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Part Of Tattoo Peeled After Scratching, Have Pimples Around It. Is Tattoo Infected?
hello, i got my first tattoo on tuesday and its been a week now. on the third day i scratch on accident and some of it peeled. now around the area i have sort of pimples growing around it. on one part of the tattoo i have a red spot,. it looks like its scabbing. i only use Vaseline on it. my question is, is the tattoo infected. and if its infected what do i do?
Sat, 17 Aug 2013
it cud b due to infection and u can apply some antibiotic ointment for that........and and to take tetanus injection if u had an RTI
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