[Maloo]

My boyfriend used to tattoo. You're definitely not supposed to soak a tattoo for a while, and you're not supposed to keep it covered for more than a couple hours either. It's definitely not supposed to stay bandaged for more than like 2 hours after you get it done. And when it comes to soaking it, that's how my friend ruined her tattoo - by going in a hot tub when it was a new tattoo, and now it's faded as shit. When a tattoo is new, it's very foreign to your body, and if you're sitting in a hot bad, it's going to open up your pores, your body is going to be pushing the ink out of your skin, and that's why your tattoo fades.