u/avocados420

Image 1 — strawberry tattoo update, please tell me she’s looking better
Image 2 — strawberry tattoo update, please tell me she’s looking better
Image 3 — strawberry tattoo update, please tell me she’s looking better
Image 4 — strawberry tattoo update, please tell me she’s looking better
Image 5 — strawberry tattoo update, please tell me she’s looking better

strawberry tattoo update, please tell me she’s looking better

day three of antibiotics, went to doctors today and was told the skin was overworked in certain spots and it got infected. i followed the aftercare from the shop: they told me to keep the 2nd skin until the next morning, and it fell off within 12hours the next morning from being loaded with plasma and ink, i followed their instructions using unscented soap and their aftercare cream. day 4 it started to get inflamed with infection, went to hospital for antibiotics and slowly getting better … i don’t know does it look better? I have lost a lot of ink from the infection and im worried Ill have lots of scaring or the tattoo will be bumpy? No idea. The gashes feel painful like a claw scratch in some spots. First two photos are from today, the rest are over the previous days.

u/avocados420 — 1 day ago

anyone have a similar experience with healing a infected tattoo?

i got this tattoo on may 10th and followed all the after care instructions however the artist went too deep with the needle and basically carved and hacked my skin. It got infected Saturday around 2am and i went to the hospital the following morning for medical treatment and was given antibiotics that i am still taking every 6 hours along with applying polysporin. i have only ever used unscented soap for my tattoos and cerave lotion unscented. have always kept my tattoos clean and dry (i have over 15) really bad luck with this one and being in my wrist of course it’s more susceptible to getting infected

i have never had an infected tattoo, i feel like mine is completely blown out and ruined to the point of a horrific scar, and my skin doesn’t do well with scars. i’m really upset and annoyed over this.

i am going to my doctors at noon today (it’s already 1am here) and im going to get some more medical advice but a lot of doctors don’t seem to really understand tattoos. now i’m not looking for medical advice here on reddit, but if anyone is familiar with something like this i would appreciate the feedback or suggestions so i can heal properly. even if you have sleeping suggestions, shower, anything mantra to say out loud for optimal healing….anything please 🙏🏼 🥺

u/avocados420 — 2 days ago