Swelling of the tattooed area may be caused by local injury, local infection and other reasons. Can follow the doctor’s instructions for physical therapy, drug therapy such as topical mupirocin ointment.
1. local injury: tattoo cleaning due to the laser heat source, will cause some damage to the local tissue, thus causing the tattoo cleaning site swollen.
This situation is usually normal, can follow the doctor’s instructions in 72 hours on the tattoo site using cold compresses to help shrink blood vessels, reduce the lymphatic tissue fluid leakage, should also use iodine povidone to disinfect, so as to avoid infection, to keep the skin area clean, can ease the discomfort.
2. Local infection: tattoo washing is not in strict accordance with the aseptic operation, or after washing the tattoo is not good care, leading to bacterial invasion, induced by infection can also cause tattoo parts swollen. You can follow the doctor’s instructions to apply mupirocin ointment, or oral amoxicillin capsules to play the role of anti-inflammatory, so as to alleviate the symptoms of discomfort.
If the patient washed tattoo site is swollen, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor for treatment, the above drugs should be used in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, to avoid blindly use their own medication.