Art is appealing to the eyes of many. The lines, the color, the brightness of the piece all comes together to create a beautiful creation that we know as a tattoo. The process of tattooing first begins with an idea in your head of something that either means a lot to you or that you like and you want on your body forever. So how do we tattoo somebody and what is the purpose and process of getting a tattoo? Tattoo 's in the modern world are done now by a tattoo machine rather than burning your skin or creating marks with other sharp objects. So what really is tattooing? Many see tattoo 's already completed and finished as a final product wondering how and what was done to create such a beautiful image on somebody 's skin.
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The tattoo is finally complete all this build up sitting in the chair maybe in pain? Agony? Or maybe you enjoyed it! After all it is done and now the biggest step of all is to make sure to take care of it, simply known as the after care of a tattoo. So the after care is the most important part of a tattoo. It 's the healing process that finally creates your masterpiece that you have been waiting for! So how long does a tattoo normally take to heal ? The answer is 7 to 14 days depending of course on the size, color, and placement of the tattoo. For a tattoo to fully heal though it should take about a month to be complete. After your tattoo is complete by the artist they put a special cream on the tattoo and bandage it up. At different shops they do it differently. The tattoo shop here in Fitchburg known as Flight or Fight wraps it up with saran wrap. The stuff they rub on it is known as “green soap” and they will apply something known as “A+D Ointment”. Plastic wrap or “saran wrap” is great because it tends to not stick to your new tattoo and gives it room to breathe but the downside is it gets moist which creates bacteria which can lead to infection very
The tattoo is finally complete all this build up sitting in the chair maybe in pain? Agony? Or maybe you enjoyed it! After all it is done and now the biggest step of all is to make sure to take care of it, simply known as the after care of a tattoo. So the after care is the most important part of a tattoo. It 's the healing process that finally creates your masterpiece that you have been waiting for! So how long does a tattoo normally take to heal ? The answer is 7 to 14 days depending of course on the size, color, and placement of the tattoo. For a tattoo to fully heal though it should take about a month to be complete. After your tattoo is complete by the artist they put a special cream on the tattoo and bandage it up. At different shops they do it differently. The tattoo shop here in Fitchburg known as Flight or Fight wraps it up with saran wrap. The stuff they rub on it is known as “green soap” and they will apply something known as “A+D Ointment”. Plastic wrap or “saran wrap” is great because it tends to not stick to your new tattoo and gives it room to breathe but the downside is it gets moist which creates bacteria which can lead to infection very