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Penthesilea:
Thank you Chuck and Fabienne :)
The foil (saran wrap) makes me crazy. It rustles with every movement, and because it's so near to my right ear, I hear it very good. :laugh:
I'm counting the days till I can leave it off (Sunday!).
But everything is healing fine, it doesn't itch (yet?).
MaineWriter:
--- Quote from: Penthesilea on March 20, 2008, 06:12:46 am ---Thank you Chuck and Fabienne :)
The foil (saran wrap) makes me crazy. It rustles with every movement, and because it's so near to my right ear, I hear it very good. :laugh:
I'm counting the days till I can leave it off (Sunday!).
But everything is healing fine, it doesn't itch (yet?).
--- End quote ---
They told you to leave the saran wrap on til Sunday? That's different from everything I read that said 6 to 24 hours. I took saran wrap bandage off after 12 hours (overnight).
Mine didn't itch that much, just a little bit on day 6 & 7.
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mvansand76:
Mine didn't have a wrap at all, but maybe that was because it was small? I don't know, mine didn't itch that much either, only after two weeks!
Penthesilea:
Leaving the saran wrap for 4 or 5 days is the regular thing to do here. I've read it several times on different tattoo sites on the internet and it's also what my tattoo artist told me.
You leave the first wrap over night, then you take it off and wash the tattoo every morning and evening, then put some ointment (strange word, I looked it up, never heard before) on it and wrap it again.
I've been told that the saran wrap keeps the tattoo from developing an eschar.
Makes sense to mee. Additionally, the ink bled the first 1.5 days. Would have soiled all clothes without the wrap. But maybe this is because of the not-so-thin, solid black line I have. I think the other lines from the tattoo didn't bleed (much).
RouxB:
Chrissi-it's beautiful, I really like it. I had my consultation for my tat today. My appointment is April 4th and I am planning a second one sometime in December to commenorate my 3 year anniversary of being a Brokie.
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