so you got your new ink you're in the
middle of the healing process
and now your tattoo is starting to itch
the itchy stages of a tattoo not only
is it super uncomfortable and sometimes
could be unbearable
but also if you go to itch that tattoo
when it's itchy
you could really affect the way that
tattoo looks so what are you supposed to
do
if your tattoo is itching like seriously
well in today's video we're gonna be
talking about
why your tattoo is itching and also some
things you could do
to relieve that itchy tattoo so you are
not going to want to miss it but i got a
quick question for you
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leave a comment below i would love to
hear
but hey welcome back or welcome to
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future videos now i first want to clear
the air and say that your itchy tattoo
it's normal and everybody goes through
it now a lot of people will get confused
and think that an itchy tattoo
is an infected tattoo and that's not
always the case tattoo infection can be
itchy at times but 9 times out of 10
your itchy tattoo is because of the
tattoo just simply healing
now to some people you may experience a
mild irritation that causes that tattoo
itchiness
but to others it could really really get
intense
and cause that really bad itching
sensation
on your tattoo during the healing
process now i do want to add that even
though
itchy tattoos are most common with
freshly healing tattoos
your tattoo can inch later on down the
line when it's older now tattoo itching
it can be caused by many things having
an allergic reaction to the tattoo ink
having pre-existing skin conditions
tattoo infection
and the most common is your skin tissues
that are trying to heal because
you just got that new tattoo now before
we get into the ways to relieve
an itchy tattoo i just want to emphasize
that you do not want to scratch it like
at all even for a second do not scratch
the tattoo because that will str
like strongly affect the way the tattoo
looks it's gonna damage it
take out detail and it's just gonna look
horrible so do not
scratch it alright so now let's talk
about the ways that you could relieve
that irritating itchy tattoo let's get
into it now the first way and probably
the most easiest and common way that you
could relieve your itchy tattoo is by
applying a moisturizer or
lotion now most of the time during the
itchy stages of a tattoo
it is mostly gonna happen when your
tattoo is peeling now it can happen
sooner than that but we will get to that
in just a minute but yeah
dry skin equals itchy skin grab your
unscented body moisturizer and then
apply a very little bit to the tattoo
whenever it gets itchy now not too much
because you do not want to clog your
pores
because if that happens you're gonna
have more to worry about than just an
itchy tattoo
but again make sure it is unscented like
there's no
artificial sense in the lotion
whatsoever because if you apply that
lotion
to your healing tattoo while it's
itching to try to soothe it
it's just going to irritate it even more
and cause it to be much more
itchier let's roll with it now another
way that you could relieve your itchy
tattoo is what i like to call
the pat technique now like i addressed
earlier you do not want to scratch your
tattoo whatsoever but that doesn't mean
that you can't
technically touch the tattoo to relieve
it kind of sounds weird
but anyway the pat technique the way you
do it is first you want to make sure
that you have freshly washed hands with
soap and water
then all you got to do is simply pat the
area of the tattoo
that is itching now i'm not saying to
beat up your new ink whatsoever no no no
no what i'm saying is to apply
enough pressure to the tattoo to relieve
that
itch while also not damaging the tattoo
just enough pressure
now i also recommend doing this with a
little bit of that body moisturizer that
we talked about earlier in your hand
just so you're not directly just
smacking the tattoo with no moisture or
anything like that make sure you have a
little bit
on your finger or your hand but if you
don't have your body moisturizer with
you
don't worry about it just make sure you
have clean hands because you don't want
to be tapping your tattoo
with dirty hands because that's just
going to cause infection and side note
if you're anything like me and you do
this in public
you're going to look a little bit crazy
but hey at least you don't have an itchy
tattoo anymore alright so before we get
into the next way of relieving your
itchy tattoo i just want to give a quick
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it's going to be gone so the next way
that you could relieve
your itchy tattoo and this way i think
is the most soothing and that is to use
a
cold compress on your tattoo even though
i said earlier that the most
common time that a tattoo will start
itching is when your tattoo is peeling
it can happen before my favorite way to
relieve that itchy tattoo before it even
starts to get to that peeling stage
is to grab a clean paper towel and then
also
rinse it under the cold water now once
your paper towel is completely under the
cold water
you want to wring it out because you do
not want to lay a soaked paper towel
even though it's clean
don't want to lay a soaked paper towel
onto your new tattoo because that could
just cause damage
to your ink so after you got that bad
boy nice and wrung out
apply it to your tattoo and leave it
there for a couple minutes this will not
only help with that
hot feeling that you get with a freshly
healing tattoo but
it will also relieve that itchiness like
crazy
feels pretty awesome now you could use
the cold compress when your tattoo is
peeling
but for me i personally like to use the
moisturizer and the padding
technique during the peeling stages but
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