Chris_818

15 minutes ago, Devious6 said:

It's very hard to tell from your picture but if it feels warm, is red or has pus then you should go to a doctor immediately - those are signs of an infection.

Of course, you should follow the directions of your artist but 5 days of Aquaphor seems a bit much and, if your tattoo is not infected it may just be swelling a bit from over-use of the Aquaphor. 

By all means, if you have any of the symptoms above, go to a doctor. If not, you may just want to let it dry out for a day or so and then apply a VERY LIGHT coat of a unscented lotion, like Aveeno, several times a day.

Thank you very much I feel relived to know that infection is not a problem. I don't have any of the symptoms you mentioned I feel better haha.. Just a little worried because 5 days in my tattoo it just started getting a bit puffy and what looks a little bubbly to me. I also do have some yellowing around when I have strong lighting around my tattoo and after I wash my tattoo out with antibacterial soap and air dry it you can see little dots of discharge from the areas with yellowing.. is that normal? I have read online that some small discharge is normal.. not sure though?? Thanks for the help!

9 minutes ago, Hogrider said:

What do you think it is supposed to look like? Maybe it's my ancient eyes, but I don't see what's wrong with it. You know tattoos take more than 5 days to heal, right? It looks like it's bumpy because of scabs and I don't see any yellow.

Well since it's my first tattoo i wouldn't know what to expect sorry just really worried don't want any type of infection or anything to go wrong.. but when I do put some strong lighting on my tattoo you can see that there is some yellowing in the skin and when I wash my tattoo out and let it air dry there seems to be little dots of discharge not anything big but I can see small dots of discharge around the yellowing areas.. not sure if it's normal or not? Also my skin is popping up a lot and looks a little bubbly to me I'm not sure if that is normal as well? Sorry just really concerned.. thank you for replying!

Hello I am very concerned about my first tattoo I just recently got 5 days ago from today here is a picture of the tattoo. Just wanted to know if this is normal my skin is popping out around and it looks a bit bubbly the skin itself is not mushy or watery or anything but just looks bubbly when I wash my tattoo the skin feels tender. Also have some yellowing around and oozes a little bit of fluid and it is tiny dots not a lot of oozing or anything it doesn't seem to have any color but my skin on some parts looks yellow under my phones light. Right now I have the tattoo drying I haven't put any aquaphor since this morning I have washed my tattoo out 3 times today since 10 am it is 4pm. Not sure if I should keep applying the aquaphor? Or let it dry?? Somebody out there willing to help me out? Thank you! 

5 minutes ago, Dan said:

well,sadly and unfortunately," really bumpy and has yellow around the tattoo" only means one thing !

Here is a photo of my tattoo i currently have it on dry I have not put any aquaphor since of this morning I have bin washing it with antibacterial soap.. I have a feeling it's not supposed to be looking like this should I see a doctor immediately? 

Hello somebody please help I don't know how to make my own post I would like somebody to help me out I just got my first tattoo 5 days ago and it's really bumpy and has yellow around the tattoo please help..