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TATTOOS AND INFECTION

Getting a tattoo is common practice by many in this day and age. With an on body art form that can

be used to express yourself, it’s no wonder so many people enjoy getting tattoos. This is all good and 

well but what happens when a tattoo goes wrong or becomes infected? This can be a traumatising 

and depressing experience so it is important to make sure that you know exactly what you want and 

that your tattooist is a reputable artist. 

It is important when picking out your tattoo that you make it clear to the artist what it is you want. If 

there are any details of a design you do not like, make sure that you point this out, remember it is 

your body that the design is going on and so you must be the final decider. Tattoos that you should be 

extra careful about are those with letters or numbers in them. The last thing you want to do is get the 

spelling wrong or dates wrong, because once it’s on your body there’s no changing it. 

One of the most worry things however about a tattoo is the risk of infection. The most common cause 

of an infected tattoo is lack of aftercare and not down to the tattooist. They can however also become 

infected due to poor hygiene in the tattoo studio such as dirty needles and equipment not being 

sterilised properly. 

If you have just got your first tattoo it may be difficult for you tell whether or not it is infected or just 

healing. A number of symptoms that would indicate an infected tattoo are listed below.

• Extreme redness or irritation


• A fever


• Increased, persistent or shooting pains


• Swelling


• A funny odour


• Discharge


• Red streaks or sores

A seriously infected tattoo has the potential to kill a person if it gets out of hand, it is therefore 

extremely important that you take the proper care precautions after having one done. If you feel as 

though your tattoo is infected and you are becoming worried about it you should firstly see your 

tattooist as they should be able to inform you if it is infected or not. If you are still worried however 

or have had an infection confirmed you should make an appointment to see your doctor immediately. 

The treatment of an infected tattoo will generally be a course of antibiotics prescribed by your doctor. 

Some doctors may ask you to take a blood test depending on the seriousness of the infection. It is 

important that if you do have an infected tattoo to keep it out of direct sunlight and away from water. 

Author Bio:

Jake is a keen writer who has a particular interest in tattoos, piercing and their aftercare. He often 

writes about tattoo supplies and the aftercare of tattoos.

Back in Ptown again!

So I'm back in Provincetown, Mass for the second time this summer... and it's been busy!

I know I've neglected the blog for a minute, so here's some things I've been working on back in Philly and here in Ptown.

 Started these outlines on one of my clients back in Philly. Hes working on a sleeve with a collection of  fun old school inspired designs. More on this soon!

 This is a fun project I started on a friend of mine, she's taking one for the team and letting me do an awesome fun phoenix on her arm. She has a bird on her forearm so we're going to work it into that eventually. More to come on this as well.

 Fun illustration of Ann Boleyn started before I left Philly. I have an appointment when I get back to start shading.

 BIG thanks to Abby for this fun Lotus blossom in a not-so-fun area to tattoo! She sat like a champ as always!

 Another outline! Been doing some bigger work lately... which is fun but frustrating! I want to finish them all now!  This one should be fun when it's done - we're going for a stained glass look!

 Love flowers always.....

This one was fun too! mirror image with birds and cherry blossoms. Again, any and all flowers! Love them!

 This was his first tattoo! He sat for about 3.5 hours and the next day had to head to Afghanistan. Safe travels home my friend!

 Got some progress on Morgan's water cycle sleeve. This one is a blast to do!

 I had the great opportunity to add onto a tattoo originally designed and started by Anna Paige! I added an extra flower and some swirls to cover a small scar she had.

 Above is the massive coverup I had been working on for a while. We finished it about a month ago now, here's the before shot too.

Joshua tree for a lone traveler.... really enjoyed this one too! loving working with black and grey!

 Another flower! Love lilies!

 Cyclist design brought in by the client and we tweaked it a bit.

 More progress on Patrick's half sleeve, which originally started as just the fishing reel.... and grew from there! Not too much left on this but we're making great progress!

 Not a great angle but this is done on the lovely Miss Heather! I've tattooed her a bunch and don't intend to stop! Thanks girl!

 Her first tattoo.... painted wolf. She sat so great for this and I had so much fun playing around with the fun colors! I hope to see this one healed up!

 Thanks to my homie Heather for letting me tattoo her ribs! We did this one in two sessions, i'll post healed pics when I see her again.

 Moonflowers for Miss Jen!!! She brings me cookies everytime I tattoo her so bring me more!

 Fun spin on the usual walkin. I don't mind doing the same type of tattoo often....but when I get the chance to put my own spin on it... that makes it worth it.

 Another angle

 His first one! Done in two sessions... could use a touchup session for a few spots looking back at it and bc I'm a perfectionist.

Side note- He provided the image... I just tweaked it a bit.

 The skeleton above is for one of my favorite clients Dave! He came to Ptown from Connecticut and got this start to his half sleeve.... as well as his elbow which we did as well. I have more to go on this one and still have work on his leg to finish up!



To the right - she came to Coastline from Denmark and got this plastic bag.... an ode to American Beauty?

 Everyone loves a gentleman octopus!!! Really fun one. This family that came in was great! All 6 of them came from Boston and all got tattooed! What a great day!

 Done on one of the family members as well. He did great and provided the image (flash) from the web.

Dave's elbow... the very tip will probably need another hit when I see him again but he did great as always! I'll be bummed when he leaves for the west coast!    Looks like I need to find a place in So Cal to visit......


More to come and thanks for looking!

I'm getting ready to leave the Cape to go back to Philly for two weeks, then off to DC to Cirque du Rouge with the lovely Cynthia Rudzis!! Can't wait to get a grand tour of DC, it's been so long since I've been there!

Japanese TATTOO Horimitsu Style Complete!!

Arielle's Lion of a Tattoo (at the Urban Tattoo Convention)

I posted last month about attending the 4th Annual New York City Tattoo Convention here.



I've been periodically posting some of the amazing tattoos I saw there, and wanted to share this one as well:

This incredible lion tattoo is on the left arm of Arielle, who credited the work to the artist Dee Whitcomb at Wyld Chyld Tattoo in Merrick, New York.



Arielle told me her name means "Lion of God," so she went with this design which Dee drew up and tattooed on her. It's really a beautiful tattoo that certainly captures the grace of this majestic animal.



Thanks to Arielle for sharing her lion with us here on Tattoosday!

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