Sometimes it can itch, but it seems by feeling that part of my tattoo is swollen . Kind of like in the outlines of the drawing.
2007-06-05 15:11:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Skin Conditions
If you just got the tattoo its normal. It itches because its healing. Do not scratch it! It needs to scab & let it fall off, no picking at it, before it heals completely. Make sure you keep putting lotion on it to keep it moisturized so that its not itchy. Its probably dried out. And about the tattoo being raised/swollen the skin stays that way even after it heals. Its normal, mine is still raised like if it were brail on my skin. I think it has to do with putting the ink below your skin to make the tattoo. Basically you made a scar under your skin where the ink is so it stays raised up.
2007-06-05 15:42:15 · answer #1 · answered by marinegurl1014 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have one that is 20 y/o and sometimes it will swell/welp up, and itch. No one seems to know why. If its is new, get it checked, could be infection or allergy.
2007-06-05 15:20:59 · answer #2 · answered by tacmedwarrior 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i would get that checked. hopefully you haven't developed an allergy to the ink or worse blood poisoning. get that checked fast.
2007-06-05 15:14:22 · answer #3 · answered by sweet 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
that's pretty common for a new tatoo, should not happen in an old established tatoo.
2007-06-05 15:14:10 · answer #4 · answered by essentiallysolo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋