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Enter the date you were tattooed, or leave it on today, to see a general healing timeline: the first wrap, the washing days, the itchy middle stretch and the slower month after that.
Follow the sheet your artist gave you if it differs from this page. The notes here draw on published dermatology advice and are not medical guidance. For the style-specific version of what happens next, read how fine-line tattoos heal, fade and age.
Day-by-day healing notes
General information only. Follow the aftercare sheet your artist gave you if it differs from this.
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