The Healing Process for Your Tattoo

[KiloExtras]

Just got my first tat yesterday!

[salgado90680]

hey umm how long is the healing process

[ASTROgraffitiology]

@salgado90680 10 to 14 days

[nigelhate]

hi i had my first tat 6 days ago on my arm when i put my cream on alot of bits come off i got told not to wash it just keep putting the cream on ?

[andyskates92]

i just got a tattoo on my foot its sick

[ursaucie]

I had 4 flowers put on my foot a month ago and am still not healing very well. Of course my foot swelled which I thought was normal until 3 days later it was 3x bigger then the other one. Went back and had the tattoo place take a look at it and they said I was allergic to the red dye. Plasma was leaking a lot. One turned completely black but I have one that (after a month) looks like a crater in my foot and is still oozing. Been on antibiotics for 3 weeks and still oozing brown fluid. Help!

[xxxmosh]

@ursaucie thats sucks nothing much you can do if your allergic to the ink

[KScharba]

Curel Ultra Healing is the best stuff to use. I got a big snake done on my leg and have always used Lubriderm but my artist suggested Curel. My leg healed in about a week. Normally, my other work has taken two weeks.

[ursaucie]

@KScharba I seemed to have been allergic to the A&D ointment too...Lubriderm worked well on my daughter's. I switched to Lubriderm after all the scabbing was done but the A&D immediately turned my foot red and even the smallest amount would make my foot look like I used the entire tube of it....If I have another one I will get the stuff the tattoo place used...Tattoo Goo or something like that...Let me know how it turned out and what you used...Mine is still healing after 2 months...

[thuwhatwhat]

hi can anyone help me out please? my tattoo guy told me to only use A&D ointment for 4 days then switch to lubriderm. Is it true? he said A&D ointment will bleed out the ink if i keep using it so Lubriderm is a good idea?

[skatexATMx]

gahh mine is just starting to get little flakes and it itches soo bad lol .. it sucks more than actually getting it

[PowerAngel18]

@skatexATMx trueee since yesterday ive had mine for a week and the healing process sucks

[MrsWLSIII]

@skatexATMx Omg IKR!!! All I could do to take my mind (and my nails) off the itching was SLEEP!! The end result is worth it but talk about an itch you CAN'T SCRATCH!

[ISAWYAH08]

damn the guys tat of the birds is siiickkkk

[ValouR86]

hi i have a question. 2 week ago i just got a new tatto a tiger head (a black and grey). it look extreme hansome at 1st when it look so black. but after 2 week. the colour of it look fade. esp on the tiger strip. like i am able to see my skin. issit a healing process or unproper shade? thanks

[ATCMusicka]

@ValouR86 Theres alot of factors that can play. any tattoo will look set back after it heals. But no, ur skin colors shouldnt be visable. The healing process is very important.

[adoptatellytubbie]

im going to get a tattoo on my arm just a small one but im worried that the tattoist may not be skilled maybe im just paranoid.

[YUNGCIITII]

i got a tattoo on my neck in red and its scabbing over and peeling pink is this normal?

[Rocker0For0Life]

@YUNGCIITII Yea, it's perfectly normal, just don't pick at it :D

[NoireBeaute]

i recently got a heart tattoo on my wrist in black ink. It seems raised up off the skin. Is this normal? what could cause this?

[thepiratep]

thats normal, its just a little swollen and it will scab and peel off to normal non raised skin where your tat will be