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New tattoo sore and red?
It's Sunday and I got this Friday on my arm. It's very dry and scabbed over already, I wash it regularly and use light in non scented lotion, I'm concerned because it aches and has a redness around it extending down my arm. It's only a little bit swollen and the redness is very faint but I'm worried, is it doing okay?
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- Anonymous8 years agoFavorite Answer
You're going to be sore,swollen, and red for alittle but it will eventually pass.....I think there is also some kind of tattoo ointment you can use to help it
- 5 years ago
Puss? Whether it is oozing any thing after the first day is just not a excellent signal. A butterfly on the ankle taking longer han an hour leads me to suspect the artist to be a scratcher, an unlicensed residence tattooer, or just a unhealthy artist. Seems like they severely overworked your dermis which ends up in an infection. Signs of illness are redness swelling and hot to the contact. Yeah an infected tattoo will believe heat to scorching. Discharge as good. If you happen to see crimson lines growing out of the tattoo, the gave the look of pink blood vessels that instantly show up, then it could be intelligent to seek advice from your emergency room. Now if the redness is around an field the size of pea, and the leisure of the tattoo shouldn't be pink and swollen, additionally the puss you describe is obvious in color, aka plasma, then that's simply an discipline that was overworked and can take longer to heal. Depart any scab by myself and the subject may just require a touch up. A small little overworked field is fine and an occasional occurance that even the first-rate artists on the earth will have happen. Your overall pleasant bet could be to take a talk over with to the save and have the artist check it out.
- Anonymous8 years ago
This is normal, it stays sore for a few days. If it is dry and scabbed put lotion on more regularly, if anything the scabbed area might be faded when it heal, just don't pick it. Pretty soon it will start to peel, just let it peel naturally and don't mess with it.
- 8 years ago
if there's a lot of shading or color it will be red for a few days, I had a big tattoo on my forearm and it was red and puffy for a week.