Hogrider

It looks fine. Relax and enjoy it.

I think it’s odd if it needs touching up even once within a year.

You artist left you woefully uninformed. Tattoos take 4 - 6 weeks to heal. At 24 hours, the skin is still inflamed. You’ll know what it’s going to look like in a month or two.

I've never seen it, but at this point I'd just trust your doctors. I'm NOT a doctor and have no medical training, so take this with a grain of salt, but if I had that problem I think I'd try to dry it out by skipping all lotion and putting alcohol on it a couple of times a day. You should not use alcohol on a fresh tattoo, but a month out, I don't think ti would hurt. Just my 2 cents. Maybe try that for a week and see if it helps. If that didn't work, I'd try rubbing vitamin E on it. I don't think that either of those things would hurt, but again I'm not a doctor; just telling you what I would try. Good luck

There must be something wrong with the cocoa butter. I've used cocoa butter on well over 200 hours in the chair and never had an issue.

Tattoos take 4 - 6 weeks to heal. You won't know what it's going to look like until then. You can stop worrying, you can't fix blow outs anyway, so have a drink, relax and enjoy your tattoo.

I takes 4-6 weeks to heal. That's when you'll know. There is no way to know sooner.

Good, you can save money. I have hundreds of hours in the chair healed perfectly fine with a little cocoa butter.

I'd try to laser it. I don't think it could be worse, but I'm not a doctor.

Tattoos take 4-6 weeks to heal. It may or may not be a blowout. Take a drink and relax. There's nothing you can do to fix it even if it is a blowout.

If you've had to have your tattoo touched up twice in one year, you should find someone else. That's just not acceptable.

No, you can't. A blow-out is when ink spreads under the skin. You can't "fix" that.

It takes 4-6 weeks to heal, so have a drink, relax and look at it again in a month. First, you won't know anything until then; second, you can't do anything about it until it's healed.

It’s probably just not done healing. 4-6 weeks is average, but if you had heavy scabbing it could be longer.

It takes 4-6 for a tattoo to heal. I wouldn’t waste money on tattoo specific healing products; I’ve never used anything except cocoa butter without problems. See how it looks in another month.

Why wouldn't it wrap around? I have a lot of tattoos that wrap around my arms and legs.

If it’s still itchy try a cold pack.

As you can see from my avatar, I have a lot of red on my back. I've never had a problem healing red, but as others have said, you're nowhere near healed at this point.

Thin, delicate skin is more prone to blow out. Nothing you can do about it. It happens to even the best artists.

It's thin delicate skin, just about as far away from the heart as possible. Leg tattoos can be hard to heal, especially if you won't or can't stay off your feet. I'm NOT a doctor, but if it was me I would prop my foot up as much as possible and put a cold pack on it for 15 minutes at a time every couple of hours. I'd also be taking Advil every 4 hours. I'd call your doctor back.

Nope, it's just going to look shitty.

You didn't scour too far or wide because there are probably a dozen threads right on this forum about this topic. 6-8 weeks to heal, no matter how many questions you ask.😉

Take a deep breath and relax. you won't know anything until it's had 6-8 weeks to heal. That's some thin, delicate skin, so it make take a while.

I know it's just part of being a cranky old man, but I think you should earn your tattoos. I once had to pay for a session I couldn't finish, but I wouldn't use the numbing cream. It's worth it to me.

I'd go as far as to say I haven't seen many really good ones.