WorriedinLondon

Holy shit! Calm down. First, don't ever get a tattoo again, you don't have the temperament. Second, your doctor doesn't know what he's talking about. The number of documented tattoo allergies is EXTREMELY small. You got a big honking tattoo on thin, delicate skin - it's going to hurt. Three days isn't even beginning to heal; it takes 6-8 weeks to heal a tattoo. Forget all your creams and potions and after care kits and hocus pocus -  you don't need ANY of that to heal a tattoo.  I've healed well over 200 hours of tattoos using nothing but A&D ointment for three days and cocoa butter after. Just a little - too much is worse than none at all.
Have a drink, or a toke, or a xanax and relax. Check back in 8 weeks.

Of course they're totally worth it, it's not so bad, blah blah blah, but I thought it might be nice to have a space to bitch about one's healing in whatever stage it's in, as we all know that all there really is to do, beyond the basics, is wait.
Today the tattoo I got on Saturday started flaking en masse. I have never quite seen anything like it with my other tattoos, which usually go from stage to stage much more gradually; it went from nothing to the entire thing (and it's the entire front of my thigh) flaking off at one time. It felt so dry and uncomfortable under my work pants that I kept locking my office door to secretly strip down and give it a little moisturizer. The inside of my pants looks like I'm some kind of dandruff hoarder. Oof.
Whine away, folks.