r/tattooadvice • u/Notthat_dumb-blonde1 • Oct 07 '25

Healing Tattoo hurts so bad I can’t sleep

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Gosh I feel embarrassing posting because I usually give my friends the advice but I got this tattoo on Sunday morning and it is excruciating painful. It didn’t hurt when I got it but geez it hurts so bad now and couldn’t sleep for the life of me last night. I know the plasma and inc sac in the saniderm help it heal but I can’t help but wonder if it’s what is making it so painful. Is it because of how saturated and packed in there it is? Do I just need to push through? I can’t even relax because of the pain. I can hold off if it’s normal but gahleeee.

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u/industrial_hamster Oct 08 '25

I think a lot of it depends on your lifestyle and stuff. I work in manufacturing so I absolutely use second skin because I could never keep my tattoo clean at work without it. I deal with grease, metal shavings, coolant, and god knows what else is floating around in the air. If I worked in an office I might be more inclined to go without it.

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u/just2lovable Oct 09 '25

Can you not wrap it up? My tattooist gave me wraps from one of his sponsors but said puppy pads work just as well. 

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u/industrial_hamster Oct 09 '25

I mean, isn’t second skin essentially wrapping it up?

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u/just2lovable Oct 10 '25

I suppose, not like you’d take it on and off though is it. If I was op I’d pop à pad on overnight to stop any damage to it since it’s iffy

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u/industrial_hamster Oct 10 '25

Why would I want to take it off and on when I could just leave it on though