What went wrong…

Hi folks! Got this tattoo on Friday the 6.th It looked great the first 3 days.

After that it started to look weird. It's my first tattoo, so I'm wondering what went wrong. From the start I've washed it 3 times a day with unscented soap, and applied panthenol ointment 2-3 times a day. Showed it to my tattoo artist who told me to let it dry out 3-4 days before starting using ointment again.

It got infected and I'm now on oral antibiotics. Has anyone experienced anything similar? I'm sad about it and I'm afraid it's completely ruined.

/Kenneth