Our gift for the convention

Free plates for visitors of Philadelphia Tattoo Arts Festival

January 8 to January 10, 2027 · Philadelphia · Pennsylvania Convention Center

Eight comic plates about looking after fresh ink and fresh piercings on a convention trip: on the floor, in the street, at the hotel and on the way home. They are free, in 4K, for your studio, your wall or your collection. Print them, pin them up, share them.

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Made by Poli International for the visitors. We are not affiliated with the organisers. Dates can move: check with the organiser before you travel.

Comic plate: It needs a breather, not a winter coat. An occlusive ointment on a fresh piercing can block the fistula opening and create an anaerobic environment favourable to bacteria. — It needs a breather, not a winter coat.
An occlusive ointment on a fresh piercing can block the fistula opening and create an anaerobic environment favourable to bacteria.
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Comic plate: It is a healing wound, not a fidget spinner. Rotating jewellery tears the fragile new epithelial layer forming inside the fistula and sets healing back. — It is a healing wound, not a fidget spinner.
Rotating jewellery tears the fragile new epithelial layer forming inside the fistula and sets healing back.
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Comic plate: Your arm is not a tropical baking sheet. Coconut oil is not sterile and its occlusive properties can trap bacteria against a healing wound. — Your arm is not a tropical baking sheet.
Coconut oil is not sterile and its occlusive properties can trap bacteria against a healing wound.
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Comic plate: You are wearing a wearable terrarium. Remove transparent film dressings immediately if fluid builds up, the seal breaks, or redness develops under the film. — You are wearing a wearable terrarium.
Remove transparent film dressings immediately if fluid builds up, the seal breaks, or redness develops under the film.
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Comic plate: Tough guys still cry in the bathroom sink. Hydrogen peroxide and alcohol are cytotoxic to fibroblasts and impair re-epithelialisation. — Tough guys still cry in the bathroom sink.
Hydrogen peroxide and alcohol are cytotoxic to fibroblasts and impair re-epithelialisation.
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Comic plate: It is a piercing, not a radio dial. Rotating jewellery tears the fragile new epithelial layer forming inside the fistula and introduces bacteria into the wound. — It is a piercing, not a radio dial.
Rotating jewellery tears the fragile new epithelial layer forming inside the fistula and introduces bacteria into the wound.
Download free in 4K

Comic plate: You are a healing canvas, not a potpourri basket. Fragrance has no therapeutic benefit on wounds and is among the most common contact allergens. — You are a healing canvas, not a potpourri basket.
Fragrance has no therapeutic benefit on wounds and is among the most common contact allergens.
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Comic plate: We are cleaning a tattoo, not sterilising a space shuttle. Antibacterial soaps containing triclosan or chlorhexidine are not necessary for routine aftercare and can be more irritating. — We are cleaning a tattoo, not sterilising a space shuttle.
Antibacterial soaps containing triclosan or chlorhexidine are not necessary for routine aftercare and can be more irritating.
Download free in 4K

4K = 5504 x 3232 pixels, sharp up to poster size. The facts on the plates come from our article Tattoo & Piercing Aftercare Science. Your artist's own aftercare instructions come first.

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