Tattoo healing process question?
I got two tattoos on May 5th. The first was a small one on my wrist, which peeled and seemed to heal normally for me. (I should note that these are my 7th and 8th tattoos.) My only question about this one is that the outline still feels a bit raised, even though it finished peeling about a week ago. I'm still using unscented lotion a few times a day.
My second tattoo from that day is a larger one on the side of my calf. It started peeling late but luckily didn’t itch too much (thank God!). However, it doesn’t seem to have peeled fully; it's still raised and is now peeling like dead skin, with just colorless skin showing underneath. None of my other tattoos have ever done that. I'm still using unscented lotion a few times a day.
This situation seems unusual to me because all my other tattoos have peeled once and looked great within a week to a week and a half at most. Am I doing something wrong? For tattoo care, I use tattoo goo soap until healed, A&D ointment until peeling and itching begin, and then I switch to unscented lotion. I got another large tattoo on my thigh about a month before these two and followed the same care routine, and it healed beautifully within a week and a half.
2 Answers
Your tattoo is healing normally.
Usually tattoos take 3 – 4 weeks to fully heal, especially when they are farther away from your core.
According to my artist, and from what i have seen personally, tattoos closer to the heart heal a bit faster than those on the extremities. My tattoo on the back of my neck healed in 10 days, but my foot tattoo took closer to 5 weeks to heal and do the final peel.
Feb 02, 2025
This is normal, it takes sometimes over a month to fully heal. The healing will vary depending on where your tattoo is as well. What heals quickly on the wrist could take a little longer somewhere else. For example my inner arm tattoos healed up quickly but my elbow tattoo took longer. As long as your tattoo isn’t weeping yellow gunk and is hot and painful, then you’re fine.
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