Question: Liquid Band-Aid On New Tattoo?

Q: "Hi.....I recently got a Tattoo...my 16th one lol...well just before mine was worked on a young lady asked the artist about using Liquid Bandaid on hers as they were going on a cruise....Is there any reason it can not be used?? I told my artist friend I would ask.Thank you for any and all help.It is Greatly appreciated."

A: "Oohhh...all I can say is "ouch". Have you ever used liquid bandaid? I have - the stuff is really sticky and difficult to get off. But that's not even the whole reason that using liquid bandaid would bea really bad idea. Tattoos are more than just a scratch - they need to breathe and they need to drain. If you put liquid bandaid over a fresh tattoo, it's not going to breathe or drain. All the drainage is going to get backed up under the sealed goo, and then when it can't breathe it's going to get hot, moist and possibly develop and abscess infection. Not a good thing. Even if the tattoo somehow did manage to heal, when it came time to remove the bandaid, all the scabs that had been formed to protect the tattoo, or any new skin that had grown over it would now be ripped off and the whole healing process would have to begin again. Not to mention it would probably really mess up the tattoo. No, this is why we don't even recommend any kind of dressing on a new tattoo after the first few hours because it needs to breathe and be allowed to drain. Liquid bandaid sounds like a very bad idea to me.