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Posts: 60
From: MN
Posted: 2002-08-08 15:38
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There is an tattoo aftercare product on the market called Tattoo Goo. After a couple customers used it they had very bad reactions which caused me to have totally re-do both tattoos. To me it seemed like it happened because of the sun. One tattoo was on the neck, other wrist both areas in the sun a lot. It's like they almost got an instant sunburn. Here's a list of ingredients: olive oil, beeswax, cocoa butter, sweet almond oil, wheat germ oil, tocopheryl acetate & tocopheryl (vit. E), lavender oil, sunflower oil, comfrey extract, rosemary extract, 8-hydroquinoline sulfate, castor oil, D & C green 6 & yellow 11. So what do ya think? Any thoughts? Thanks for your time, Kelli

I received this from Kelli..
Eric do you have any idea? or anyone have an answer for her?

C

Chris, I added Tattoo to the subject so people knew what the help was on.
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Formulated Solutions

Here is my take on this. It sounds like, from the ingredients that you provided, someone was basically using what in effect acted like an inexpensive outdoor magnifying sun tanning lotion on a tattoo rather than an SPF product. Remember tattoos with the various colored pigments, act like UV magnets and over time the colors exposed to the UV will tend to fade or worse degrade. Immediately following a tatoo the skin is sensitive and injured, and should be protected.

By using this Ointment (remember can’t call it a cream or lotion since they list no water), they basically were increasing the amount of UV that could penetrate the skin and affect the Tattoo.

I am not sure what was the designed purpose of the product, but I have may reservations as to why you would want to use this after a tattoo. I am sure you can find a product designed to provide an occlusive covering (Occlusive meaning the product is all oils that seals the skin with a lipid barrier for protection) with an SPF… Or better yet use an SPF.

I would be a bit hesitant with the Tattoo Goo, I am so critical about company’s that improperly label ingredients (happens a lot on tanning lotions, ie. Aloe Vera Listed first) , on cosmetics, and if the ingredients appear on the label exactly how they appear on your post, then they have some inconsistencies, and I would question the source.


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Tanning Division: Technique Laboratories[ This Message was edited by: Formulated Solutions on 2002-08-09 08:56 ]