Itchy raised skin after several years of tattooing can be caused by allergies, bacterial infections, and scarring. The itchy and raised skin after several years of tattooing can be solved by medication, physical therapy and other methods.
1. Allergy: may be in contact with allergic substances and caused an allergic reaction, the symptoms of itchy and raised skin, can be prescribed oral antihistamines such as chlorpheniramine maleate tablets, topical glucocorticosteroid drugs such as mometasone gluconate cream or dianabed cream. In addition, it is also necessary to find out the allergens to avoid stimulation.
2. Bacterial infection: several years after the patient’s tattoo, bacteria invade the skin due to bacterial infection, thus making the tattooed area itchy and raised. You can follow the doctor’s instructions to apply anti-infective drugs such as fusidic acid cream or mupirocin ointment, so as to alleviate the discomfort of the tattooed part of the itchy bumps.
3. Scarring: After the patient’s skin has been tattooed, the stress reaction is relatively large, the tissue cells are overgrown, the cells will stimulate the nerves during the active period, so the tattooed area is itchy and raised. Can follow the doctor’s instructions to use carbon dioxide fractional laser and other physical treatment methods, can make the scar itching to reduce, the color becomes lighter, the surface becomes flat, so as to alleviate the tattoo part of the discomfort of the itchy bumps.
Tattoo a few years after the skin is very itchy raised, it is recommended to the regular hospital in time, under the guidance of the doctor standardized medication, do not self-medication.