Fifty Shades of Red: Tattoo Redness Explained
You may notice that you may get red (and sometimes swollen) for some tattoos and not others. Why is that? There are so many factors that can affect this, but it’s a natural process. First, when you get a tattoo you are poking into the dermis (second layer of skin) with a needle which causes acute inflammation from that poke. This is your body’s natural defence mechanism - skin releases signals — causes blood vessels to dilate and rush to affected area to begin healing = redness. So a little...
