I had a tatoo on the inside of my right ankle. I recently had it cut out with a scalpel by a friend of mine who practices scarification. With scarification, you would normally heal the wound via covering with cling wrap and keeping moist, because you would want a scar to form. I was told that because I did not want to achieve the scar, but to only have the tatoo removed, to let it scab, wash with anti bacterial soap, soak in sea salt in a bucket and leave uncovered. I am doing this at the moment. I am just in so much pain and the scab keeps breaking. The doctor has told me to put an antibacterial cream on it that he prescribed.. But I have found that by doing this, it doesn't scab, it just seeps because of the oil base in the cream. I am not using the cream anymore, as I want it to scab. The doc also said not to go to the beach.. Is this correct? I thought salt water would benefit the healing process. I need this to be healed pretty much in 7 weeks, as I am travelling to thailand. I would like an opinion on how to best heal this would quickly! Thanks!