New tattoos inflamed, healing questions?

I have 7 tattoos, the last 2 got done on Wed. the older ones started on my lower back and slowly worked their way outwards and the latst 2 are on either side (hip area). These 2 hurt by far the worst and are fairly large. the skin there on both sides is fairly inflamed (not infected). anything i can do to reduce inflamation? have already tried taking advil, helped with the pain a bit, but no diff in puffyness. how long will they be inflamed for? i take it this is a more sensitive spot that on the back as i never had this before. (its a very repultable place, and very sterlie etc & same guy that always does my tats). im also a fairly skinny girl and dont have a lot of fat on that area, not sure if that is related or not?
Last question..what do you recommedn for healing? i have always used unscented lotion in the past and it has worked great, but does it really have to be unsecented and why? any new ideas that work well? Thank you!

Anti Bacterial soap for washing & A&D Ointment. It's in the baby aisle in stores, it's for diaper rash. Make sure you get the ORIGINAL. That area is pretty sensetive and you should never use unscented lotion theres still other chemicals in the lotion & that's why it's inflamed.

The best anti bacterial soap is the mild clear equate soap from wal mart and it's only like 88 cents. Never use any dials they are too strong will irritate you even more.

wash the tattoo off with antibacterial and luke warm water, let air dry... then apply the a&d ointment. take the palm of your hand and rub off most of the a&d ointment so theres no clumps, but make sure theres still a shine to the area.

Never use unscented lotion. Never use neosporin or anything that 'heals' wounds. You'll probably end up all scabby/irritated and your tattoo won't beable to heal properly.

good luck

lotion needs to be unscented because the chemicals that they use in scented lotion will cause clogging of the pores and bring on infection. what i was told to use was unscented desodin (diaper rash ointment), and it should help with the puffiness and the reddness.

Make sure to clean well with soap and water, then apply Bacitracin, or triple antibiotic ointment. Nothing with fragrance

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make sure to wash it with unscented soap gently with your hands as well, and for the inflammation, try some ice packs.

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