Hi
Red pigment has one of the highest irritant contents compared to all other colours so the body will try and flush it from the body harder by pumping more blood to the site. This in turn sends more hemoglobin that forms into a scab which tries to seal off the wound from outside infection whilst the scar tissue locks it in place from spreading through the body.
Take a look at my blog on what is tattoo ink and will give you an idea of some of the stuff they put in.
As tattoo manufacturers do not have to disclose what pigments they use in their inks some of them have a higher toxicity than main brands who tend to use synthetic ingredients.
Take Care
Matthew
One on my arm is predominantly dark and bright green, it scabbed little, and looks great.
Going off topic here (don’t know how that’s looked at)… the tattoo artist did tell my husband to come back after it’s healed, so she could touch it up, as it became so swollen at it as difficult to see what was what), but that meant the highlights and the shading… shading looks great apart from(, as mentioned above) all the green dissappeared. Don’t think he’s looking forward to having to redo the green, as it wasn’t pleasant as she was doing it (kept going over the same place over and over to get the correct shades), so don’t kno whether he’ll leave it without the green or not. Got a few more weeks to go though for it to be completely healed.
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