Itchy skin after tattooing may be due to normal phenomenon, or it may be caused by pathological factors such as allergies, scarring and other causes. Medications such as erythromycin ointment, loratadine tablets, silicone gel preparations, etc. can be used as prescribed by the doctor for relief.
1. Normal phenomenon: due to the tattoo will cause some damage to the skin, in the recovery period of the nerve endings are more sensitive, so the tattoo will appear after the skin itchy symptoms, this time the iodine can be sterilized, you can follow the doctor’s instructions for external application of erythromycin ointment to prevent infection.
2. Pathological factors
(1) Allergy: tattoos need to use pigment, if the tattooer is allergic to the pigment, it may lead to itchy skin after tattooing. Oral loratadine tablets and cetirizine hydrochloride tablets can be taken as prescribed by the doctor to play the role of anti-allergy, so as to alleviate the discomfort of itching.
(2) Keloid hyperplasia: It may be due to the skin damage caused by the tattoo, resulting in localized keloid hyperplasia, which leads to itchy skin after the tattoo. Can follow the doctor’s instructions to apply silicone gel preparation for treatment, inhibit scar proliferation, soften scars, or external clobetasol propionate cream to play the role of itching, so as to alleviate the symptoms of itching.
If the patient tattoo itchy skin, exclude the normal physiological reaction, it is recommended to consult a doctor to identify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor to carry out treatment, do not take care of it on their own.