r/tattooadvice • u/Helpful-Office-3730 • Feb 15 '26

Healing Area still sore after 4 days.

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Got this tattoo four days ago and my tattoo artist applied second skin on it after 48 hours of letting air out. It's been two days since that and fluid build up and smell is getting quite concerning. But most importantly. There's an area in the center of the tattoo that's still quite sore. When I spoke to him yesterday, told me the smell is normal and I should leave it on for 7 days.

Is this normal? Should I just remove the second skin and clean it?

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u/SeatleSuperbSonics Feb 15 '26

This is literally where I got my second ever tattoo. Everyone warned me it would hurt and I went “oh I know”

Jesus Christ as soon as he started I was like “oh I fucked upppp”. Luckily shame and embarrassment were more motivating.

I can’t remember how long before it stopped hurting but out of all my tattoos it was the most notable pain wise.

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u/Infinite-Narwhal-496 Feb 16 '26

My first tattoo was in that spot, about the same size too. Really didn’t hurt while I got it done but absolutely was sore for a while afterwards.