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Tattoo Not Healing Right? Bumps, Scabbing & Peeling Explained

Bumps, scabbing, peeling, swelling, and other skin reactions during healing.

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200 threads in this topic

• tattoo infection
  414 messages · 8/21/2014
• skin bumps underneath tattoo
  166 messages · 11/20/2015
• NEW MACHINES BY GIUSTI
  97 messages · 10/26/2006
• Raised Tattoo
  96 messages · 11/30/2014
• Is it Infected?
  88 messages · 5/4/2011
• pain & drugs...
  88 messages · 9/30/2014
• What equipment do I really need to start tattooing?
  76 messages · 9/14/2014
• Tattooing over scar tissue?
  64 messages · 7/14/2012
• Swelling After a Tattoo
  52 messages · 8/27/2014
• Bumps and itchy tat after two months! Pics Now Included!
  51 messages · 7/3/2006
• Any one ever heard of,glycolic acid tattoo removal???does it really work??
  42 messages · 2/7/2015
• BOB MONTAGNA R.I.P
  32 messages · 9/17/2014
• SURENO SIDE
  31 messages · 10/9/2009
• need a tattoo drawing for ffree or cheap
  25 messages · 6/6/2008
• J-Werk needs some help
  25 messages · 7/29/2006
• drinking age
  21 messages · 9/12/2006
• PLAIN AND SIMPLE INFO
  21 messages · 7/17/2006
• The Truth About Tat Gone Ink
  20 messages · 6/10/2006
• sunburnt tat
  19 messages · 9/17/2006
• in bad shape
  19 messages · 3/15/2006
• Bumps popping up all over my tattoo
  17 messages · 12/15/2014
• HELP, IVE DONT SOMETHING INCREDIBLY BAD TO MY TATOO
  17 messages · 3/5/2006
• SUMMER IS OVER!
  16 messages · 9/17/2006
• Did I ruined my first tattoo?
  16 messages · 1/20/2012
• Inner Arm Swelling
  15 messages · 8/12/2006
• Fuckwhistled.
  15 messages · 7/14/2006
• Tattoo Artist Needed
  15 messages · 3/23/2006
• Healing Process
  15 messages · 8/1/2007
• When to say when...
  13 messages · 9/19/2006
• Nerosporin
  13 messages · 2/11/2006
• prep h for tats
  13 messages · 7/21/2006
• Rash
  12 messages · 10/2/2009
• Tattoo itch?
  12 messages · 11/16/2012
• BUMPS???
  11 messages · 3/7/2007
• Man or women UP
  11 messages · 7/12/2006
• Have any of you tried this?
  11 messages · 10/12/2006
• Tattoo Products
  10 messages · 8/29/2006
• raised black tattoo
  10 messages · 1/12/2010
• healing process - what to expect
  10 messages · 5/8/2007
• Heralrdry, Insignia, Coats of Arms
  10 messages · 8/3/2006
• tattooed to deep
  10 messages · 5/4/2006
• Phoenix Flame Tattoo
  10 messages · 4/20/2006
• RASH
  9 messages · 3/18/2007
• pain, swelling and difficulty in walking after tattoing
  9 messages · 3/19/2008
• INK FIXX
  9 messages · 5/17/2006
• i am peeling the skin out my tattoo
  9 messages · 5/15/2007
• Very disapponted first timer!
  9 messages · 1/25/2009
• I think I ruined my FIRST tattoo.
  9 messages · 4/30/2010
• I'm afraid that my tattoo may suck!!
  9 messages · 11/7/2006
• help my new tat looks ruined
  9 messages · 8/1/2009
• ?Scab question?
  8 messages · 4/25/2007
• Forearm
  8 messages · 3/30/2007
• Overly paranoid first timer seeks answers please!!
  8 messages · 11/22/2007
• in bad shape
  8 messages · 3/12/2006
• new tattoo...
  8 messages · 3/19/2006
• Cracking Scab!!! Help Plz
  8 messages · 3/28/2006
• Blotchy tattoo
  8 messages · 9/17/2008
• bumps 3 weeks later
  8 messages · 4/24/2006
• My New Tat Itches Like Crazy!
  8 messages · 6/22/2006
• scabbing
  8 messages · 6/25/2006
• tattoo over birthmark
  8 messages · 8/17/2009
• Tattoo infection on foot
  8 messages · 9/4/2006
• Artist in Austin Texas
  8 messages · 8/24/2006
• stencil advice
  7 messages · 3/31/2007
• tattoo virgin
  7 messages · 7/10/2006
• Tattoo peeling and scabbing after two weeks, what to do now?
  7 messages · 6/11/2007
• blisters on my new tattoo
  7 messages · 7/22/2012
• Fading?
  7 messages · 6/12/2006
• Painted ANgels "NUTTY" now full time at Pure Imagination
  7 messages · 2/28/2007
• How long before working out?
  7 messages · 2/8/2007
• What happends if you get a tattoo before your done growing?
  7 messages · 3/10/2007
• new tattoo, raised ink in some spots?
  7 messages · 4/23/2007
• Searching for straight answers
  7 messages · 5/30/2006
• im affriad it may infected!!
  6 messages · 12/26/2009
• Foot Tattoo Fading! Help!
  6 messages · 2/15/2008
• learning to tattoo
  6 messages · 7/25/2007
• Does Henk Shiffmacher still do ink?
  6 messages · 6/7/2006
• Apprentice Bitch- and how long?
  6 messages · 6/4/2006
• tattoo swollen after 3 months
  6 messages · 7/11/2006
• now what do i do????
  6 messages · 3/23/2007
• Wow... Nobody can help me
  6 messages · 8/6/2007
• Artists in Seattle area?
  6 messages · 5/26/2008
• tat healing?
  6 messages · 9/12/2006
• New Tattoo Fading
  6 messages · 11/20/2005
• my tatt is infected
  6 messages · 2/4/2007
• scabbing/peeling
  6 messages · 1/17/2007
• Tat is healing good, I think, but...
  6 messages · 4/5/2006
• Looking for an Artist in Bay Area
  6 messages · 10/16/2006
• itchy bumps on tattoo
  6 messages · 5/24/2011
• White Bumps on Tattoo
  6 messages · 1/15/2007
• too much a&d???
  6 messages · 1/7/2008
• tatoo rash
  6 messages · 5/8/2006
• need a tattoo drawing for free or cheap
  5 messages · 3/28/2006
• i think my tats infected
  5 messages · 10/29/2008
• Pain and soreness
  5 messages · 3/31/2008
• tattoo eyebrows gone bad
  5 messages · 7/8/2009
• Infected Tattoo
  5 messages · 4/11/2006
• anchor memorial
  5 messages · 8/25/2006
• lump under tattoo
  5 messages · 2/9/2010
• Infected or not?
  5 messages · 5/27/2006
• HELP
  5 messages · 11/7/2005
• Terrible scabbing on inside of elbow -
  5 messages · 9/15/2006
• itching
  5 messages · 5/23/2006
• Infection
  5 messages · 2/19/2006
• Is this normal?
  5 messages · 2/9/2007
• Red Almost Pimple-like bumps around tattoo?
  5 messages · 9/25/2014
• Blood under new tattoo
  5 messages · 12/28/2006
• Large Bump Under Tattoo
  5 messages · 7/4/2010
• OMG i think its infected, someone help!!
  5 messages · 2/15/2006
• tattoo infection
  5 messages · 6/13/2006
• white ink
  5 messages · 7/7/2004
• Cracking scabs
  5 messages · 6/7/2006
• artists need a foot in the door
  5 messages · 7/21/2006
• shiny scarring
  5 messages · 4/10/2007
• fading tattoos
  5 messages · 8/6/2007
• a bad tattoo...
  5 messages · 8/4/2005
• healing
  5 messages · 8/12/2006
• Tattoo healing
  5 messages · 6/30/2006
• RUINED TATTOO?
  5 messages · 6/21/2007
• bumpy tatoo
  5 messages · 10/12/2006
• Keratosis aka "Chicken Skin"..?
  5 messages · 7/26/2006
• seth cifferri
  5 messages · 6/1/2008
• Painted Angel Too!
  4 messages · 3/31/2006
• problems with a tattoo
  4 messages · 6/8/2005
• Post Your Tattoo Photos
  4 messages · 2/28/2006
• UK Artist seeks work in Florida
  4 messages · 4/3/2006
• tattoo scabed up
  4 messages · 2/8/2006
• Swollen tattoo
  4 messages · 10/8/2007
• redness, flakiness
  4 messages · 3/27/2006
• touchups
  4 messages · 8/27/2005
• No scab or peeling?
  4 messages · 4/26/2006
• florida doctors
  4 messages · 5/10/2006
• foot tattoo troubles
  4 messages · 5/19/2006
• Looking for input on my artwork
  4 messages · 6/6/2006
• Tattoo scally peeling?
  4 messages · 6/15/2006
• red ink
  4 messages · 7/3/2006
• Healing time
  4 messages · 7/3/2006
• A week and a half in
  4 messages · 7/4/2006
• Itchy and burning
  4 messages · 8/7/2006
• A Professionals Tip on Infection and Healing
  4 messages · 8/8/2008
• Infected tat
  4 messages · 10/9/2006
• Tattoo Infection, allergy. or skin irritation?
  4 messages · 10/24/2006
• raised tattoo
  4 messages · 12/8/2006
• tattoo gone bad
  4 messages · 2/22/2007
• heeling tat on someone with dry skin
  4 messages · 2/27/2007
• RASH ON MY TATTOO
  4 messages · 4/12/2007
• TATTOO SCAB PROBLEM! Please help me QUICK!!!!
  4 messages · 5/10/2007
• Skin imperfections
  3 messages · 9/16/2005
• Scabies on tattoo
  3 messages · 10/20/2006
• tattoo over birth mark or beauty marks an such
  3 messages · 10/10/2006
• tatto infection
  3 messages · 10/7/2006
• Color peeling..
  3 messages · 9/21/2006
• Bumps on my Tattoos
  3 messages · 3/29/2007
• Help!
  3 messages · 9/14/2006
• tattoo infections
  3 messages · 9/13/2006
• white ink tattoo
  3 messages · 10/11/2006
• old tattoo starting to raise and peel
  3 messages · 8/9/2006
• Albany NY, looking for good artist/shop
  3 messages · 10/27/2005
• please help! my foot tattoo is painfulf!
  3 messages · 1/31/2007
• Raised/Bumpy tattoo after tanning
  3 messages · 9/22/2005
• White Tattoo Healing??!!
  3 messages · 2/22/2007
• Redness and tightness
  3 messages · 11/24/2006
• FOOT TATTOO
  3 messages · 7/13/2006
• Saiyge call TAz on his cell
  3 messages · 7/11/2006
• Looking for guest spots in/around Portland OR
  3 messages · 5/10/2007
• help?????
  3 messages · 5/10/2007
• Forearm
  3 messages · 3/5/2012
• AMBER ALERT!! PLEASE READ
  3 messages · 7/8/2006
• scarring
  3 messages · 6/1/2007
• bruised tattoo or did the ink run?
  3 messages · 7/7/2006
• lotion on tattoo?
  3 messages · 6/14/2007
• PROJECT FOR TONIGHT
  3 messages · 6/30/2006
• Bumps on a 8 year old tattoo
  3 messages · 7/8/2007
• scream ink
  3 messages · 7/24/2007
• Cover up advice?
  3 messages · 7/19/2007
• Sunscreen
  3 messages · 6/28/2006
• Healing and scabbings
  3 messages · 5/27/2006
• HELP! IS IT INFECTED?
  3 messages · 5/21/2006
• A&D ointment and lotion
  3 messages · 8/14/2007
• Am I getting Hives from my tattoo?
  3 messages · 3/18/2008
• tatoos driving me crazy!!!!
  3 messages · 11/23/2007
• Tatto raised
  3 messages · 11/25/2007
• pimple or reaction?
  3 messages · 11/11/2007
• scabbing
  3 messages · 4/29/2006
• faded ink;fresh tattoo
  3 messages · 11/18/2007
• Red Reaction?
  3 messages · 11/30/2007
• Painted Angel Guys...
  3 messages · 4/26/2006
• areas of tattoo swelling
  3 messages · 4/20/2006
• I need help
  3 messages · 2/16/2006
• irritated tatt
  3 messages · 1/24/2006
• reinking
  3 messages · 2/19/2006
• Help Im lost!
  3 messages · 11/25/2005
• Unhappy with the color!! Help me!
  3 messages · 11/22/2005
• Fragranced Lotion
  3 messages · 11/1/2005
• H2Ocean Kit vs. Dial & A&D
  3 messages · 11/14/2009
• need help..ASAP
  2 messages · 9/12/2004
• Five days later
  2 messages · 11/14/2005
• INK FIXX
  2 messages · 5/17/2006
• Out-standing
  2 messages · 3/2/2006
• Healing
  2 messages · 10/28/2005