1. Leave patch on for 2 hours.
2. Remove patch & wash with mild soap & water.
3. Let tattoo air out as much as possible during the day. Before bed, wet with a splash of water and seal with Saran Wrap.
4. Upon waking in the morning, remove Saran Wrap. Wash any residue away with mild soap & water. Put no lotions or ointments on the tattoo. Repeat steps #3 and #4 for several days until there is no residue when you awake in the morning.
5. For the remainder of the healing process, use a nonperfumed lotion such as Lubriderm 2-3 times per day until the tattoo is fully healed (feels like the rest of your skin).
6. DO NOT wear tight clothing or pick/scratch the tattoo.
7. Avoid soaking in water and direct sunlight for 2 weeks.
8. Every time your tattoo tans or burns - for the rest of your life - it fades. Always use a good sunscreen (SPF 35 or more).

Body Piercing Care
Three times daily, clean outside of jewelry with a sterile saline solution, removing any dried matter. Gently move/rotate jewelry to get solution on the inside of the piercing. If you have an oral piercing, brush teeth daily. Rinse after every meal with Biotene or a solution of 50% Listerine and 50% water.

DO NOT play with your jewelry, take it out to clean, wear tight clothing over it, or cut off its air supply with bandages. DO care for it for up to three months and check the tightness of any threaded balls.

Branding Care
There are two main schools of thought as to the aftercare of branding.

Method #1 is to just leave it alone and, washing it regularly to keep it clean, let it heal naturally. By leaving it alone, the body will generally heal a fairly consistent wound. The downside of this method is that that the scar may not be very pronounced.

Method #2 is to irritate the wound, using a variety of methods ranging from simply picking the scab, to rubbing it with steel wool or a toothbrush, to using exfoliants. Irritating a healing scar will greatly increase the amount of scarring, but at the same time, almost always leads to inconsistent scarring (that is, different parts of the scar will raise different amounts).

No matter which method you choose, burns are prone to serious infection, so it is important to keep your scar clean. Wash twice per day with warm water and a mild soap, such as Dr. Bronner's castile soap.