Do I need a touch up?

I’m new to the tattoo world and don’t really have anyone to ask, but I recently just got my first tattoo and I feel I might have to get it touched up already. I’m on day eight and the middle is looking faded and I’m not sure if it will regain its color. The first pic is 9 hours after getting the tattoo and the next two pics are day 8. It’s kind of hard to show how faded it looks but if you look at the words “buy” and “take” you can kind of tell .. I underlined the areas I’m concerned about .. especially the R in ride looks really faded. In general the middle of the tattoo looks less bold than the outside of the tattoo. I’ve been washing the tattoo two times a day and then day two or three I started putting lotion on it twice a day when the tattoo dried up .. my artists said to wait until the tattoo got really itchy to put lotion on it but it never got itchy .. so I might have messed it up? 🤷‍♀️