Faust

Hey it's not like it's life-threatening. And I've heard of plenty of tattoos that ended up just fine even after they were infected.
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Yes it is infected. Make sure you take the proper measure in order to prevent this from getting any worse. Hope it recovers quickly with no complications. 

Yeah. Doctor time, @Faust. GOOOOOOO.
Pretty sure you've never seen gangrene if you think that's what it looks like. ;-)

OK well this this has a bit of puss now, doctor time tomorrow.
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Hello everyone my name is Faust, (Adrian) I'm from Ontario Canada, I'm 29 years old, I've enjoyed this site in the past few months and I look forward to making some new friends in the forums, have a great weekend everyone.

You said this is in the ditch, right? Any joint on your body, where the skin is repetitively being pulled and contracted, will heal slower and rougher than a flat part of your skin. It's not uncommon.

Again, I've had to have a script of antibiotics and an antibiotics shot when my tattoo was infected.  It looks sore, but it isn't infected (in my opinion).
My infected tattoo didn't scar, but I did lose a lot of color and had to get it touched up. Just hang in there, and don't pick or scratch! The fact that it is in your ditch means it will take a much longer time to heal.

It was the bottom one. The blue one. Looks fine now. But that was after three touch-ups.

I agree, I had heavy scabs before and they healed nice and no ink was missed, it just healed the same than normal scabs!
So just don't worry and don't pick it, follow your regular tattoo aftercare the same as before :D

Less is definitely better when it come to lotion of any kind. Your skin needs air to breath and to heal so drowning it with cream or lotion is counterproductive. I'm about a week and a half into the healing of my touch up and shading on my tattoo and used much less lotion this time - just enough to cover it lightly, gently rubbed in and then I use a clean paper towel to blot any excess off. 

I also have a very thick scab on my elbow, this is not red just very thick. My hole elbow has scabbed off except for this one thick scab.
Thanks for all you replies, I will report back when healed.
Like I said I only fear it creating new scar tissue fading is fine.

My tattoo artist is great, if anything is too blame its how I dealt with the tattoo in the first 48 hours. This is my first large tattoo.

I've had an infection in one of my tattoos. That doesn't look anything like an infection. You have nothing to worry about, @Faust. If it becomes pustulent, oozy, and hot, that's when you need to worry.

i mean first off let it heal 
put it out of your mind for a month
see what you have then
sometimes its a tough part of the body to heal
how well you were tattooed of course is another factor
you can have a great artist do a great job tattooing you
and still have a rough heal - it happens
do you need to fix a dropped line?
up to you - sometimes i think the tattoo is the tattoo
imperfections be damned
love it dig it
if you dont love the final outcome that is your healed tattoo
well - theres always another tattooer you could check out
research though buddy - research 
will most often have a great impact on having a positive tattoo outcome

I have weird skin. Sometimes mine do that same thing. I got a Prince tattoo the day he died, and it healed much like yours. Give it some time. It'll be fine. Just don't pick or scratch.

Redness and thick scabbing tend to be signs of infection. This doesn't mean that you have to worry, as your body appears to be healing on it's own. Minor infection of that sort would probably go unnoticed on a scraped knee, but because we are so invested in our tattoos we scrutinize them more closely. I'm guilty of this as well.
Keep the affected area clean and as free from friction as possible and things should turn out fine in a few weeks. A few spots healing less well on a tattoo are common. Just learn from the experience and try to adjust your aftercare accordingly next time.

Hello everyone my name is Faust, (Adrian) I'm from Ontario Canada, I'm 29 years old, I've enjoyed this site in the past few months and I look forward to making some new friends in the forums, have a great weekend everyone.