The answer to this question is, “NO YOU CAN NOT DRINK AFTER AND BEFORE GETTING A TATTOO”. Some adverse effects will affect your body before and after getting a tattoo.
When you take alcohol before getting a tattoo, it will increase the blood flow. The blood becomes so thin and it becomes so difficult to pour ink in the layer of your skin. So this is the reason for not taking alcohol before getting a tattoo. If you take a drink before getting a tattoo and then go for a tattoo, it will affect your tattoo structure.
Taking alcohol after getting a tattoo has a bad effect on the body and also on the tattoo. When you drink within 48 hours, it will suppress the immune system, which is active already. So it will stop the healing process of that area where you get a tattoo. Also, the blood becomes thin, which enhances blood flow from that tattoo region.
Risk of taking alcohol
As we mentioned earlier, drinking alcohol is not a good thing before and after tattooing for at least 48 hours. There are a lot of risks related to drinking alcohol. Some of the risks of taking alcohol are as under.
Cause thinning of blood
The thinning of blood before and after tattooing can affect both health of the body and shape or structure of the tattoo.
When you drink before getting a tattoo for at least 48 hours. It will thin your blood like aspirin. The medicine aspirin also has the same role of thinning the blood. So alcohol does the same thing. When the blood of a person becomes thin, it is caused by two ways.
1> The thin blood mix with the ink of tattoo, which is injected to the layer of the skin. It dilutes the ink and hence the look of the tattoo becomes faded.
2> Secondly, the reason for not taking alcohol is that, when the blood becomes thin, it pools out of the puncture holes. The nail already punctured the surface of the skin. Hence it becomes the cause of blood loss and fading of the tattoo.
Excessive bleeding
When someone takes alcohol before getting a tattoo. It causes thinning of the blood. When the technician starts tattooing by puncturing the skin, with the help of a nail, which pushes ink inside the skin. At this stage, the blood pools out from the surface of skin, because of holes. So excessive bleeding occurs and loss of blood happens from the body. Furthermore, it’s difficult for the technicians to do tattooing.
Cause healing process
When you get your tattoo and after that, you drink alcohol, it will cause a healing process of your wounds. Alcohol acts on the immune system and causes it to suppress it.
When the professional does tattooing on your skin. Your skin starts healing itself from puncturing. The immune system enhances its function for healing, but on the other hand, if someone drinks alcohol. It suppresses the immune system, and hence the healing process stops.
Loss of self-control
When you are going to get a tattoo, and you drink alcohol. It loses your self-control. At the time of tattooing professionals will have a lot of hurdles of getting a tattoo on your hands or any other area. You will lose your self-control and hence the chances of disturbing a tattoo structure will be increased.
How long after getting a tattoo can you drink?
We are not going to encourage you to drink alcohol. But at least wait for 48 hour or more. This time period will help you in recovering your body and complete the healing process. Moreover due to the wait of such a time period your tattoo shape will be beautiful and clear, and no shade will appear on it.
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Written by: JD khan
Edited By: Mike Jordan
Sources : JD Tattoo Studio team