Getting tattoos on high-friction areas of your body requires taking it easy on those body parts while your tattoo heals. In some spots that's harder to achieve than others, because rubbing is nearly impossible to avoid and thus ends up keeping the wound open and susceptible to infection for longer.
"These would be areas where there may be chronic friction from clothing, such as along the waistband, or areas of a lot of movement, such as on joints like elbows or knees," Dr. Fenton told Bustle.
One way to lessen the friction is to wear loose clothing, according to Dan Hunter of Authority Tattoos. "Wearing loose clothing also prevents the material from sticking to the tattoo," Hunter said. "If clothing sticks, it can get stuck in the fluids healing your wound. When you pull it away, it may pull ink with it as well."
