Tattoos

[Happy guy.]

Hi

This is probably a silly question but I just want to check something - if a client has recently had a tatoo, I'm still ok to give an aromatherapy massage aren't I? I'd obviously avoid the tender area of the tatoo, but is the rest of the body ok to massage with essential oils? Sorry if this is a dumb question.

 

[MMR]

hey

yeah that should be fine. just avoid the tattoo to stop the tattoo fading if it is scabbing. i got a tattoo myself whenever we were training for aromatherapy and nothing happened.

jh x

 

[Lillyyyy]

i have a little tattoo on my right leg. my reflexologist avoid to massage the area of the tattoo in order to avoid fading. I don't know if some oils (both essential and carrier) can dissolve tattoos and some others don't.

 

[wandering soul]

Thanks for your advice - I performed the massage with essential oils, avoiding the tatoo and all was fine. No need to worry after all.

 

[Donnie]

But by a funny coincidence, a woman phoned me last night asking for an aromatherapy massage this week before she has a tattoo done on Sunday. I'll have to try to fight the impulse to ask where the tattoo is going...