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Swelling with redness and warm to touch on brand new tattoo on forearm. Infection?

I got the tattoo today. I know the swelling is normal. But the redness and the warmth on only the tattooed part of my arm is worrying me. Could it be infection? Or just a normal part of the healing process.

All perfectly normal. The warmth is from a combination of the skin being raw from the artist wiping away access ink and from the traumatization of the skin being punctured by needles. You may also begin to get a little bruising in the area which is also perfectly normal. Like how you sometimes get a bruise when you get a shot from the doc.

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