Like this: at least a week is not advisable to swim in the pool (especially chlorine, and it is the most swimming pools), avoid the hot rooms, sauna, gym and fitness club, not expose tattoo in direct sunlight because the skin is very sensitive, until the tattoo is not healed completely, watch the dust, dirt, shock, and touch, etc..
Tattoos are healing, as said, from one to two weeks (depending on your skin, an area the size of tattoo etc.)... During this time the skin is a little more touch sensitive (like, as if this example burning the sun), but not hurt, does not usually itching and is also no other side effects.
If you get any reaction, excessive redness, which lasted several days, if this pain or itching in a very similar, go after the advice back to tattoo artist and immediately thereafter to the doctor! This is for your skin (literally), so do not...
Most likely you will get orders from tattoo artist that the day after the tattooing come back to him again to review (and possibly again later, when fully healed). If the next day is everything all right (that you will be told), then there is no worry that something went wrong.
Basic Care of Tattoo
