Bigboy67

@HettyKet so you actually use -derm twice for two full 3 day sessions each time? I haven't heard of anyone using it that long, only heard of people using once for 3 days and then moving right to a normal lotion regiment

@MoistTowelette I waited a full 10 hours. Think I should wait something closer to 16+ next time around? It's really not that big of a pain, if the running plasma/ink bubble gets too close to the edge if the bandage I will just slap another sheet to extend it down, no biggy My wife just said, but honey aren't you worried about that ink build up under the bandage staining the other parts of your skin? I love her, but she hasn't picked up anything being married to a tattooed person, haha.

Looks like my ant is taking a shit hahahaha

Yeah, I might need to change it for that reason.... Got some ink making a run for the border. I'll keep an eye on it though. Maybe just wash up with the bandage in still and out another smaller piece over the top right in that one area

I figure this will at lest be a good test run . The big boy looks pretty free of plasma/ink build up under the Tegaderm, and the ant has a fair amount if plasma/ink build up. I'll see which heals better or if there is any difference at all.

I may have stuck on the Tegaderm a little too early. Looks like I love got a little plasma/ink build up under the wrap, just on the little ant @Killercook76 - think I should peel the Tegaderm on this little addition tattoo, wash, and re-do? Or just let it marinate? :)

A little tip when you go peel off the backing to apply. Peel off the small window first, then peel off the large backing on the other side.... If you try to do the other way around you will be screwed (it'll make sense when you try this)

I bought 10 sheets for 28.80 with free shipping on Amazon . I used 2 sheets to be safe on coverage, so my healing process cost 5.76 USD AND cuts out all the nervous washing and aquaphor'ing I would be doing . The sheet also gives you a pretty good barrier , I'm not sweating it if something rubs or bumps up against me, doesn't hurt or scratch at all Tegaderm Transparent Dressing 6" X 8" (Box of 10) http://amzn.com/B0009Q01AO I hear eBay is the best place to buy it though. And Tegaderm comes on rolls too just like Saniderm, though you'll have to check which one is cheaper in that mode. This stuff sticks likes crazy. It's one reason I didn't do a roll and try to do one big sheet, it's much easier to work with in smaller pieces... You could do the same with the roll though and cut out a bunch of smaller strips

Just got some work done, cleared the healing process with my local tattooer, so when he fixed up an old tattoo today and added a couple tiny things to my "family" leg I decided to Tegaderm this time around... (Please don't judge him on the Big Boy, it was an existing very poorly done scratch job from about 14 years ago, my current guy just gave him a new lease on life) I'm just gonna document my process and experience in case it helps anyone else. 1. Left original wrap on about an hour until I got home, then a nice hot wash with Bronners magic soap. 2. Air dried 10 minutes (used hair dryer on cool as well) 3. Covered again with wrap and went to sleep. 4. Exactly 10 hours after getting tattooed, I got up and took off wrap, rewashed, and air dried for 10 minutes 5. Grabbed my box of 6" x 8" Tegaderm film. I'd recommend smaller ones like the 4 x 4 instead just because it allows you to use smaller pieces making it easier to work with. I have he big ones because I'm getting some very large pieces over the next few months. 6. Glove up 7. Placed one sheet up top on the tattoos them overlapped another sheet (overlapped by 2 inches) on the bottom, making sure I cover the entire tattoo and have a inch of Tegaderm around the tattoo in overlap. Now I'm going back to sleep. I'll keep updating on my progress. Will leave Tegaderm on for 3 full 24 hour periods and will remove it 6am Tuesday morning.

You basically just stuck it to your skin then pulled it off when the adhesive was still at its strongest. Try a diff spot, leave it one for at least a day, take it off in the shower running warm water over it while you peel it off, it'll give you a better idea of whether or not you react to it. Also, the few people who had reactions, they mentioned that the reaction took place in the non-tattooed skin, but that it didn't affect the actual tattoo healing negatively

I've heard guys talk about immediately lotioning their new tattoo form the beginning and it never made much sense to me. I certainly wouldn't put lotion on a fresh road rash, I'm definitely not doing it with my expensive new tattoo, haha

I use these when I cover my new work... Cheap, nonstick sterile bandages. Slap a few on with a little tape...

Anybody have any thoughts in how best to fill out my sleeves? They have a pretty hard edge to them, which is worrying me. I don't want it to look like I have a 3/4 sleeve and then a separate cuff looking tattoo that makes my sleeve look strange. Wondering what other people with the same situation have done. I have about 6 inches of space to fill out to my wrist and my firearm is 13+ inches so I can fit quite a bit of work in this spot, but I feel like any color or major deviation in style from the above tattoos will make it look too separate. Ideas? Not looking for specific imagery or anything, more like ideas on what you have done to increase continuity.

I'm an accountant... A tax accountant... There will be no work tattoos, haha

I went ahead and did a test run with a 6" x 8" sheet of Tegaderm.... Did a shave in my thigh, Bronners soap to clean, etc. left it on a few days, just because some guys had mentioned that they had some rash/irritation on the non-tattooed skin under the sheet. I didn't have any issues with the adhesive reacting on my skin, so I guess I'll move to stage two and use it for an actual tattoo. I'll post up my experience when I do it, with progress, etc. thanks again for the comments by people with experience , it's been real helpful

/\ that is the biggest complaint my wife has about me getting tattooed. Dead bodies all over my tattoos? Fine. But ink/blood/plasma on those Egyptian cotton sheets? No fuckin' way pal... Doing more research currently on it... One observation though is that everyone who has used it once uses it for all future tattoos, which to me is a pretty big indicator

It seems so strange that if 1) it has already been done by others with unanimous success and 2) it's backed by science in how your body heals... That it's not done more in tattooing. Is it just a situation of people are used to doing their old school process and are scared to try something else?

Ah I gotcha. So it's never really exposed on either side. If you wanted to be super cautious you could also cut the leading inch of material before using the product I suppose BTW Stinky... You have a great collection going.

Thanks for that info stinkybutt... If you have it in a large role, don't you lose out ion having an actually sterile bandage? Since it's not individually wrapped? Or is that just being to particular? I picked up some Bronners peppermint soap and a couple sheets of Tegaderm and will use them to heal a small piece first, then we will see about doing a large piece this way

Hey killercook76, that's gonna be a savage tattoo collection when you are done! In gonna try and catch up with you though... Your experience seems To be the norm, matter if fact I haven't yet heard a single story of a tattoo healing poorly using the methodology you put above

Hey everybody, been doing plenty of searching on this. I tend to heal a little on th erougher side sometimes when i get tattooed. I stumbled upon Tegaderm while searching some other aftercare stuff... I see a spattering of shops, artists, tattoo collectors, mention of Tegaderm sprinkled around the internet, etc. but nothing real definitive on it. Can any of you with actual first-hand experience with one of the -derm products share your experience, tattoo pics, your specific aftercare process, etc. ? I am hoping to see pros and cons from people who have actual used the products. I know, i know, some guys are gonna say dry is better, using curel, using aquaphor.... i know, there are plenty of schools of thought on this. Not looking for a X is better than Y conversation, just personal experiences, especially if you are an artist who uses this method exclusively for your clients. Since I have tried dry healing, aquaphor, curel type lotions, etc. and had mixed results, I am thinking this may be next on the schedule (unless my artist objects)

Found the portrait I am going to have Cecil Porter tattoo on my thigh... I am done with portraits after this piece. gonna focus on coverup and filling out my back and also need to figure out how i am gonna go full on my current 3/4 sleeves wihtout it looking shitty...

I hate hate hate when non tattooed folk see a B&G tattoo and call it a "black and white" tattoo. I used to correct them, but now if I hear it I let it slide because I know other tattooed folk will be able to use that as their cue to stop talking to that person about tattoos. It's almost like a name tag that says "I know jack shit about tattoos"

I started out getting drilled with stuff I thought was rad, now I've slowed down and focus more on collecting certain peoples work and less focused on getting covered.

I'll probably get a big Lebowski portrait of The Dude from Cecil. I might just pick a spot on my body and let Tim Kern do whatever he wants, I love literally everything that guy does