Day 8- Feeling a little better

I woke up with it very sore and irritated. I decided (even though I'm not supposed to put anything on it) to smear something on it so it wouldn't hurt under my work boot.
I took a little aloe gel w/50% DMSO added and a drop of thieves oil. This took the pain away in a matter of seconds. The entire day it felt alot better!! The swelling also went down and redness is isolated exclusively to the tattoo area. I had just been wrapping an ACE bandage over it w/o the non stick gauze, but the last couple days it oozed a little ink which kinda stuck to my wrap, SO I'll be going back to the gauze!! Lol. Always an adventure. Im excited with the progress though!!