How to Care for an Inner Lip Tattoo
- 1). Ask your artist what they recommend for you to use for after care. They will probably tell you to keep it as dry as possible for the next four to five days while the tattoo heals.
- 2). You can fold a piece of paper towel so that it fits in the inside of your lip. This will keep your lip from rubbing against your teeth and help the tattoo stay drier.
- 3). You shouldn't wash your tattoo with antimicrobial soaps or apply lotions. After care for an inner lip tattoo is different then other tattoos. If anything you can apply a small amount of A & D vitamin ointment to the inside of your lip.
- 4). Leave it alone. The mouth heals faster than any other part of the body, allowing it to heal by itself is best.
- 5). You should focus on keeping the inside of your lip as dry as you can, but you can eat and drink without messing it up.
- 6). Overnight you may want to place paper towels under your tongue and in your cheeks where your salivary glands are to absorb more saliva and keep your tattoo drier while you sleep.
- 7). At the third day your tattoo will have done most of its healing, so you can stop walking around with a mouth stuffed with paper towels
- 8). Fading is inevitable, but the better you care for your tattoo the less it will fade. If your tattoo does fade you can go to the tattoo artist and they should retouch it for free. Allow yourself 2-3 weeks before a retouch to allow the swelling and bruising to go away.
