Banger Tattoo Care

The soap recommendation does not change by placement. The healing timeline, peeling intensity, and between-wash protocol do. Here is the complete placement-specific guide to tattoo aftercare for hands, feet, ribs, inner arm, neck, and joints.

Skipping moisturizer on a healing tattoo does not automatically cause damage. But what you use to wash it becomes everything. The founder of Banger Tattoo Care dry healed his own tattoo with Day 1 Bar only — here is exactly what happened and what the science says.

Some peeling is normal. Every tattoo peels. The question is not whether yours is peeling but whether the way it is peeling falls within the range that produces a well-healed result or outside it. Thin translucent flaking that releases on its own is the biology working correctly. Thick adherent scabbing that pulls when it lifts is not — and the most common cause is not the tattoo itself. It is what was used to clean it.

Night one after a new tattoo is the hardest. Here is exactly how to protect your ink while you sleep — positions, covers, morning wash protocol, and what to do when things go wrong.

VI Tattoo Soap was built on good intentions. Banger Tattoo Care was built on what we learned when those intentions weren't enough. Here is the story of what changed, what we discovered about the tattoo aftercare industry, and why we built something completely different.

No—you should not swim with a new tattoo for at least 2-4 weeks. Swimming pools, oceans, lakes, and hot tubs expose healing tattoos to bacteria, chemicals, and prolonged soaking that cause infections, fading, and scarring. Here's exactly when it's safe to swim and how to protect your ink.