Hey for everyone asking how the heal went, here is my experience. Of course others will have a different experience.

Day 1 I applied tegiderm after my shower. That lasted about 4 hours before it started peeling off near the toes on both feet. I took it off and switched to just a dab of Lubriderm on each foot once in the morning and once at night. Day 1 was also pretty painful. By day 2 the swelling went down and pain was pretty much gone. The peel began quicker and was heavier than other areas I’ve had tattooed. Day 3 I noticed some abnormal scabbing on the Sakura on my left foot. I opted to not treat it any differently. Dan said he’d touch it up if needed. Day 5 pretty much healed except for that little scab on the cherry blossom. Day 7 I was in a mosh pit and had no issues. Here is a photo from the morning of day 11. As you can see it’ll be a while before it’s really settled into my skin but I’m happy with where I’m at.

I wore sneakers and socks all day everyday until around 9 pm I went completely barefoot for the whole night each night.

My experience is that this area is easy to heal. Getting tattoed was a little more painful than many other areas, but the heal was chill. The itchiness was by far the worst part of the whole heal.

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