@Dan 147157 wrote:

try some fragrance free lubriderm a a few times a day,leave it alone,and wait the couple months it takes to fully heal.

Yeah that’s what I was using but I haven’t used anything since Tuesday night. Everything I’ve read says to keep it dry and not use anything right now. I’m just scared to touch it and accidentally pull a scab off prematurely and mess it up even worse or worsen the infection, it’s only my 3rd tattoo but first infection

Is my original reply there? I don’t see it but it says it’s there. If not than the pic is on my profile, it’s the only pic there and was taken 10 or 15 minutes ago. After 2 days of taking Cipro it actually looks a lot better than it did. Oh and I should add that I work in a plastic injection molding plant where it could be contaminated easily and im pretty sure it’s how it got infect in the first place so what can I use to cover it while I’m at work? And any suggestions for caring for it while it’s infected other than finish the meds and keep it dry?. Uncovered the tattoo about 3 or so hours after I got it and went to dump a bucket at a press and it ended up having oil and grease all over the bottom that came in direct contact with the fresh tattoo. I washed it immediately but there was no way it wasn’t gonna get infected after touching all that crap. Dumb move on my part. Pretty pissed at myself for potentially ruining my tattoo