hello, my name is Elora.
I recently got a tattoo on my rib exactly a week ago, the day after the tattoo the swelling and redness had not gone down and I was in huge amounts of pain. I continued to wash it and apply bepanthem cream (suggested by tattooist) but it continued to get worse, becoming very inflamed and swollen. I went to the doctor and was prescribed antiobiotics, 5 days later the swelling has gone down but parts of the ink is falling out and I am still in lots of pain. No tattooist I have asked can tell me what is wrong with it and even the doctor isn’t completely sure apart from suggesting an ‘allergic reaction’. Someone please give me some answers 🙁
I have added a picture of a timeline of the tattoo over the week.