Covering tattoos and washing hands

BeansMama · Apr 4, 2014

Tat jacket website has temporary flesh tattoos, you can cut them to size to fit on your knuckles, and it lasts 3 days. I used it on a tattoo on my neck.

http://www.tatjacket.com - it's the eclipse temporary tattoo

It works... I had to apply two coats though, you may only need one, they come in packs of threes I think. It should hold up even with washing, mine always had to be taken off with rubbing alcohol.

Hope this helps!

aeris99 · Apr 4, 2014

What a great post!! Thank you! I have visible ink on my wrists and would have had to wear long sleeves while in school.

My previous employers didn't care about my ink but my adviser told me I have to cover it for class. I'm going to check that product out tonight! :)

CodyH · Apr 4, 2014

I just ordered it. Will give it a try. I'm still open to suggestions from people that have experience.

Pink Magnolia, BSN, RN · Apr 4, 2014

Have you ever tried this?

Hard Candy Glamoflauge Heavy Duty Concealer With Concealer Pencil, Medium 313 - Walmart.com

I used it as makeup but I heard it's good for covering tats too!

ceebeejay · Apr 5, 2014

Talk with your professors. I do not think using a covering on your hands is a solution, as you will be harboring bacteria and other microbes. Contradicts the point of washing your hands and is the reason we are asked not to wear nail polish. I believe that it will not be a huge issue when they understand that you are attempting to have them removed. Just talk to your professors.

pixiestudent2 · Apr 5, 2014

Hello everyone, I'm starting an ASN program this Fall. Like many programs, we cannot have visible tattoos during clinical. Roll tide is tattoed on my knuckles. I've had four laser tattoo removal procedures but the ink is still visible. I have to wait six to eight weeks between treatments and I probably will need ten laser treatments to complete it. I searched online and saw a lot of make up that would work to cover it, but kept running into the same problem of me washing my hands constantly. I know nurses wash their hands about 100 times per day, does anyone have experience with a product that can take all the soap with no problem?
Cody

That's a great tattoo! Haha, sorry to hear you're removing it!

queserasera, RN · Apr 7, 2014

Oh, tattoos and nursing school! I'm a female with quite a few visable tattoos a full arm sleeve, full leg sleeve, and small tattoo behind my ear. Luckily I am able to cover them up with the tat2x sleeves and a ink hide patch behind my ear. I do have a small one on my wrist that is lower than the rest and I use an amazing cosmetics concealer on it.

The concealer is very thick and pigmented it does a fair job hiding the small tattoo, however it does fade dramatically even after one hand washing (wrists need washing too!).

Luckily my fiancee is a professional tattoo artist who is always being solicited by companies to use this and that for cover ups. I just asked him what he thought and he said to look into "tatt2away". Apparently it's a tattoo removal procedure, however it is much more successful that traditional laser removal (faster) and possibly more cost effective. Shops must be licensed in the procedure and he gave me a list of professional tattoo studios that have the equipment and appropriate professional licensure. Feel free to inbox me with your state and I might be able to point you in the right direction if a google search doesn't prove fruitful for you.

I know this doesn't solve your problem for right now, but maybe it could be a longer-term solution to getting your knuckles tattoo-free faster.

Good luck!