How much do you know about tattoo infection?

Tattoos are becoming more and more popular. Many people may think it is not risky to get tattoos. In fact getting a tattoo carries some risk. The artists don’t properly make their tools clean when you are getting tattoos. And some artists use cheap tattoo equipment, especially cheap tattoo needles. Some of those cheap tattoo equipment are not qualified enough. If a tattoo infection is out of control, it is possible for you to be left with a scar on your tattoo area. So think twice before you ink. It is very important to choose a reliable tattoo artist. First of all, you must make sure your artist is using safe tattoo equipment.

What is an infected tattoo?

It is not easy to make sure whether your tattoo area is infected or not during the first 48 hours. When you get a tattoo infection, dealing with it immediately may help you to recover and save your tattoo. Here are several symptoms that indicate your tattoo is getting infected.

1. Inflammation. All new tattoos may inflame during the first few days. But when the inflammation continues for more than 3 days, then unlucky, an tattoo infection is developing.  

2. Fever. You could feel fever around the tattoo area when an infection appears.

3. Skin becomes too red or dark and painful around the tattoo area.

4. Raised skin or bumps or swelling around the tattoo area.

5. Pus coming out of the tattoo area

If you notice you have these symptoms, call your artist, because your artist can tell it is a really infection or reaction. If it is an infection, see a doctor at once.

If you are sure your tattoo was infected, you should take care of it. It is necessary you know something about tattoo infection. Remember that even the infection area is small, you must treat it seriously and as soon as possible. If not, the infection will spread to wider around the tattoo area and begin to cause further damage.

How to deal with tattoo infection?

Anyway, the most important thing is to see a doctor. But what if you can not go to see a doctor right now?

Applying an ice on the wound may help to relieve most of the side effects of new tattoos.

Avoiding sunlight. Keep your wound away from the sunlight.

Clean your the wound. You should clean the wound 3 times a day and make sure that you keep it as clean as possible. Also, it is important to make your wound dry.

Take some anti inflammation pills if the wound becomes inflammatory.

However, you had better go to hospital as soon as possible once your tattoo get infected. Choose a reliable tattoo studio and tattoo products is the first thing you need do to prevent tattoo infection.