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My leg is soo swollen, it's so tight I can hardly bend my leg in. The redness is spreading and it is burning really bad. At this point I'm not sure if it's just from being a leg tattoo or my issues with green ink. So here's what the tattoo looked like a few hours after getting it done on Wednesday. And here's what it looks like now. My leg is very swollen and you can see the redness spreading. I've been taking Benadryl, ibuprofen and using ice packs in the evenings, but it's not helping much. Being at work all day makes it swell terribly. Now I know why my artist doesn't have his legs worked on too much himself lol it's such a hassle to deal with afterwards. Plus it's already beginning to scab as well since there's so many dark inks, not sure why my skin likes to create scabs on dark inks, but that's another annoying quirk, almost as bad as being allergic to green ink.

Hi everyone, I actually just joined this forum because of reading this thread. It's nice to see people with large tattoos covering large areas of their body say that the swelling and tenderness is normal rather than just jump to the conclusion of it always being an INFECTION. So I just wanted to say leg tattoos are a pain in the butt to heal! I got the whole front of my left leg done last year and had a ton of issues with it, but it originated with me having a reaction with green ink. Since then I've attempted getting tattoos three separate times with green ink and I've always had issues the same way and they were on my forearms and wrist. It will swell, be really red, painful, feel like it's bruised pretty much, but also feel like it is burning. With the green ink it also seems like it "attacks" any scar tissue around it, whether it's other tattoos or just normal scars. They will swell up really bad and blister. I just got a decent sized tattoo on my inner right leg, right in the middle, it's probably about 5x6 inches or so. There's some green in it, but my artist mixed colors instead of using an actual green ink. It's getting really hard for me to tell if I'm having a reaction to the green that he concocted or just simply having issues that come along with a lower leg tattoo. Just wondering if you all have any opinions on this? And sorry if I hijacked the thread at all, but it involved a leg tattoo, so didn't really see the need to open a new thread for it.

Hello, My name is Amber and I live in Helendale, CA. I am 25 years old and have 18 tattoos, I actually just got the 18th tattoo yesterday =) My first tattoo was done on a $40 budget on my 18th birthday. My mom told me I would regret it and of course I do lol but I don't regret any of the others! Fell in love with tattoos after that first one and obviously continued to get them as often as the financial situation would allow. Lately I've become quite obsessed with animal tattoos, but I still manage to incorporate some type of musical connection into them. I recently developed an allergy to green ink and that really has made it difficult to get work done, it seems like everything I want has some sort of green in it. I'll get past that though. It just makes healing my pieces really painful and take even longer to heal. Hope to get to know everyone and see the amazing work you guys have done!