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Infection due to using a mixture of salt and lemon to remove my tattoo. Any suggestions?

Arvind741Oct 6, 2016
Hi , I had a tattoo in my hand and i used salt and lemon mixture together to remove the tattoo as home remedy. I rubbed mixture over the area where i had tattoo. now i think it's penetrating my body over the area very deeply. this might lead to an infection. So, do you have any medicine or suggestion which i can use to avoid it. Please assist me on this . this is very urgent.

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