So i am joing the crowd and getting a M-dot tatoo…why cuz it was always gonna be my present to myself, plus i always wanted a tatoo of any kind.
SO the question is, how long can you not swim in chlorine for after? Or can i still swim open water at least?
Oh, hahaha one more…can you run right or bike right away after? I am getting it under the calf.
Thanks all…this site rules!
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Don’t have an m-dot, but plenty of other tats. Can’t remember any of my tat-artist telling me to stay out of the water… Think I would have stayed out for at least 24 hours, but that’s with any wound… Either way, a little water isn’t going to remove a tat or make it fade… Just make sure you keep it covered with vaseline for the first 2 day’s and try to keep it from really scabbing up.
Don’t forget the little (R) after the M-Dot.
I’ll try to find the tattoo care page I read this at, but Googling should yield many hits.
If I remember right (and I rarely do) 2 weeks of no chlorinated swimming pools after getting inked.
Yeah…tatoo this little honey …
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Just did a quick search and I’d stay away from my advice… How times have changed in 15 years since my last art…
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I have a couple of tatoos including the M-dot, and they all told me to stay out of the water for at least 14 days. You don’t want it to fade and or bleed out.
2-3 weeks or so is the general rule. This applies to swimming, surfing, etc. Better to be safe than sorry in my opinion…why waste all that good money and work on something that’s going to fade? Just be sure to take care of it, and it’ll last. A+D ointment is what’s worked best for me. And be sure to keep it sunscreened for a while too, especially if you have color. You can do a quick search for tattoo care, or talk with the artist for more specifics.
You should learn to spell tattoo correctly before getting one.
You should learn to spell tattoo correctly before getting one.
First I heard that there was an intelligence test for getting a tattoo!
Stay away from dark red inks that have iron oxides in them – unless you know you’ll never need an MRI.
Congrates on the your decision. Did mine last fall after finishing my 3rd IM. Retired from the Navy and had always toyed with the idea. Made up my own design around the Mdot and had it put on my right calf. Didn’t hurt like I expected. I was told to keep out of the pool for two weeks. Wash it gently twice a day and keep it moist with a high quality scent free hand lotion. I could have run or biked the day after with no problems I think. I even forget about now, but I get some interesting questions about it. Don’t know if I will get another one, but am always looking for different ideas, just in case.