Hey everybody! Just stumbled across this site tonight and it's great! Question re: tegaderm...I think I may have effed up my healing process a little. I got several tattoos on my forearm done on Monday afternoon and it's now Wednesday evening, so I'm at about 56 hours of recovery. My guy used Tegaderm on me and everything was good on day one, except the bottom of the sleeve started leaking out on day 2. I dabbed the excess "juice" with paper towel and then sealed it off with surgical tape to stop the flow. Same today - more leaking out of the bottom, so I removed the surgical tape, wiped away, put some more Tegaderm on and a new batch of surgical tape.
From what I'm reading, it sounds possible that I could have "exposed" the "juicy" area of the tattoo to air and possible contamination with my hand. As I write this, it's a little itchy and wet underneath, and the "juice" is starting to stink (gross I know, but where else can I talk about issues like this? lol).
What's the best course of action for me right now? Should I just call it quits and remove everything? Or drain again, seal it up again, sleep on it and remove everything tomorrow evening once the 72 hour mark hits? Any advice would be much appreciated - you guys sound like an awesome bunch!