Tattoo Goo Deep Cleansing Soap, Disinfecting Tattoo and Piercing Aftercare - Moisturizing Olive Oil, Alcohol and Fragrance Free - 3 oz;

Tattoo Goo's deep cleansing soap is formulated to provide a broad-spectrum germicidal solution while still being gentle to the skin. The soap's specially formulated cleansing agent "PCMX-L" cleans at a deeper level to prevent bacterial growth and infection by removing more dirt and dead skin cells. New healthy emerging layers of skin are exposed, an important step in tattoo healing and piercing aftercare. When choosing a soap you want to pick one that is not harsh to the skin. Harsh soaps can dry out the skin causing "special safe harbors" for bacteria and viruses to hide in making it very difficult to get a good kill on the skin. Traditional antimicrobial / antibacterial soaps contain quats (quaternary ammonia) compounds which carry very alkaline (high pH's) although effective at short term kills they are ineffective on persistent antimicrobial activity and they complicate good skin hygiene by systematically destroying the acid mantle of the skin.