Feeling ill after tattoo

[Raerae91]

I got my first tattoo today on my wrist and everything was fine but now hours later I'm feeling terrible and have flu-like symptoms it's making me extremely anxious, the place I went to is very clean and I saw him use a new needle but I'm scared I now have some type of infection :(

[Denisse]

Don't worry. If he used a new needle and you actually do have an infection it won't be anything serious. However I bet that you don't really have an infection but you may be feeling these symptons because of your body reacting to the tatoo, which is foreign material to your body.

[scorpionwhispers]

Weirdly I was just coming on here to search for illness after tattoos! I got my 4th today but it's on my ribs and was bigger than the others and because of positioning more painful.

When I finished the session today (about 2 hours) I felt light headed, really tired and had a brain fog where I didn't feel I could think straight. Obviously I googled but this time I found lots of other posts about endorphins being released and adrenaline as a result of pain, then when these wear off your body is exhausted and can make you feel flu-like/shivery/cold etc. This makes sense to me and I was reassured by it. I hope you are too. x