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If you are a doctor, please answer the medical questions based on the patient's description.

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Tattoo Infection - I have given myself homemade tattoos before and  (as far as prisonstyle tattoos go) I have done a pretty good job in the past of sanitation.This last tat I was doing was a cover-up on my ankle, and I used a different ink than I usually use, which has caused my skin to be red and swollen (its day 3 now but I am used to new tats enough to know when it looks healthy, which it doesnt.), and I cant afford to go to the doctor for the infection, so I was wondering if you had any advice to help me out?I have been spraying it with bactine at least daily, giving it plenty of air and avoiding moisture.also, I have some antibiotics (dont remember the name, no longer in the bottle) that my doctor gave me about a year ago for an infection in my intestine, and I was wondering if I should take these as I was thinking they might help, and I figured it was worth a shot as long as they couldnt make it worse, so could they?thanks a lot!

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Hi Thanks for the query There can be two reasons for the above presentation,Either you have developed contact sensitivity due to the tattoo and its pigment i.e. a kind of allergic reaction to the pigment. Or you have developed infection at the site of the tattoo. Allergic reaction usually presents with redness and development of fluid filled vesicular lesions with few solid pa pules or pustules over the affected area.the lesions in this case are very itchy in nature... Infection presents with redness of the area with the development of pus filled lesions... I would advise you to apply a steroid-antibiotic combination like Flutist cream over the area Take oral antihistamines like levocetrizine once a day for 3-4 days... Keep the area clean and Chat Doctor. .  If inspire of the above measures, the lesions persist or increase in size, then sometimes a course of oral steroids or oral antibiotics is required according to the clinical picture Hope it helps To wish you speedy recovery 