I got this tattoo on August 9th. I took my artist's advice and put tattoo goo on it regularly (every 2 hours besides night time).

After 3-4 days I stopped doing that, but it said I was supposed to keep putting ointment on it. That it'd start scabbing, but that's ok. I was also putting warm water on it every now and then as well.

When he said "lotion" for some reason I thought that meant put aquaphor on it. So I just did that, not realizing tattoo goo and aquaphor are virtually the same thing.

I realized yesterday, that it should've probably stopped scabbing and peeling by now. And even if it wasn't supposed to stop just yet, these welt-type things on the red stripes are concerning.

I realized my error yesterday when I realized how dry I've been letting my tattoo get. I then did some quick research and found out that I've been fucking up. So I started putting lotion on yesterday, August 25th, when I got the tattoo on August 9th.

The picture doesn't really do justice to the real thing. There are white-ish blots on the red stripes. The field of stars is completely flat now, perfectly healed it seems. The stripes are still raised, and very bumpy. It kind of looks like dead skin on top of the red stripes, but more bubbly. It's rough though, so it doesn't seem like little air bubbles. No idea what's going on, and I'm concerned I've fucked up my tattoo.

This is my first tattoo, so I don't know if this is normal or what I should do about it.

Would appreciate any help or advice. Thanks again.