I don’t know what to do…

[pirate_popo]

Hi,

 

I just got a new tattoo two weeks ago and have done the same after care routine as my other three tattoos. I use unscented soap to clean them and was using aquaphor as I did before which healed my past tattoos just fine.. but with this recent one I noticed I got little red bumps around the tattoo area and when I would search it up, it just said it was from putting too much aquaphor in which case I did. They were a bit itchy and just assumed it was from the peeling process of the tattoo. Since they weren’t in the actual tattoo I just let them go away on their own and they have gone away a bit, but started to notice they were inside the actual tattoo area. But I was told it was probably just having a mild allergic reaction and some cortisone could help so I applied it around it not on the actual tattoo since it was still early in the healing stage I just made sure to put unscented lotion on it in the meantime. 
 

But today it’s been exactly two weeks and noticed I have a raised kind of hard flaky bump. It doesn’t hurt when I press on it and it’s not itchy. I just want to know whether this has happened to anyone and what they did. I’m not sure what to put on it in the meantime but I know it’s not completely healed yet and want to make sure I’m still taking care of it or taking correct measures for it..

I added pictures but since it’s in black ink I can’t tell how it actually looks underneath it too good..not sure if you can notice it but it’s on the nose area of it and they literally just sprung up last night and sorry about the hairs I know it makes it difficult to see the little bumps but I don’t ever shave tattoo areas until they’re fully healed.

[Hogrider]

You have way too much lotion on. It looks like it's swimming. Let it dry heal for a few weeks. You are drowning that tattoo. You only need a tiny bit of lotion, too little is better than too much.

[pirate_popo]

On 12/19/2021 at 9:10 PM, Hogrider said:

You have way too much lotion on. It looks like it's swimming. Let it dry heal for a few weeks. You are drowning that tattoo. You only need a tiny bit of lotion, too little is better than too much.

Thank you! I actually didn’t have anything on it when I took those pictures. This is two weeks after the tattoo, I’ve read it’s normal for it to be shiny since it’s not fully healed, but if you’re saying to let it dry heal I will.

Edited December 21, 2021 by pirate_popo

[Hogrider]

On 12/20/2021 at 6:39 PM, pirate_popo said:

Thank you! I actually didn’t have anything on it when I took those pictures. This is two weeks after the tattoo, I’ve read it’s normal for it to be shiny since it’s not fully healed, but if you’re saying to let it dry heal I will.

I don't think I've ever had a tattoo that looked that shiny and I've got well over 300 hours in the tattoo chair over the last 10 years. Regardless though, those bumps look like water blisters which come from too much moisture.

Good luck.

[Dan]

I have had tattoos look like that, IMO it's just healing, it went away on me.