please: why do people warn you about the danger of going into the ocean with a fresh tattoo, but not so much with other open wounds/scratches? Is there actually higher risk of infection with a healing tattoo vs a normal cut?
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Getting an infection in a fresh tattoo is somewhat the responsibility of the tattoo provider in that it might be blamed on their sterilization and procedures as opposed to your wound care practices. Because of that they are likely to advise you to care for the wound with more care than otherwise, because if you scratch yourself and get it infected on your own there is only yourself to blame.
Another issue is that an infection of a tattoo may easily result in the tattoo being damaged. A regular scratch becoming infected doesn’t result in permanent ink being out of place on your skin, but with a fresh tattoo that is very possible.
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