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    • June 3, 2013 at 11:27 am #15388
      salmon
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      Hi all! I am an apprentice and I gave tattooing on myself a go last week. I think I overworked the area as it doesn’t seem to be healing well and I am worried it may have gotten infected. I am going into the studio tomorrow for the artist i’m working for to check it out but just wanted a second opinion.

      It’s on my upper thigh, a little redness around the outside of the coloured areas, no swelling, no pus or foul odour, just abit of plasma which has subsided now! However the scabbing is very heavy and some pieces were ripped off from rubbing on trousers i had worn! Also there are a few black fibres from said trousers stuck in the scab which i reeeally don’t want to start pulling at! Washing 2-3 times a day with antibacterial soap and using bepanthen sparringly! It was my first tattoo so ignore the shoddy line work!

      Any advice would be appreciated

    • June 3, 2013 at 11:36 am #23665
      Lennart82
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      Thats really a nasty looking scab there…..

      When were this picture taken?
      And how old is this?

    • June 3, 2013 at 11:50 am #23666
      salmon
      Member

      Six days old, Taken today

    • June 3, 2013 at 12:03 pm #23667
      Lennart82
      Participant

      Dosent look that nice indeed.

      Have you showed this to your mentor??
      It actually looks a bit like candlewax. ;)

      But the good thing is, that there are no swelling and the redness is gone. So proberbly you, that overworked the area.

    • June 3, 2013 at 12:06 pm #23664
      salmon
      Member

      I will see her tomorrow to show her. It does look pretty bad. In all honesty the picture makes it look worse as it’s zoomed in!
      I’m keeping it as clean as possible. Do not want to risk infection!! :)

    • June 3, 2013 at 12:29 pm #23668
      Lennart82
      Participant

      Thats a good thing. Keep it clean.

      Cant give any sound advice, just on a picture. But see what she says about it. She will have a better view of it.

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