New tattoo has started the itchy phase of healing…
Someone shoot me; this is gonna be a bitch. In an attempt to keep from scratching at my very itchy leg I’m drinking tea while scratching pretty well everything else I can. It’s sort of working. Kind of. Maybe not so much…
I’m nearly done this; this’ll be my penultimate cup of it. I made it with a little bit of milk and hot and I’m actually finding it quite nice. For whatever reason the raisin notes I normally dislike aren’t that apparent and the creamyness of the milk with the natural malt and smokey notes of the keemun are really pleasant. The finish reminds me of a darker rye. Delicious!
Even better than this being my second last cup, I was finally able to move the last little bit into a sample bag and clean the tin out to put something else in it! I’ve got so many weird assorted bags of black tea in my cupboard right now that I want to move into tins, and I finally got to kind of do that! One step closer to a more organized cupboard.
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Rub in a little moisturizer when it gets really itchy – that helps…… :))
No lotion/moisturizer for the first 48 hours according to my artist; while I’ve not been told this before this is also my largest piece yet so I’m respecting her advice and understanding that healing this time around may be quite different. Tomorrow hopefully some lotion will offer sweet relief!
Congrats on the new tattoo!
Moisturizer never helped me with the itch. I usually bitch slap them away :-\
I agree with the no moisturizer in the first 48….odd (for me/my experiences) that it’s itchy already. Mine weren’t itchy until about day 3 or 4 that’s why I suggested it. Listen to your artist, and follow their advice…. will be much better soon then you will have a beautiful new piece of art. :)
This one and my umbrella/bird cage are the only two I’ve got with any colour in them; and both were starting to itch by the second day – with all my others it wasn’t until like the fourth day. Coincidentally (or perhaps not) they’re also the largest pieces I’ve got (with the exception of the binary code band). This one is also the first on an area other than my arms and I guess placement could also tie into it at least a little.
Rub in a little moisturizer when it gets really itchy – that helps…… :))
No lotion/moisturizer for the first 48 hours according to my artist; while I’ve not been told this before this is also my largest piece yet so I’m respecting her advice and understanding that healing this time around may be quite different. Tomorrow hopefully some lotion will offer sweet relief!
Congrats on the new tattoo!
Moisturizer never helped me with the itch. I usually bitch slap them away :-\
I agree with the no moisturizer in the first 48….odd (for me/my experiences) that it’s itchy already. Mine weren’t itchy until about day 3 or 4 that’s why I suggested it. Listen to your artist, and follow their advice…. will be much better soon then you will have a beautiful new piece of art. :)
This one and my umbrella/bird cage are the only two I’ve got with any colour in them; and both were starting to itch by the second day – with all my others it wasn’t until like the fourth day. Coincidentally (or perhaps not) they’re also the largest pieces I’ve got (with the exception of the binary code band). This one is also the first on an area other than my arms and I guess placement could also tie into it at least a little.