tattoos why when color was put in tatoo welded and hasnt when down is 4 months old?

Question

why is tatoo still swell after 4 months when color was put in

Answer 1

i'm assuming since the tattoo is 4 months old that it is technically healed. someone suggested that perhaps you had an allergic reaction to the ink. this could be a possibilty but i'm pretty sure that it would have gone down by now. someone else suggested that the tattoo artist pushed too hard. i think this is more likely what happened. there are a lot of factors that could have caused this. first, depending on your ethnicity. darker skinned people scar fairly easily, so one would have to be very careful when tattooing such skin. i'm pretty light skinned (latino) but i tend to scar as well. if the tattoo artist had their needle out too far, which is usually fine for caucasian people, it could have scarred you. usually artists know how to adjust their needle depth according to different ethnicities and skin types. if you are infact caucasian, the artist could have just plain drilled you, he might have scarred you pretty bad. this happened to me in the past. the tattoo was raised and sometimes even itched, loooong after it was healed. another possibility is that the artist just overworked the area. he might have had his needle depth correct and maybe didn't even use that much pressure, but if you overwork the area eventually your skin becomes raw and will scar. something that can dramatically help with this, if this is infact the case, is mederma. http://www.mederma.com it is a topocal cream for scars and stretchmarks. depending on the severity, it could take up to a few months to really show a difference, but i have seen incredible results with this and recommend it to anyone that comes into the shop i work at with scarred up tattoos done by other artists. a lot of time they want them covered up, but it's not possible until they get the scarring down, otherwise the tattoo will show through the cover up.

one way to tell for sure if it is scarring, is how it healed. did it flake and peel, kind of like a sunburn, or did you get big thick scabs? if you got scabs, it's definately a scarring issue.

if none of this applies to you and it was infact caused by an adverse reaction to the ink, you can remedy this with an antihistimine cream when you feel it getting dry or itchy.

i hope i covered all the bases here so that you can get the answer specific to your situation. if you think of some detail you left out here that might help narrow down the specific situation, feel free to ask me, i'd be happy to answer your question.

Answer 2

The skin stays swelled because the tattoo artist pushed too hard on your skin and it stays as if you had a scar. I have one on my spine and since there is less skin on that area, it is raised. The color doesn't matter, it's the needles. Try to keep the area moisturized and taken care of. There shouldn't be any blood or puss though. If it just swells, ice it for 15 minutes and you should be fine. Good luck with that. You're fine so don't worry about it. :)

Answer 3

sounds like you are allergic to the color in the ink it should have went down by now, if you didnt keep it moist during the healing process, so it may be scarred which will also cause it to rise

Answer 4

sounds like colic. My son had the same thing. It can be up until the baby is 6 months old. Do you have a swing? Try letting him sleep in that and see if that helps. My son was on Enfamil A.R. and this helped too. They have gas drops that you can buy that will help with the colic. They are unsure what causes colic and what the reason is for it. To my understanding it has to do with to much gas in the stomach. Don't feed them before bed. This can make it worse.. We also used Chamomile and peppermint tea for his bottles. It's not strong just enough ease the stomach. Peppermint is a natural antacid. We put 3 teabags per gallon of water. We made the water by the gallon so we wouldn't have to do it for each meal. Remember to heat the water a 1/2 hour before you are going to feed it to him and mix the formula. This way the formula will properly disolve. Test it on your hand to make sure it's the right temperature for the baby. Luke warm is best. If this continues I would take him to the doctor.