Banger Tattoo Care

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    Can You Use Body Wash on a New Tattoo? Here's the Problem

    Your body wash is right there in the shower and it feels like a reasonable option. The problem is it was formulated for intact skin in a daily shower — not a healing wound being washed sixty or more times over two to three weeks. Here is what fragrance, surfactants, residue, and low oil content actually do when they compound across the healing window — and what the format science says to use instead.