Skin ulcers at the tattoo site may be caused by improper handling, allergies and other reasons. General treatment, medication and other treatments can be used as prescribed by the doctor.
1. Improper operation: If the instruments used for tattooing are not sterilized properly, it may cause local skin infection, thus causing skin ulceration at the tattoo site. Mupirocin ointment and clindamycin ointment can be used for sterilization and anti-inflammatory treatment as prescribed by the doctor to alleviate the symptoms.
If there is pus discharge on the ulcerated surface, debridement is required, followed by anti-infection treatment. You can also use infrared radiation to reduce the inflammatory reaction and promote wound healing.
2. Allergy: such as contact dermatitis, due to the patient contact with tattoo pigments after the occurrence of allergic reactions, so that the local skin itching, and then scratching can appear after the ulceration, can follow the doctor’s instructions to apply dexamethasone acetate cream or oral loratadine tablets, etc. to carry out anti-inflammatory, anti-allergy, anti-itching treatment, so as to alleviate the discomfort.
If the patient tattoo site skin ulceration, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, to identify the cause of the targeted treatment, the above drugs need to be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, do not recommend blindly use their own drugs.