So you are about to get a tattoo and you want to care for it. Doesn't matter whether it is a small ladybug or a dragon that mounts the world - you want the ink to stay in the skin and minimal pain during the healing process. As a proud graduate of the 6x Tattoo School (medium and large) here is the best answer on the internet:
1. Do NOT use a petroleum based product. Why? Because the AAD says so. Note, this isn't your cousin Ted. This is the dermatological doctors' body of knowledge.
1.A. So DO NOT use Vaseline, most of the Aquaphor sub-brands (read the labels and see the paraffin), and any other derivative of petroleum jelly.
1.B. Do NOT use products with various alcohols and numbing solutions. These burn quite mightily! The AAD doesn't say anything about them, but for goodness sake - why suffer?!
2. That leaves us with two big options:
2.A. The half-hour search at the grocery store for something that isn't mentioned in 1...OR...
