worried this isnt healing properly, its been 4 days.. it feels extremly tight… used a&d for the frist 2 days… went to luberdirm and i htink that irritated it more.. its getting very red..so tonight i went back to a&d hoping the redness clears up… this picuture doesnt do the justice its much more red.. it seems as tho teh lines arent as straight as they were when i first got it done.. some of the yellow has dried blood in it..and it looks like the black ran into it too… do you think that will go away with the scabbing? anyone think i should start doing a new care process? i dunno if i should switch lotions or what… i have an ice pack on now just to reduce the heat/redness… thanks
I could definitely be wrong, but it almost looks over worked, either your artist pressed too hard or went over the same spots multiple times.. Definitely keep it moist, keep washing it, and when it’s healed call up your artist and take a professional opinion if it still doesn’t look right
Hope that helps any
Zach
Take some Ibuprofen or any other anti-inflammatory for the swelling/heat/redness. You will find that it helps alot. Make sure u are using a good cleanser(dial liquid soap) before you put on your ointment..and wash it everytime before you re-apply. I wouldn’t recommend doing this more then 3 times a day..also don’t over apply the ointment, your tattoo needs to get air to heal. It takes most people a couple of weeks to fully heal for a big tattoo. I’m sure it will look just fine once its all healed up.
It looks fine. Wait til it’s healed which usually takes 4-6 weeks. I wouldn’t be too worried about it. Tattoos look like shit during the healing process. If it feels tight, put a little moisturizer on it like Lubriderm, you don’t want to keep it too moist. A little dab on your finger tip and gently run it over your tattoo. Keeping it too moist will make the scabbing worse. It’s going to feel tight during the healing process, there’s no way around it.
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