Hello Everyone

[bigmouth]

Hi I'm new here. Initiate me now. Later I will ask about my healing tattoo which seems to be causing an allergic reaction.

[Devious6]

Welcome! Go ahead and ask your question here. It will be helpful if you also tell us what after care approach you are using.

[bigmouth]

This piece is 3 weeks old. My artist advised me to put on propionate clobestasol after 3 days and that's what I did.  At first it was healing normally but after week number 2, I started to notice that it is becoming itchy and the red ink started to have these little bumps. You'll see this in the picture. The other tattoo that I got was a pure black one and it did not have this kind fd reaction. These two are my first tattoos that's why I am bothered with the reaction of my skin to the red ink. Will this allergic reaction be cured by taking antihistamines cause I do not want to have a removal. :(

[oboogie]

It looks fine. Just take some Benadryl and see if it helps. It won't hurt anything.

[bigmouth]

I took oral antihistamine for 3 days and the bumps on the red ink disappeared. The tattoo is peeling again and the skin around it developed red patches. It is still itchy and is sensitive sensitive to water and soap. Is this going wrong?

Edited June 8, 2017 by bigmouth

[SStu]

that's new to me.