Saniderm Instructions
-Your first bandage can stay on as long as it doesn’t leak. I reccommend leaving it on for 5-7 days.

-It’s easiest to remove the bandage in a steamy shower. Pick up a corner and gently pull away from the tattoo (parallel to the skin not upwards and away from it), or folding it over itself and allowing the warm water to help remove the residue.

-Gently but thoroughly wash your tattoo with warm water and unscented soap from a bottle (this can even be facial clenser for sensitive skin), do not use bar soap as it harbors bacteria. Wash using your fingertips and avoid using anything abrasive such as loofahs, washcloths, towels, etc.

-Make sure to rinse off all of the soap residue, but aviod “soaking” the tattoo for longer than 3-5 minutes.

-Allow your tattoo to air dry or pat it dry with a clean paper towel. Avoid using towels, even clean towls can harbor bacteria.

Second Application:

-If I sent you home with additional sanaderm-if not skip this section .

-If applying a second bandage and some time has passed since your first bandage removal, wash the tattoo once again with unscented soap and pat the tattoo dry with a clean paper towel.

-Make sure to thoroughly rinse off any soap residue before applying the bandage.

-Make sure the room your bandage is being applied in is clean and free of children and pets, and that the surface holding your bandage has been sanitized.

-Be sure that whoever assists you in putting on a dermal bandage thoroughly washes their hands and dries them with a clean paper towel.

-This second bandage will hopefully last you a full 6 days, after which you can return to a basic aftercare routine.

-If the bandage leaks at any point, it is no longer protecting your tattoo, you can remove or replace it, or skip down to basic aftercare routine.

Basic Atercare Routine (when not using saniderm or after removing saniderm)

-Gently but thoroughly wash your tattoo with warm water and unscented soap from a bottle (this can even be facial clenser for sensitive skin), do not use bar soap as it harbors bacteria. Wash using your fingertips and avoid using anything abrasive such as loofahs, washcloths, towels, etc.

-Allow your tattoo to air dry or pat it dry with a clean paper towel. Avoid using towels, even clean towls can harbor bacteria.

- Apply a thin layer of unscented lotion or your choice of tattoo balm.

-Repeat this 3-4 times a day, being careful not to overwash your tattoo, until your tattoo is healed. You’ll know your tattoo is healed when it’s no longer shiny, flaky or itchy.

Things To Avoid:

- Avoid scratching or picking at your tattoo. You can actually gently slap your tattoo with clean hands for some relief.

-Soaking a healing tattoo by over-moisturizing, retaining moisture is important but the skin needs to breath to heal.

-Swimming, hot-tubbing or soaking in a bath.

- Dirty clothing, sheets or furniture

- Contact with pet dander

- Products with fragrances

- Prolonged sunshine.

Over the long life of your tattoo, some blurring and fading is totally expected. Sunshine and sunburns have the ability to expedite and increase fading, especially in color tattoos. After your tattoo is healed, applying a generous amount of sunscreen during a day in the sun will help to minimize this..

Irritation

-Some irritation and redness may occur around your saniderm, most likely from soap residue or pet dander getting trapped under the bandage. Some body parts, like the inner arm, are more prone to redness due to pulling of the skin when we naturally twist and turn resulting in the edge of the bandage becoming irritated. Pay close attention and use your best judgement on whether to remove or replace the bandage. If you replace it, move it a bit closer in to the tattoo so that it doesn’t again touch the irritated area.

-If the tattooed area is swollen, elevate it if possible and take whatever anti-inflammatories you’re used to taking. You can also wrap an ice pack in a t-shirt and lay it over the bandaged tattoo.