First tattoo and on my rib cage, have a few questions?

garnetcobriana

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I'm getting my first tattoo hopefully sometime next week. I've decided to put it on my ribcage as this seems to be the perfect placement for it. I have a fairly high tolerance for pain but won't pretend to know what to expect with a tattoo, so any stories of those who have rib tattoos would be great.

I'm also a model and I have a shoot scheduled for a few days afterwards. It's in a clean and easy going environment so I would be able to take breaks to clean and care for it. I was just wondering on average how long did it take for your tattoo's to stop looking red. I don't mind a little bit of swelling and such, but I know that they look very irritated at first as well they should be, but I just wonder how quickly does the original red irritation go down (I am aware that the full healing process takes a much longer time)

Also can anyone recommend a good antiseptic soap, and or a good moisturizing cream.
Any after care advice would be great.

Thanks!
 
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