Can u go tanning after getting a tattoo??
I would recommend against it, seriously. Minimally, wait at least a month before going out. The skin is healing and won’t give the normal protection from UV. The upper, dead epidermis will still be getting replaced, and the non-shedding areas in the dermis & lower will have greater exposure. This hardly means you’ll get a melanoma from this specific action, but it’s all additive and this will increase chances. And yes, a little sun once won’t kill a tattoo, but repeated tannings will. How do you think all those grizzled old sailors got their anchors blurred? If you want to have any ugly old blurry tattoo as quickly as possible, lots of tanning is definitely the way to go. Addendum: To clarify, the layer of skin you normally shed over time is thinner while healing, meaning more carcinogenic UV B can penetrate to skin layers that do not shed and are, in fact, permanent. It’s fine to trash the skin you’ll shed – it’s going away. Do not damage the skin below that. It’s with you to stay.
