Golden Peso Tattoo

❗️Educational post❗️

Many people ask whether new or not how tattoo healing works! Is the redness and swelling normal? Is this clear fluid normal? Why are white bumps appearing on my skin? It itches can I scratch it?

Well to tell you the truth everyone’s body is different! But healing is a similar process for just about everyone!

To be fair- Normal tattoo healing takes 2 to 4 weeks for the surface, but can take up to 6 MONTHS for the deeper layers of skin to settle. What does this mean? Settling for tattoo ink is when it’s healed and it basically sets down into the deeper layers of your dermis, or skin. Kind of like when sand is introduced into the ocean and over time it drifts down to the sea bed and settles!

The healing process involves multiple processes!
Stage 1: Inflammation & Weeping. This means- (Days 1–3)During the first few days, your tattoo is essentially an open wound. Expect redness, mild swelling, tenderness, and warmth. Depending on your health or any underlying conditions it can also cause bruising on rare occasion but this isn’t recommended for everyone! It is also completely normal for the tattoo to leak excess ink, blood, and clear plasma. Plasma is your bodies natural immune systems way of pushing healing to the “wound” and beginning the healing stage ! White blood cells need to do their job!

Stage 2: Peeling & Itching (Days 4–14)The outer layer of skin will begin to dry out and peel, similar to a sunburn. You can have minor scabbing, but again depending on your bodies natural defense, thick layers of scabbing could potentially mean over worked skin and scabbing usually isn’t or shouldn’t be “normal”. Your tattoo may look patchy or dull during this time. It will also become very itchy. Do not pick, scratch, or peel the skin, as this can pull out ink and cause scarring. Some redness can be apparent during this stage in specific places if clothing irritation occurs but shouldn’t be anything severe!

Stage 3: Surface Recovery & Silver Skin (Weeks 3–4)By the end of the second week, most of the peeling should stop. But again this can vary person to person! The skin may look slightly waxy, tight, or have a "silvery" sheen to it. This is normal, fresh skin and will return to its natural finish over the following weeks as the ink settles!

White bumps can also occur if you’re washing too much or over moisturizing! Make sure your moisturized but your skin needs to breathe! Your skin is a living organ too!

Always consult your artist with any questions, and know we’re there if you need us!

🫶🏻 Alice

❗️If your skin becomes and stays extremely red, swollen, excessively bruised, weeps yellow, green, or begins to show signs of pus this could be a sign of infection and it’s recommended you go to urgent care and be seen by a medical professional ❗️

July 4th, 2026 The Golden Peso will be closed to walk-ins. We will accept walk-ins again Sunday 7/5/26! Enjoy the holiday!🙂