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Swollen tattoos | Zvision3d — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:03:33 +0000

[...] Serious but uncommon tattoo health issuesMar 10, 2008 … Most reactions to new tattoos are fairly mild, and temporary. Swelling, scabbing, weeping ink, peeling skin and itching are all normal in the … [...]

By: infmom

infmom — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 17:02:08 +0000

Julialeigh, I don’t know if the reaction on your hands has anything to do with your tattoo. It’d be a good idea to go back to your doctor and have that checked out. It could be completely unrelated, but you won’t know till a doctor takes a look at it.

By: julialeigh

julialeigh — Wed, 17 Aug 2011 11:57:54 +0000

i had a tattoo on my ankles done two days ago. i have many tattoos and have never had a reaction to them. however, within 24 hours of my tattoo my fingers on both my hand and swollen so large i was no longer able to move them. the reaction was only in my fingers, however, and i did not think to tell the doctor that i had had a tattoo done the day before because my tattoo was healing perfectly without a single sign of irritation anywhere around my feet. the swelling has gone done after the doctor gave me a shot, but the hives are continuing to appear all over my hands. my question is: can allergic reactions to a tattoo manifest in a different locations on the body? and could this be in anyway related to my tattoo?

By: JOSHAWA

JOSHAWA — Sat, 18 Dec 2010 18:49:58 +0000

I started my sleeve 4 weeks ago and I am due next week for another session. This would be my second tattoo now. It is the first time I have red and white on my skin. So far after a month my tattoo healed fine nothing unusual. But this week I started having crazy asthma problems for almost a week now. I’m not sure if it is a cold or the tattoo causing the problem. But I don’t feel sick. :s If it were allergies to the ink, would I have had problems right in the first week I got the job done?? I’m also worried if I go to my next session will it be worse?? Any suggestions???

By: infmom

infmom — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 00:53:55 +0000

Daywalker: No idea what the problem might be or whether another country’s ink would be different from that in the country where you live. I’d give it more time to heal, and if it still looks bad, find a good, reputable local artist and ask his or her opinion on the best course of action.

By: DaywalkerDes

DaywalkerDes — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 22:26:02 +0000

Hi,

I got a small tattoo while travelling about one week ago on my left wrist. The tattoo was done all in red.
I’m concerned because most of the ink seems to have flaked off with the scabbing and the design looks more like a burn now (instead of clear lines of the design it’s thicker ‘fuzzy’ lines)
The area doesn’t hurt and isn’t oozing at all but still looks really pink. It’s a bit dry so it’s slightly itchy, but not very much. Should I be worried or give it a bit more time to heal? i have two other tatoos and neither one reacted this way.
I can’t go back to the artist because i’m no longer in the country i had the tattoo done in.
any advice is appreciated!

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how to treat genital warts — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 06:41:50 +0000

got a fairly detailed tattoo on my wrist yesterday afternoon and woke up with my arm swollen. I wasn’t able to move my wrist or hand because they were so swollen. my arm looks like a marshmallow!!

but what bothers me the most is that my chest feels really tight and my throat is swollen.

this is not my first tattoo but this has been the first to scare me. what is wrong w me? am I overreacting and this is probably normal?

By: infmom

infmom — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 18:18:45 +0000

Jess, it could be because your neck moves a lot and stretches the skin. But I think you should go back to your artist and talk about it. There may be other things you can do to help it heal.

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 11 Oct 2010 08:13:08 +0000

I got a tat 5 days ago it’s on the back of my neck, it is reLly wet still N keeps weeping so much it runs down my neck, I have stopes using any cremes I’m just trying to Let it dry, I have 4 other tattoos which didn’t weepthis much but is it because it’s on my neck n I keep moving it? It get tight and like pulls alot when I move also I think there is little bumps around the tat is it freaking me out !

By: infmom

infmom — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 03:06:56 +0000

B900, you need to wait till the skin is healed. If you’re going to go to another artist, you should make an appointment to talk with him or her about what you’ll want to have done, and the artist can tell you how long you should wait.