<p>She did it. My college freshman got a tattoo.<br>
She has extremely sensitive skin and has suffered from eczema on and off since she was 4 years old. I am sure her dermatologist will not be happy. When she got her belly button pierced he told her that her liver would get infected, she would get liver failure and need a transplant.
She got the tattoo 6 days ago. Today she broke out in hives around it. She thinks it’s the cream they gave her to put on it. I am fearful it is an allergic reaction to the ink.
Any ideas?</p>
<p>what sort of cream did they give her?
So many creams have mineral oil/petroleum- /Pennzoil 10-30 in it.
When my daughter got a tattoo I don’t think she put anything on it.</p>
<p>also depends on what part of body.</p>
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<p>She said it has Eucerin in it and she isn’t allergic to Eucerin. She is supposed to use it until it is healed. She did stop using it though and bought some benadryl.</p>
<p>it sounds like she is at the “your tattoo will itch and begin to flake and peel” stage but she says she has hives all over it and around it.</p>
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wonder if advice from folks on CC is ok? LOL</p>
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<p>Woah, is that true…?? I’m not a doctor, but that sounds incredibly fishy…</p>
<p>I’ve had eczema since birth, recurs every so often with a vengeance. I’ve never heard of anything about eczema and tattoos, or eczema and liver failure resulting from belly button piercing. I think if a doctor had told me something as alarming as “you’re going to need a liver transplant from this piercing” and I seemed to be fine after a while, I’d quit listening to him full-stop. Might be time to get a new doc…?</p>
<p>If she starts to have trouble breathing, she needs to get to an ER ASAP, because then it’s likely an allergic reaction. Other than that, it’s entirely possible that it’s the cream, and she should contact her derm to see if there’s any hypoallergenic alternative. I know that my skin doesn’t tolerate lotions or creams at all… at <em>all</em>. My skin explodes. Prolonged contact just makes me more miserable.</p>
<p>Edit: Looked up the liver failure/piercing link, and I think the doctor probably assumed that your daughter went to a place that doesn’t use sterile equipment and contracted Hepatitis. Reputable places use sterile equipment, and hopefully your daughter did her research… When I took my college roommate to get her belly button pierced, they didn’t let me in the room and the placed looked like an OR. The punk-rock-lookin’ technician was <em>immaculately</em> professional, donned a mask and gloves and swabbed liberally with betadine, among other things. I was impressed. I think your daughter’s doctor might be using scare tactics…</p>
<p>I just called her - they gave her Aquaphor.
She quit using it but is afraid to put body lotion on it. I wonder if she can get Vitamin E oil and use that?</p>
<p>With the belly piercing - she went in for a regular visit and had some scaring. I told her to show him - he was NOT pleased. lol.
Anyway, he told her if it got infected, the infection could go into her bloodstream directly to the blood vessels that flow through the liver and infect the liver etc… She basically ignored him.
I went with her for the belly piercing - it was at Piercing Pagoda and her aseptic technique was excellent.</p>
<p>When she showed me the tattoo (I visited her last weekend) I told her she needed to get tested for Hepatitis - she laughed and told me she watched him take the sterile needle out of the sterile packaging. She is savvy.</p>
<p>Anyway, she has little red dots all over the tattoo and around it - it’s on her side and about 2" x 3"</p>
<p>I am not knowledgeable about tattoos other than I don’t like them at all (My 22 year old son has 5 - I cried when he had the 4th one done so he does not show them to me any more) but googled and found that you can have an allergic reaction to the ink. Here is one link I found
[Tattoos:</a> Risks and precautions to know first - MayoClinic.com](<a href=“http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/tattoos-and-piercings/MC00020]Tattoos:”>Tattoos: Understand risks and precautions - Mayo Clinic)</p>
<p>If you google allergy to tattoo ink you will find more.</p>
<p>I feel for you. We thought we had out kids convinced they were not a good idea but obviously we were wrong with our son. I am really hoping that my daughter does not follow suit. A volunteer on the housing project she worked at during the summer offered to pay for tattoos for the Staff and she passed - got an additional ear piercing instead which I was so pleased about. </p>
<p>She probably should go see a doctor if it does not clear up soon. Good luck.</p>
<p>My advice is to have her go to her school’s health clinic. I’m sure they have a lot of experience with the aftermath of tattoos.</p>
<p>I read that hepatitis can live in the ink so one needs clean ink as well as clean needle. I would still get hepatitis check.</p>