Everyone who gets a tattoo goes into the shop knowing that how it looks at the end of the session is the most sharp and vibrant it’s ever going to look. Once healed, work done by a talented, professional tattoo artist will still look fresh and vivid, but from that point on, other factors play a significant role in how that ink will look when it’s not so new anymore.

In addition to following your artist’s aftercare instructions, there are things you can do — or, more accurately, avoid doing — to ensure your tattoo will age beautifully. “Right after getting a tattoo, until fully healed, I would avoid anything that would cause friction on the surface, like tight clothing,” says dermatologist Naissan O. Wesley, who recommends also steering clear of swimming and smoking during the healing process. The long game for tattoos is a little more of a mystery, however. “We’re still trying to understand what other factors affect tattoo aging long-term, and more studies will hopefully be done in the future.”

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That said, much of tattoo maintenance falls in line with common-sense skin care. “Taking care of your tattoo means taking care of the skin that it lives in,” dermatologist Edgar Fincher tells Allure. We asked these experts exactly what that means, so you can give your tattoo its brightest possible future.

There are numerous reasons a tattoo may fade or become misshapen over the course of a lifetime. Among them, Wesley says, are the location of the tattoo, the color and type of pigment, sun exposure, and smoking. Additionally, both she and Fincher call out the likelihood of an amateur tattoo changing faster or more dramatically over time.

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“There is a definite difference between professional tattoos and amateur or self-injected tattoos,” Fincher says. “The professional ones are generally placed deeper, and the ink is more concentrated, so the overall result is that it stays longer and looks better longer.” Amateur tattoos tend to fade or become blurry over time, he says — but that doesn’t mean that can’t happen with a tattoo done by a pro.

“Despite the quality of the initial tattoo, the appearance can sometimes change with the ink becoming lighter or blurry over time,” Fincher says. “I think that in most cases the changing of a professional tattoo has more to do with the health of the skin than the ink itself.”

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