I have swelling in my leg pretty much all the time. Usually it is hardly noticeable, some times much worse. I have been getting tattoo work done almost every two weeks on my lower leg. Now, the tattoo is progressing upward and the swelling is not near as bad.

If that steroid cream causes swelling, I’ll get some for my cock.

I tend to swell up a lot while getting tattooed. I mean REALLY swollen. Advil and icepacks get most of the swelling down in just a few days, and it is completely gone in less than a week. I have the inside of both forearms tattooed, from wrist to ditch, and the swelling there didn’t last any longer than anywhere else. I don’t know why you are still seeing swelling after 4 weeks. And there should definitely be no pain at this point.

Although chopping veggies could aggravate a Carpal Tunnel injury.

It could also be the way the tattoo artist was leaning on you and pinched the ulnar or radial nerve even more, along with tissue trauma. This would make it REALLY hurt.

@Kol 128288 wrote:

That was my hypothesis. Hopefully I’ll heal over time. Thanks for the reply.

Tattoo artists are kind of like ancient Greek doctors. Even the best ones even only really have a detailed knowledge of the external structures (since they’re not cutting people open a lot). If you experience numbness in the pinky and ring finger, it’s the ulnar. The other ones relate to the radial. If some underlying structure starts to feel “not right” during a tattoo, don’t sit there. Last tattoo I had to say, “You’re leaning on my bladder and now I have to pee.” Well, laying his forearm across my pelvic girdle gave him stability, but you’ve got to work as a team.

The tattoo, however, came out very well.

When I got my chest tattooed my boobs swelled up, for a few days I had really nice tits.

I don’t think you should be swollen a month later though.