How to Stock Your Small Medicine Cabinet

Having a well stocked medical cabinet is the difference between schlumping around at home feeling miserable or dragging yourself to the store to buy the basics even though you’d rather just lay on the floor and try to keep the world in one spot for a while. Preparing ahead of time with a well stocked medical cabinet is as simple as knowing what you’d likely need and finding it ahead of time.

Get the Bare Essentials of a Medical Stash

The very bare essentials for most homes are a pain and fever reliever such as Tylenol or Aspirin, band-aids, a cleansing agent such as hydrogen peroxide and maybe Neosporin. So long as you have something to clean a small wound, stop the flow of blood and take away the pain, you’ll be the norm for a stocked medical cabinet.

Add Other Common Items to Your Small Medical Cabinet

Other items that are often used with injuries and illness include a medicine to settle the stomach such as Pepto-Bismol, an allergy medication such as Claritin, a cold medicine such as Dayquil, and useful tools like cotton balls and Q-tips. Depending on the type of lifestyle you lead and your general health, you might also find it common to have items such as gauze, large bandages, butterfly sutures, intense pain relievers, decongestants, and medications for PMS.

Add Specialty Items to the Medical Cabinet

If you know you have special medical conditions that pop up from time to time, such as allergy hives, you’d want to be sure you have the right medications on hand to treat them. An allergy medication to tackle hives would make sense. Likewise any medication for boil treatment, warts, cracked skin or severe migraines would want to be included in the medicine cabinet well before you’d be in need of the medicine.

Easy Step By Step Instructions for Stocking a Medicine Cabinet

• Add the bare essentials of a medicine cabinet including band aids and pain reliever
• Add other common elements such as allergy medicine and cold medications
• Add special items to your medical stash to suit your particular needs

Warnings, Advice, and Suggestions When Stocking Your Medicine Cabinet

Most items in the medicine cabinet, with the exception of cotton balls, band aids and Q-tips have an expiration date. Be sure to check the dates of your medications periodically to be sure they haven’t expired.

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How to Care for a New Tattoo

Once you’ve decided on a design and endured the process of putting that design on your body, there is still a lot of work to be done. Tattoos are permanent investments that need a lot of after care in order to heal properly and prevent scarring, colors and lines running and the loss of part or all of your design.

Caring for a Tattoo During the First 8 hours

The first 8 hours are crucial to the care of your new tattoo. When you leave the shop you should have some sort of cover or wrap over your tattoo. This cover is essential as the tattoo is drying to prevent your new ink from sticking to clothing or bed sheets. About 3-4 hours after tattooing it is important to gently clean the area with plain water.

Avoid rubbing or scratching at the area but clean away any blood or left over ink on and around your new art using plain water and clean hands. After you have cleaned the area, gently pat the skin dry and apply a thick layer of a gentle, dye and scent free lotion such as Eucerin or Vaseline brand lotions. It is essential that during the healing process you keep the area well moisturized or “wet”. If your new tattoo is in an area that will be underneath clothing cover the area with some sort of bandage after applying lotion for the first day or two.

Tattoo Care – The First week

For the first week after a new tattoo it is essential to keep the area well hydrated with lotion. Keeping the skin moist will prevent scabbing. Scabs will occur naturally during the healing process and the colors in your tattoo will run into these scabs. Don’t panic. Avoid picking at the scabs and continue to moisturize the area every 2-4 hours. Avoid taking baths or exposing your new ink to water for extended periods of time. Showers won’t hurt your design if you keep exposure to a minimum and are sure to moisturize the area after you are done.

Long Term Care for a Tattoo

After you new tattoo has healed, be sure to apply sunscreen if you will be in the sun for extended amounts of time. Exposure to the sun can fade the colors in your ink and cause damage to your skin, damaging your tattoo. Remember that common skin infections and irritation will appear differently with your tattoo. Allergic reactions can occur even in old tattoos and can appear in the form of warts or red bumps. If you suspect you have an infection or allergy seek medical attention. Dermatologists are best for issues with your tattoo and will work with you to preserve the art as well as your health.

Easy Step By Step Instructions For Caring For a New Tattoo

• After getting the tattoo, be sure to clean the area with water and a gentle soap. Avoid rubbing the area but clean away any blood, plasma or ink left over.
• Keep the area well hydrated using a gentle, healing lotion.
• Apply moisturizer every 2-3 hours for at least the first week to help the healing process and keep the colors bright.

Warnings, Advice, and Suggestions When Caring for a New Tattoo

Do not scratch the area. As your tattoo heals the skin may feel sunburned and itchy. Pat the area to relieve the feeling but do not scratch.

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