Tattoos and exercising

If it's on your ribs it may interfere. If it is under your bra band, you are going to have rubbing. Depending upon how sweaty you get, your shirt will be rubbing. One of my friends on here took around a week to heal from hers.

I always waited until it started to scab and heal more... typically 3-4 days before I started any vigourous sweating type workout. The guy who has done my ink suggested about a week time frame so that gives my skin enough time to heal. I am sure many people will exercise soon after and have no issues, only reason I waited the 3-4 days was because I have super sensitive skin and I didn't want to risk it getting infected from sweat.

Depends on where you get it.. The one on my forearm took a bit because everytime I bent my arm,it hurt a little. THe one on my back and ankle weren't interfering with anything.

I have mine in the classic "tramp stamp" position where underwear and pants tend to rub. Mine was good to go in just a few days. No scabbing, no bleeding, nothing. Just followed directions carefully, keeping it moist with bacitracin (not triple antibiotic) at first, then switching to the CVS version of vasoline intensive care. I wasn't exercising at the time, but it didn't stop me from doing my normal teaching routine! (On my feet 4 hours a day, 2 days a week, and several more hours each day otherwise.)

I think everyone is different and location makes a huge difference. Mine is on my back, off to the side (over one of my kidneys). I required about 1 hour of healing time before it was life as usual. Maybe a little TLC in the following days but really nothing that interfered with my regular stuff.

Just got one on my hip. I needed a LOT longer for healing than I would have predicted.

A month later, the final scabs are coming off, and I am going to need touchups because of so much ink loss.
Across the crease of my hip was a difficult location for healing/walking/sitting/driving.

Anything that rubs on it will prolong the healing, so if your bra will be in contact with it, that is going to be difficult.

I got mine on my shoulder, so no rubbing when I was exercising, because all my workout tanks/bras are racer-back, but I did have a lot of scabbing and I need touch-ups too, and it's less than a year old. Very frustrating. needless to say I'm not going back to that tattooer, I think he gave me bad advice for healing.

im suffering from working out after layin ink right now! lol. i just got a little bit of a touch up job and a little more color on saturday. the problem isnt with working out (unless its on a part of ur body that needs to bend and stretch alot during ur workout) the problem is with the sweat and having the tat stay wet for a prolonged period of time. i sweat like a _____ in church during my spin classes...then today not even fn thinking i decided to go into the sauna for a few minutes before i hit the shower. DUMB MOVE! wet scabby ink, NOT GOOD.

oh and PS definitly DO NOT use any petrolium based products or ointments after wards! especially if yor working out. it will trap all the moisture in and thats not good! your skin needs to breathe!!!!

I have four tats and train 6 days a week. the only thing you really need to do is stay out of sauna's , hot tubs, and pools for a few weeks ( 2-3 weeks is what my tatoo artist says but I think others might say something different.)
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Dont use A&D. LOL Your ink is not BUTT. Use Cure'l Advanced healing lotion. and yeah...you can work out the next day. Cover it up to ensure the sterility of the environment. You DONT want it to get infected.

I have one on each wrist. For both of them, I went to work at a fried chicken joint within hours after getting them done. I slathered them up with neosporin, wrapped them under saran wrap, and I was good.

The colors are still bright and amazing 8 years later, and they healed up just fine (I unwrapped them and cleaned them after work each night, of course).

I know some folks say using neosporin is bad, so use your judgement on that. Not sure where you are getting the work done, but it did feel sore when I bent my wrists (which was all day).

Oh also be careful about where it is...does it run to your waist or potentail areas which may become stretched again i.e when having babies. This is something i took into consideration as i didnt want mine to stretch out like ive seen on other people

I had one done on my lower back and of all my tattoos this was the worst as far as healing. Everytime I bent at the waist the scab would break- it took a long time to heal. All my other tattoos were not to bad and healed quickly. I can only assume a treadmill, stairclimber etc wouldn't be to bad on ya- but anything that required alot of bending or twisting and turning may prove to be sensitive. I would just keep it mousterized constantly with some ointment- this may help with sweat getting into it as well. I would avoid the pool till completely healed the chlorine could wash out the color. Back in the day we used Bactine, vaseline or hydrocortisone cream and we kept it covered. I do not know what is used these days, some no longer cover their's. But ask your artist what is best.

Where you get it and the size also makes a difference. My first was about the size of a flip-phone and on my ankle. No biggy, no pain.. the one on my back was about the size of 1/4 of my back and took 6 hours. It was misery for a week and I couldn't wear a bra the entire time!!

I just got my fifth and was in the gym the next day, ran the Devil Dash a week later. This one is on my forearm so I just watch to make sure it doesn't rub against anything while it heals. You would be surprised how much your arm scrapes against your body when you are really paying attention.

If you do any aqua workout you may want to postpone that for at least for the first two weeks. I teach aqua but I teach from the deck and only jump in if a member needs me so its been pretty easy to stay dry though I REALLY miss the hot tub.