16/10/2026
Here’s why picking/scratching at your tattoo whilst it’s healing is BAD!!
• you will pull ink out
- those patchy spots and blurred lines you get once the tattoos healed? Those are gonna need touchups!
• infections
- dirt from under your fingernails can get inside those scabs, and can create micro-wounds from itching, which can lead to infection!
•scarring
- remember when you were a kid and you were always told not to pull scabs off because they’ll scar, but you never listened and now we’ve all got loads of random little scars? Well turns out they were telling the truth. Pulling them forces your skin to restart the healing process, which can create thicker scar tissue
And lastly it just extends the healing process! Everytime you scratch and pick those areas, you’re restarting your healing clock back to square one, creating new open wounds
We know it’s hard, we are also guilty of it I assure you, but we have to try our best, tattoo quality includes good aftercare!
