One of the first things that any newbie to the world of tattoos will need to know is that your tattoo and the sun will never be friends. It is also important to realize that it will be necessary to keep your tattoo out of direct sunlight for at least a month after you have had it done. Even after the tattoo is healed you will need to put a high sun-block cream on it whenever you are out in the sun so as to protect it. Just remember that putting on the cream won’t completely protect it from the sun’s rays.
The reason why it is important for you to avoid the sun with a tattoo is that the sun’s rays cause the ink in your tattoo to break down. This breaking down of the ink causes image distortion due to cracking and fading. Even the occasions small bit of exposure to the sun can cause fading. The purpose of traditional sun-block is to protect your skin from burning; they haven’t been created for protecting your tattoo.
The good news is though, that there is now a new product about to reach the market that has been specially created to help protect your tattoo from the sun; the name of this product is Tattoo Armor. The first product on the market will be the Precision Sunscreen Pen; this is like an ink pen only it has a brush on the end and claims to apply the sunscreen easily without any mess.
Although sunscreen might not always be great at protecting tattoos it is a whole lot better than nothing so you should always use it.
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