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What Causes Swelling And Red Rashes After Getting Tattoo On Arm?

I just a new tattoo on wednesday it is located the inside of my arm couple hours after my tattoo it swelled 3 times the size of my other arm and then yesterday started to get red with little red dotts not really a rash just really bad irratation and it is now friday and it has not got better.
Mon, 10 Nov 2014
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Hello. Thanks for writing to us at healthcaremagic.

I will keep a possibility of Allergic Contact Dermatitis (ACD) to tattoo ink, as the reason behind rashes, swelling and irritation.

Specific treatment for ACD would include topical potent steroid+antibiotic combination creams (e.g clobetasol propionate+fusidic acid cream), to be applied twice daily for a week or 10 days. Topical steroids are prescription products.

An OTC oral antihistamine e.g cetrizine 10 mg once daily would provide you symptomatic relief from itching.

I would suggest that you visit a dermatologist in your region for the needful.
Your treating dermatologist might also start you on a short course of an oral steroids if deemed necessary, to take faster control of the allergic contact dermatitis.

Take care
regards
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What Causes Swelling And Red Rashes After Getting Tattoo On Arm?

Hello. Thanks for writing to us at healthcaremagic. I will keep a possibility of Allergic Contact Dermatitis (ACD) to tattoo ink, as the reason behind rashes, swelling and irritation. Specific treatment for ACD would include topical potent steroid+antibiotic combination creams (e.g clobetasol propionate+fusidic acid cream), to be applied twice daily for a week or 10 days. Topical steroids are prescription products. An OTC oral antihistamine e.g cetrizine 10 mg once daily would provide you symptomatic relief from itching. I would suggest that you visit a dermatologist in your region for the needful. Your treating dermatologist might also start you on a short course of an oral steroids if deemed necessary, to take faster control of the allergic contact dermatitis. Take care regards