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lizblack · Tattoo lover Joined: 02 Mar 2007 Posts: 2

i got a bamboo tattoo done on my foot about a month ago in thailand. It's covers most of my foot and is quite chunky and is blue and black. It did seem fine and didn't bleed or scab when he did it but in the past week or so it's started to give me some grief. the black bits are all fine but the blue bits are lumpy and there's some redness around it. there's one bit in particular that's pretty swollen and sore and almost blistered. I don't know whether the cream that I'm putting on it is making it worse or not, does anyone have any advice? I've been keeping it clean and using antiseptic cream and then using a cream for nappy rash that the tattooist advised. It's been in the sun for the past week so that might have made it worse. Should I stop using the cream? or is there anything better that i could use? Or does it just need more time to heal? Thanks for any help.

chic · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:17 am Post subject:

why dont you try and go to the doctors...
he may give you a prescription...you may have an infection in it...
or you may be allergic to the colour...
dont put any more creams on it, and try not to use perfumed soap to wash it..
put some dettol in a bowl and rinse it with that...

Scipio · Posted: Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:22 pm Post subject:

I'm with chic.