wierd skin rash in tattoo

[tatrobyrd]

for about 6 months now i have had this itchy spot on my upper right arm within my tattoo. once i start scratching it gets worse and i have to stop myself or else ill bleed.once i started scratching the first spot it has now turned into 5. there is one now that is not on the tattoo. i have had this tattoo for over 7 years without a problem. its seems to itch once or twice a day and doesnt go away even if i cover it with creams and bandaids. ive researched it but cant seem to figure out what it is and now im worried becouse it seems to be spreading but only on the skin in and around my tattoo. these spots look like if you had a mosquito bite that you never stopped scratching. my skin around it seems to feel a little thicker and kind of numb. they are flat and not bumpy. anyone have anything like this or any idea about it. im stumped

[Ottis556]

I tried the tea tree oil and it did stop the itching for me.  It's not the greatest smelling stuff but it was cheap and stopped the itching.  If you get more information please post it here.

[jizzo741]

the rash that i am getting started only in the red of my tattoo. The more i scratched it the more it spread. its little blister like bumps and itches like crazy. I have had this tattoo for about three years without a problem and my other tattoos with the same color in them don't do this.

[Whodisis]

i got a swallow tat and 2 days later i had a few bumps that itched and it jus keeps geting bigger the tat has pink ,dark pink ,blue and green the artist who did it said it was the A & D clogging my pores but i stoped using it and its getting worse

[shane724]

I got a tattoo done on my whole back in black ink a year ago. Two weeks later I was going to sleep and i thought i felt what seemed to be some kind of bugs crawling around in my back, they were itching the hell out of me, and ever since then I know have these itchey red bumps and a couple of little blister like bumps. It has also changed the skin on my face a little as well. It isa not as bad as it sounds but it is uncomfortable at times and I was just wondering if anybody had sucess in getting rid of there syptons or had what im talking about and got rid of that also. Ive been to three dermatologist and two said it was falleculitious and they're medicines did not work. The other gave me cortizone cream that did not work either. I also had one of them write me a perscription for mites because of the bugs i thought i was feeling in my skin and that did not work either. Im gonna try the tea tree oil. Any help is appreciated, Thanks.

[Vanessa Lacuesta]

Hi

The symptoms began a year after the tattoo was done. An allergic reaction may still be a differential here. However this is not very likely now, as the symptoms appear to be far delayed. This sensation of crawling bugs on your back may be nerve related. These blisters may be herpetic skin lesions. This is the differential I can readily think of given the symptoms and presentation.

Have you had chicken pox before?

[briggsk1]

I am expeirencing the same thing. I am glad I'm not alone but I'm sorry others have to endure this pain in the butt. Same thing, I've had tattoos for year and all of a sudden, I got the itchy little bumps. I went to the dermatologist. He seemed more interested in the the 40 year old girls that were getting Botox injections. Whatever... Anyways, he prescribed me some Dermatop cream. It's a steriod base cream. It helps a little but I still deal with it damn near hourly. OTC Max strenght Hyrdocordisone cream seems to be just as effective. PLEASE!!!! Anyone whom finds success with a product, PLEASE LET US KNOW!!!