Gear_Head

@marley mission that I have but this balm and Rx is clearing it up nicely. My prior tattoos I never had a problem and honestly if I didn't step in to clear it up it I feel like the problem wouldn't have resolved itself. The balm gives the right amount of moister to my healing tattoo plus it's 100% all natural ingredients. Might help for some folks so I figure I'd pass it along to the community. 

@marley mission I'm right there with you. Normally I'm real big on simple all natural washing and cleaning. Air drying is the way to go; however, sometimes I have to moisture up to avoid breaking of the skin and scabs.

sure thing man - i like to mostly dry heal and i definetly advocate the same for others but whatever works...works
i'm sure there is lots of helpful products out there

@marley mission that I have but this balm and Rx is clearing it up nicely. My prior tattoos I never had a problem and honestly if I didn't step in to clear it up it I feel like the problem wouldn't have resolved itself. The balm gives the right amount of moister to my healing tattoo plus it's 100% all natural ingredients. Might help for some folks so I figure I'd pass it along to the community. 

or you can do nothing
will still heal

@oboogie thanks buddy :) Keep ya posted

You infect tattoos for a living? ;-)
It won't scar, @Gear_Head. Try not to worry!

We are located in Dallas, Texas. And no problem. Update us when its better :)

@Faust I did 2 days ago and I am doing a Rx of antibiotics, x2 dosages a day. I'm on my second day of antibiotics and I've started to see an improvement. As you can tell I have just 2 locations that the plasma had a hard time clearing up and some of it got trapped under the scabs as they formed. Before I went to the Dr.'s I cut back on the number of times washing and the amount of after care product and let the tattoo air dry. I have seen a large improvement in just 2 days. Keep me posted on how you're outcome is going for you.

@oboogie it looks great! Thanks for sharing that with me. I appreciate it much. I'll keep you posted how I'm coming along with mine.
Thanks Tattoo Nation!

@oboogie Bummer it got infected but I'm really happy to know the outcome turned out great for you. Sadly I have a small infection on mine but I'm currently on a Rx. I was just curious on how you're journey was with the problem and how you're tattoo finished up. It seems to me the folks I talk to say the inner forearm and the calf can be pretty tough spots to heal from.
Thanks for informing me and I'm stoked for the finial outcome on my latest tattoo.

@Gear_Head, it was on my right calf. The improvement wasn't immediate, although he was concerned enough to give me an antibiotic shot as well as a script. Things started turning around after four or five days. I had a severe reaction to particular brand and color of ink. My friend/tattoo artist said he lost sleep over it because he was so worried (he asked me to send him photos so he could check on it regularly). It was very bad. He actually stopped using that ink because of it. He used another color and brand, and it was totally fine.

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.

I agree with that.
It's in eye sight on the regular so I'm constantly judging it.
I just need to respect the healing process and let it be.
Its good to know that someone else has experienced a similar outcome from getting their forearm tattooed.
Thanks for letting me know.

both my forearms were easy tattoos
but tough slower heals
in the end they are fine but was lots of scabbing on the one
what makes it worse is that you kinda end up looking at it way more than you should because my forearms were always exposed during the healing

Hello!
I won't worry, just wait for it to heal. If you're doing the right healing process (washing it twice a day and keeping it moisturized, but not too much, just a thin layer, and don't let your tattoo to touch anything dirty) it will heal okay. If not, there's nothing to do, just retouch it.
Anyway, I guess it will heal okay.
 
My tattoo artist told me that he experienced some customers with infected tattoos and then when the tattoo was healed it was 100% okay and the ink was just perfect.
So don't worry about your tattoo before it's 100% healed.

nothing to do 
it'll heal
you'll move on
get another tattoo
mostly like factor imo is location of the tattoo
certain spots are tough - some a breeze