Acne in the tattoo area may be caused by infection, allergy and other reasons. Can follow the doctor’s advice to use general treatment, drug treatment and other ways of treatment, such as antibiotic drugs, glucocorticoid drugs, antihistamines and so on.
1. Infection:
(1) After tattooing the skin surface there will be small traumas, once the local skin cleaning, care is not appropriate, it is easy because of sweat, dirt and other adhesion triggered by inflammatory infection, the formation of acne-like lesions.
(2) patients should pay attention to local skin care, do not scratch the local skin, can be sterilized with povidone-iodine, can follow the doctor’s instructions for local application of erythromycin ointment, mupirocin ointment and other antibiotic medications, to play an anti-inflammatory role, thus improving symptoms.
2. Allergy: part of the allergic body, due to the tattoo pigment allergic reaction, easy to tattoo site erythema, papule-like lesions. Can follow the doctor’s instructions external mometasone furoate cream, hydrocortisone cream and other glucocorticoid drugs, oral loratadine, cetirizine hydrochloride tablets and other antihistamines, to play an anti-inflammatory and anti-allergic effect, so as to improve the symptoms.
Tattoo area acne, there may be other causes. It is recommended that patients go to the hospital in a timely manner to identify the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor for treatment, avoid self-medication, so as not to cause adverse consequences.