well this is my tat, Its only black,no it doesnt get itchy when it gets warmer and the entire tat actually kinda sticks out, not bumpy but if i were to touch my normal skin near the tat andwhen i shift it towards my tat, it rises.

yeah, ill probably try aloe vera, luckily im not allergic to anything

Cool ink.

thanks! im going to get more just like this style

I'd like another one, too. I want an ankh one of these days.

Keep it clean, but don't over clean it (too often). Try the other things mentioned (Neosporin or anti-bacterial cream or Aloe vera). In the mean time I would go to a tat shop and ask them what they think. Might just be the pigment shifting which is sometimes common. If all else fails see a doctor.

Could it be an allergy to the ink? You may becoming allergic to it?

after having this tat for 2 years?

your fail boat has arrived!

guess ill go and see what they think about this, thanks though.

I developed an allergy to freshly mowed grass when I was 15. When I was a kid, I used to play in it all the time, after my dad mowed, then I had a severe reaction. I can't be around it now, cuts my breath off.

maybe, it could happen. Your chemical make up could have changed. I don't know your age, and details..now I'm gonna have to go perv ya.
Have you had any shots in the couple years? Ya know immunizations, any surgery..

I perved ya..your young enough to have your make up change since you got that..also, military pic..leave the country, get any shots?

ive had shots about 5 months ago, back when i was in the marine corp. Even then i still had the itch, it was exactly the same as it was then and i was in boat company(thats what they call it) and they told us that if we had recently new tats then we couldnt swim, but mine was old and it had no effect on me.Still the same now as it was back then.

Well, something is different..try the aloe and if it doesn't stop, I would get it checked out. That's what I would do, or have one of my boys do if it were one of them.
Hope it gets better...

Well, Ladylid answered my response.

One's body doesn't not stay the same, or else we'd be skinney 20 year olds no matter how old we get. Stress will mess the body up, as Ladylid mentioned, shots, immunizations, surgery.

I know for me, I used to never have issues with allergies till I lived with a smoker for 4 years, and that royally fricked up my system. The first year I got away from him, my body purged, and I was absolutely miserable with sinus infections and allergy issues.

One can become allergic to jewelry, even if they weren't before, so it's always possible to become allergic to the ink.

Actually yes, I knew someone that had a tat for 14 years and suddenly became allergic to it. Very uncommon but hey, when it's on your arm that's all that matters right? You could also take antihistamines such as diphenhydramine (Benadryl) which should get rid of the itch, BUT keep in mind that it's itching for a reason, and that you need to find out what that reason is, and not just keep taking Benadryl.... It's not the itch that you should be worried about, but what is irritating it to itch in the first place.

I lived with my dad who was a smoker for nearly 18 years, the when i joined the marine corp there were alot of smokers there and i inhaled alot of smoke while i was in the fleet, still hasnt effected me in any way which im really glad it didnt, ive also been sprayed with a mace like stuff in a gas chamber, ive inhaled loads of carbon from shooting my m16 and even the SAW gun.But even with all of that i still had the same old every once in a while itchy tat.

yeah, im definetly gonna try the aloe vera and thanks