Area of tattoo getting itchy

callaway92 · 23-06-2015 9:07pm #1

Hi folks,

I have a forearm tattoo about a year now. When it was settling it was fine but it's only now the area is getting awfully itchy.

I'm not sure if it's from sun exposure or something but it's getting pretty annoying and I don't want to keep scratching it and making it go red.

Would this be any way common and if so, what'd be a decent remedy?

Thanks

raze_them_all_ · 23-06-2015 9:30pm

callaway92 wrote: »

Hi folks,

I have a forearm tattoo about a year now. When it was settling it was fine but it's only now the area is getting awfully itchy.

I'm not sure if it's from sun exposure or something but it's getting pretty annoying and I don't want to keep scratching it and making it go red.

Would this be any way common and if so, what'd be a decent remedy?

Thanks

you could be coming down with something

callaway92 · 23-06-2015 9:57pm

Haha thought as much

celica00 · 24-06-2015 10:35am

I have that with the white bits in my tattoos, also on the arm.
sometimes the withe bits even "raise" a lil but it's not that bad or visible.

my conclusion is (after talks with a few people and tattoo artists) that it probably comes down to the white ink (brand/type).

what colours do you have?

callaway92 · 24-06-2015 5:42pm

Nah mine's all black (words)

Probably just a coincidence I have an itch I need to scrstch in that area!

celica00 · 25-06-2015 1:22pm

yeah might as well.

if it has been done too deep, the skin as well develops visible scars (that are just full of ink), and scars can be itchy too

Sapsorrow · 25-06-2015 9:29pm

Weird, could you have heat rash? I know a lot of people get itchy from sun exposure, maybe the scar tissue has become sensitised. Might be worth popping into your studio to ask just in case? Try using E45 or something with a bit of calendula oil in it to ease the itchiness in the mean time.

Area of tattoo getting itchy

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