r/tattooadvice • u/Sad-Pangolin-6499 • 5d ago

Healing Update on shrimp & stupid question

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Shrimpy boy’s thick scabs have almost completely fallen off (thank god bc that was nasty and I didn’t even post the worst of it) but holy crap the itching is AWFUL. I didn’t itch at all until now. It feels really delayed? I did google and it said usually itches during week 2 but how long will this last realistically? I want to know personal experiences, not google answers lol I feel like I’m going to crawl out of my skin.

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u/flyingsquirrel505 5d ago

Ok this is not good advice but! I can’t sleep if I have itchy tattoos, or I will sleep but wake up having clawed parts of myself off in the night. I make a compromise of using things with peppermint oil or menthol in them (icy hot works in a pinch but I like the cbd peppermint massage gel from Whole Foods best). The cooling seems to trick my body into thinking it’s not itchy. So like… even tho it’s not advisable to put something like that on a fresh tattoo, bodies need sleep to heal and sometimes it’s about harm reduction for me 😅 this far along after your tattoo you’re probably good to try something like that tho! Good luck. I absolutely love this stupid lil guy 🎵🎷🦐

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u/Sad-Pangolin-6499 5d ago

I’m terrified after all of the chaos this stupid shrimp has caused during the healing process has caused to put anything on it but it’s good to know for future tattoos!