 4-6 months
Frenum & Lorum: 6-8 weeks
Pubic: 2-3 months
Suggested Body Piercing Aftercare
H2Ocean Piercing Aftercare Spray
Spray directly on pierced area and allow solution to dry and absorb into the skin. The enzymes in H2Ocean’s formula will start attacking the cell walls of bad bacteria and continue fighting off bacteria for up to 4 to 5 hours. Remember our formula does not harm any good bacteria essential to healing the body. The natural sea salt, which contains essential minerals, then goes to work feeding your body what it needs to nourish cells and increase cell regeneration. H2Ocean is the only aftercare formula that contains an antibacterial enzyme and healing agent and is in a sterile easy to use package.
We recommend spraying a mist of the solution on the piercing every 3 to 4 hours, as the enzymes (Lysozyme) will remain active against bad bacteria for 4 to 5 hours. This may help keep infections from occurring. The salinity level of this product is isotonic to the cellular fluid matrix in humans therefore no burning will occur on the piercing. You cannot overuse H2Ocean.
Suggested Oral Piercing Aftercare
Use 50/50 mix of original Listerine and distilled water or H2Ocean mouth wash for the inside of your mouth while using H2Ocean piercing spray for the outside of your mouth.