Tattoo area peeling skin is very itchy may be due to physiological and pathological factors, such as contact dermatitis, bacterial infections and so on. Usually can be used general treatment, drug treatment, etc. can be prescribed by the use of glycerine lotion, clobetasol propionate cream and so on.
1. Physiological factors: after the tattoo deep in the local tissue is recovering, there are new cells in the renewal, so there will be tattoo parts of the peeling very itchy, this is a normal physiological phenomenon. Do not need special treatment, just keep the local skin dry, do not scratch, with the passage of time, the local scabs slowly fall off, the symptoms will disappear.
2. Pathological factors
(1) contact dermatitis: for some allergic patients, it is easy to tattoo pigment allergy, causing contact dermatitis, which leads to tattoo site peeling and itchy symptoms. Can follow the doctor’s instructions for external use of glycerite lotion, can play the effect of itching, if the more serious can also follow the doctor’s instructions with hydrocortisone butyrate cream, so as to alleviate the discomfort.
(2) bacterial infection: such as tattoo after not pay attention to hygiene, easy to cause tattoo parts of the bacterial infection, will cause inflammation problems, resulting in tattoo parts of the peeling very itchy symptoms. Erythromycin ointment or mupirocin ointment can be used as prescribed by the doctor for treatment, to play the role of anti-inflammatory and bactericidal, so as to alleviate the discomfort.
If the patient tattoo area peeling itchy, exclude physiological factors, it is recommended to go to the hospital in time to find out the cause of the disease, under the guidance of the doctor for medication, do not take care of yourself, so as not to cause the symptoms to worsen.