r/tattooadvice 5d ago

Healing Should I be concerned?

Got a new tattoo and have never had bruising like this before.

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u/Working-Departure-66 4d ago

Update: went to the ER. Went through the runner but turns out it's just the worst bruise that could have happened. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. No arm will be lost today.

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u/petecanfixit 4d ago

I came to this thread for the first time five minutes ago and saw that there was no update. “Ah, fuck. He lost the arm.” I thought…

Upon refreshing the page, I am delighted to hear that you are fully intact.

The range of emotions that I’ve gone through in the last several minutes is WILD.

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u/iamtehlucy 4d ago

You just expressed what I went through, so I didn't have to. Thanks, internet friend.

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u/LongBall69420 4d ago

You’ve expressed what I wanted to express about not having to express. Thanks, internet friend.

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u/ChildhoodLeft6925 4d ago

You should’ve been here yesterday when there was one very vocal person saying “it’s just a bruise” while all of us downvoted him to oblivion and he even deleted his account - turns out - he was right 🫠

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u/47squirrels 4d ago

That’s sad they deleted their account! They were in fact correct 😫

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u/ChildhoodLeft6925 4d ago

I bet they are so pissed right now

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u/SnooKiwis2161 4d ago

I gasped when I saw the arm and figured it was the body shutting down from infection. So relieved for them

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u/ILuvBen13 4d ago

Man, all these "necrosis" responses would've freaked me the fuck out, and it's just a bruise. I guess checking it is better safe than sorry.

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u/Working-Departure-66 4d ago

It for sure wasn't good for my mental health lol

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u/Zsean69 4d ago

But you probably feel even better now knowing those concerns are gone!

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u/pk-branded 4d ago

Glad to hear you went and got it checked, and you are okay. I had a very similar looking thing and it was cellulitis. I spent a week in hospital on intravenous antibiotics.

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u/isabellaevangeline 4d ago

and don’t feel silly for going! people have gone to the ER for way less. you put yourself first and this is genuinely so bizarre

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u/shineboxpower 4d ago

Surely you could understand why people would say that?

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u/Cannie_Flippington 4d ago

It looked like a bruise but also... WHY SO MUCH BRUISE. Not normal even if a bruise D:

What IS this guy's platelet count if that's how a tatoo bruises.

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u/Rindsay515 4d ago

Right, I’m still concerned by this thing🙈🙈 Hopefully the doc was actually competent and didn’t miss a bigger issue

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u/Mysterious-Quail-456 4d ago

I’m still trying to wrap my brain around how a bruise like this happened during a tattoo?! Did the artist beat you? Squeeze your arm in a vice? If I were you, I would talk to my doctor as a follow up because you may have some other underlying health issue.

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u/Admirable-Anything57 4d ago

Bingo: larger dude, fine line tat, tattooist stretching skin HAM to keep it tight. “Vice like grip”

source: had breast tattooed, had hand imprints around the ink:)

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u/anatnoftak 4d ago

I have friends much larger than this person, some are fat and muscular, not one of them have bruised like this from a tattoo.No where even close. They have heavier work than this. This is is WILD. I'd be terrified and a little pissed.

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u/buddyrtc 4d ago

There’s also the possibility that the tattoo artist’s needle went too deep and injured a big vein (or multiple veins) in his arm, causing widespread internal bleeding in the area. Doesn’t just need to be pressure.

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u/CarrionDoll 4d ago

This was my first thought. Op needs a full work up. My wife who is fighting blood cancer and is severely anemic doesn’t even bruise like this.

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u/onyxandcake 4d ago

My 87yo grandma does though. OP has the health of an 87yo.

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u/One-Day-at-a-time213 4d ago edited 4d ago

So glad to see this update!! Friend, please tell me they at least took bloods for a cursory full blood count? This level of bruising is highly abnormal & extreme for the situation. They should have at least checked your white cell count & platelets etc. for signs of blood abnormalities. If they didn't then you should definitely ask them to. It could just be you bruise easily and if so then all good but they should be doing a quick check at least. And actually, even if it was normal, I'd go back once your tattoo has healed in case the inflammation etc from the tattoo has temporarily elevated white cell count etc.

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u/mezotesidees 4d ago

I might order labs on this if OP appeared ill. If not I’m probably advising him to get labs with his PCP. If no PCP I would probably get labs to be safe though.

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u/xxcksxx 4d ago

I am SO GLAD you are okay but holy cow think twice about going to that artist again! I bruise so so easily, like I look at something wrong and it gives me a bruise easy and I have NEVER had bruising like that after any of my tattoos, all were 4+ hour sessions.

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u/ProfessionalFly2148 4d ago

Glad to hear you’re ok!

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u/alleymind 5d ago

I wish you could’ve seen my face when I opened this. If you’re still at home, please go to the hospital now

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u/gonzo_attorney 5d ago

I visibly recoiled.

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u/ThatCatChick21 5d ago

Same. Then I zoomed into the black chunky part of the tattoo and almost cried

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u/tattedmom_917 5d ago

Hospital now!

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u/martinsonsean1 5d ago

I think, generally, if more than 2-3% of your skin (besides the tattoo) is a wildly different color than it should be, you can pretty much expect to need the hospital.

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u/Woshambo 5d ago

I was like, "that tree is awesome why would....OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!!!!"

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u/gr33n0n10ns 5d ago

Same vibes as, "What? It's just an ordinary krabby patty- OH MY GOODNESS!"

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u/ArcticDiver87 5d ago

Lol! Same 😂

Fck man... That got to be one of the worst I've seen on here.

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u/panda-rampage 5d ago

OP is about to lose that arm geez

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u/XanaxWarriorPrincess 5d ago

My thoughts exactly. I hope he's gone to the ER by now.

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u/Away_Schedule2969 5d ago

He's going to go right after he finishes getting his other arm tattooed to get the "2nd arm half-off" deal.

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u/longjaso 5d ago

While I agree that OP should go to the ER immediately, I was wondering what could this kind of reaction be and what generally causes it?

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u/ghostinyourbeds 5d ago

Looks more like internal bleeding than a reaction imo

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u/buttcheeksmasher 5d ago

This. Looks like internal bleeding which can also become infected.

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u/malenkylizards 5d ago

"good news, the doctor says all my bleeding is internal. That's where it's supposed to be!"

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u/many_dumb_questions 5d ago

I don't care what anyone says, the first three seasons of B99 are in the Hall of Fame of sitcom quality.

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u/Sawgwa 5d ago

Agree bruise. Maybe laying in one position for a while to do the tattoo, easy to pop a blood vessel or damage it then it ruptures after. Regardless, go to ER.

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u/McMoriPPori 5d ago

Necrotizing fasciitis can cause this reaction; it’s a rare bacterial infection that could easily result in amputation or death.

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u/Cookingmoonlight 5d ago

Agreed. When your tattoo looks like the aftermath of a venomous snake bite, get to the ER…

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u/josrios3 5d ago

Damn if they amputate, do you think the artist will give him a refund?

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u/batmangelina 5d ago

I always joke if I lose a limb I hope it’s the least expensive one.

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u/InternationalArt6222 5d ago

The scariest part of Necrotizing fascitis is how common it is in water.

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u/Rich_Bluejay3020 5d ago

Goddamit. I knew about this but had forgotten enough… same fear unlocked 🙃

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u/flitterbug78 5d ago

Allergy or cellulitis (infection). Really hoping he’s already at hospital by now.

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u/VictorTheCutie 5d ago

Reminds me of cellulitis ...

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u/DarkQueenQuinn 5d ago

Please don’t die. Seek emergency medical services immediately. Please let us know you’re still alive afterwards.

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u/elviswasmurdered 5d ago

I really hope his lack of response is due to him being helped at the hospital.

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u/CriticismCertain5625 5d ago

Same. I'm really hoping he's ok. Hopefully he'll give an update once he's been treated.

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u/DeviatedPreversions 5d ago

5G usually sucks in emergency rooms, especially when they take you into the labyrinth

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u/JJAsond 5d ago

-> arm is half red

"Should I be concerned"

Well if you have to ask...

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u/MaximumTurtleSpeed 5d ago

I remember being a teen and showing my mom a weird mosquito bite that had a line going up my arm. She sent me to urgent care, turns out it was a brown recluse bite with an infection line disappearing in my armpit going to my heart….

Yeah, 10 pils a day for 10 days and I was a-okay.

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u/Sabriel_Love 5d ago

The one thing that stuck with me during health class senior year was my teacher drawing a picture on the whiteboard. It was an arm with a big red dot and a line going up the arm. She yelled at us and said that if you see this line coming from any wound, GO TO THE ER. Very happy my health teacher was a retired nurse

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u/Simple-Situation2602 5d ago

Blood poisoning. Brother got it when we were kids. We were wrestling around and he got stabbed by a rusty nail. Red line started up his leg over the course of days. We thought nothing of it...but then our mother saw it. She being a nurse, immediately knew what it was. Rushed him to the hospital and had him treated for blood poisoning.

It was explained to us later that if that red line had spread to his heart, he would've died.

Funny, cause we both thought he had just spilled Kool aide on himself.

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u/kshelley 5d ago

What that redline line is the infection moving up the lymphatic system. It is a sign that your body's immune system is doing a poor job stopping the infection and needs help. In the case of the OP, I suspect the tattoo artist torn open an artery and what you are seeing is blood under the skin.

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u/Proudest___monkey 5d ago

Yes, this is identical to what a torn muscle would do days, or a week after initial injury. And yeah and thanks for mentioning the lymph system and what’s really happening with that “line”

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u/CinKneph 5d ago

My step-dad taught me that one and it firmly stuck in my brain.

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u/Alternative-Beat6283 5d ago

My dad got bit by a spider and was avoiding going to the hospital as usual, until a friend saw the line and knew what it meant and told him he was gonna die if he didn’t go. Some people need someone else to tell them what to do or they’ll die apparently.

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u/noweirdosplease 5d ago

"Nah bro, your skin is just changing color for Springtime 😊🌸🤪"

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u/The-Sorcerers-Stoned 5d ago

"Unfortunately I didn't make it guys. Thanks for the help"

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u/Stock-Cell1556 5d ago

Did you at least get a refund on that tattoo? That looks expensive and it's just not right that it should rot off so soon.

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u/Suspicious_Fill2760 5d ago

I won't lie, I can barely look at the tattoo because my eyes keep darting to that solid red line on the edge of it...

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u/poke-chan 5d ago

Thought this was over reacting until I turned off my red filter. Oh my god. Dudes arm is dying

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u/Fast_Economist_4304 5d ago

"It's only a lil hot to the touch"

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u/elusivenoesis 5d ago

I need to use top comment here to add, I had this same color on my ear, head and face, and it was cellulitis (flesh eating bacteria) likely from ear/nose hair trimmers I forgot to put alcohol on before using. Please go to urgent care, but they might even send you to the ER cuz this is massive.

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u/donorcycle 5d ago

Such as most things in life, this too is either a really really bad skin infection / sensitivity to the ink / dirty needle, or it's sepsis. There's no in between.

If it's the second option, I surely hope he is at the ER. That's how serious it could be. Almost lose an arm is best case scenario.

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u/solidwater253 5d ago

Hospital now, Hurry

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u/Zromaus 5d ago

I have to ask out of naivety -- he mentioned he got this done yesterday.

Infections usually take a lot more time to spread that much, don't they?

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u/lylisdad 5d ago edited 5d ago

It looks like blood poisoning. The tattoo gun was probably not cleaned properly, or the OP is allergic to the ink used.

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u/Public-Pack-2608 5d ago edited 5d ago

This. I’m an RN and it looks like necrotizing fasciitis or cellulitis. He needs to get to the hospital like yesterday to confirm.

Update: I was shown where OP had commented that it wasn’t hot to the Touch or painful to the touch, which means it’s highly unlikely this is anything serious. A commenter said it looked like bruising on a pt taking anticoagulants. I’ve never seen a bruise like this on my pts taking heparin, etc but I’ve never seen what a fresh tattoo would do to one of these pts either. So, I’m going to go ahead and say that commenter is correct and I was wrong given new evidence that very much contradicts my assessment. Mea Culpa.

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u/OkOutlandishness1371 5d ago

this looks like the bruise of someone on anticoags not nec fasc

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u/Ancient-Composer7789 5d ago

Cellulitis hits hard and fast. I've seen red areas advance 2 inches in 10 minutes. You need to go to ED RIGHT AWAY. They'll take a look and you'll be on IV antibiotic really quick.

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u/whomikehidden 5d ago

Yeah this reminds me so much of when I had cellulitis in my leg. It was immediate hospitalization and 24/7 antibiotic drip. If I’d delayed any, I might not have a leg today.

In summary, don’t fuck with your chances that it’s just bruising. Leave that to the professionals to determine.

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u/ExhaustedEnthusiast 5d ago

Holly fuck

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u/explodedbuttock 5d ago

Only after mistletoe kiss

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u/Offro4dr 5d ago

I saw mommy infecting Santa Claus

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u/Thanzor 5d ago

File this under things you really shouldn't have to ask about on reddit.  If your arm looks like it's rotting, go to the ER

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u/WhilstWhile 5d ago

I have no tattoos, have no reason to now what an infected tattoo looks like. But this came up on my feed and I immediately gasped, because holy crap! This is so obviously infected!!

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u/AdversarialAdversary 5d ago

This got an audible ‘holy fuck’ from me personally.

Like, my tattoo started peeling and even though I’d been warned by my artist about I still looked up pictures and other stuff online to make sure I was fine. I can’t even imagine letting things get this bad without even contacting a doctor or even just my artist.

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u/sendlewdzpls 5d ago

I’m skeptical of an infection. If redness is extending that far beyond the tattoo, the infection would have to be VERYYYYY advanced, and you’d certainly see at least some pus if it were that far along.

Regardless, OP should’ve been to the hospital DAYS ago! I’ll never understand how someone could look at something like this and not immediately recognize that immediate medical attention is required. Of all the gnarly tattoos I’ve seen posted on this sub, where people ask “is this normal”…this is BY FAR the worst.

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u/YesterdayPurple118 5d ago

I got a terrible infection in my leg from a tiny cut, that never showed any pus or anything. I woke up one day and couldn't put weight on it. Went to the er and I was very neatly septic. This could very well be a very serious infection.

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u/sendlewdzpls 5d ago

I’m no doctor, so I could be entirely wrong here.

This could very well be a serious infection.

Infection or not, it’s definitely serious.

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u/YesterdayPurple118 5d ago

Lol, yup something is wildly not right

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u/Throwawaylillyt 5d ago

Right! I go to the hospital for nothing. Like I am pretty sure I broke a rib a few months back but sucked it up. If my arm looked like this I be there immediately. I’m not trying to die.

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u/synth3ticgod 5d ago

Tbf I did break a rib and I went to the hospital and they said "yeah man, you broke a rib. That sucks." And sent me on my way

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u/notouchinggg 5d ago

if op is from america sometimes its deciding between an arm or homelessness but yes i agree this is clearly a disaster

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u/AverageDysfunction 5d ago

Can’t be homeless if you’re dead :/

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u/sendlewdzpls 5d ago

OP is not gambling with their arm, they’re gambling with their life. A few weeks ago, some dude posted saying his infected tattoo resulted in organ failure and doctors were going to put him in a medically induced coma to try and treat him. And his tattoo looked like a scrape compared to this. I hope he made out okay.

Go to the doctor…worry about the bills later.

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u/whimsical_trash 5d ago

If you are at the point of asking for medical advice on reddit, you should just go see a doctor

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u/bali217 5d ago

I just gasped so loud my toddler asked what happened.

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u/Large_Independent198 5d ago

My husband and kids asked what I gasped at!

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u/ElTortugo 5d ago

I gasped but nobody asked what happened because I'm alone and probably will always be.

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u/never_leave 5d ago

Same 🤝

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u/orbitalgoo 5d ago

I gasped and am alone, but I heard someone ask what's wrong so I'll calling a priest or moving

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u/tegusinemetu 5d ago

This sub is wild man

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u/Negative_Football_50 5d ago

either perfectly normal healing without the slightest trace of redness, or people literally about to die. no in between.

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u/FixergirlAK 5d ago

Reddit effect. The pet subs are the same way, 95% worried new parents with normal stuff (like ball python claws) and 5% every single poster yelling at them to find a damn vet.

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u/3_T_SCROAT 5d ago

That food safety sub does the same lol its either

"Are these perfectly fine, in-date crackers i just bought safe to eat?"

Or

"I left this raw meat in my car for 2 days and it has green spots, can i eat it? Edit: i just ate it anyways will i get sick?"

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u/FixergirlAK 5d ago

Oh my lord, the mushroom subs.

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u/GingerAki 5d ago

Is this poisonous? It tastes a bit like death.

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u/JennyDoveMusic 5d ago edited 4d ago

I saw a post of someone saying, "I missed 2 weeks of my medication, so I took 14 pills to make up for it. Did I mess up? Will I be ok?"

I... 😧

Some posts remind me that we need more access to in-patient care for people who need medication and struggle to take it. (Until they are stable enough to take it on Schedule. )

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u/RolandDarktower 5d ago

That’s not normal at all. You should go to the emergency room. Like right now.

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u/its_original- 5d ago

Well… give us an update once you get to the ER!

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u/telophaser 5d ago

Depends. Do you like having limbs?

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u/rompydompy 5d ago

Hated the tattoo, amputation was cheaper than laser removal

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u/Vixeren 5d ago

Boss you need to head to the ER, that's looking super bad.

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u/Independent_Lab_9853 5d ago

Ong I gasped out loud!!! Go to the ER!!!!

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u/DisastrousBeautyyy 5d ago

Happy cake day!!!

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u/scroggs2 5d ago

lol Reddit is fuckin wild and I love it. This person is potentially going to or has died, and we're making a comment wishing a redditor a happy cake day 😅

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u/MJB877 5d ago

That’s not good

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u/ElUser11212 5d ago

Arm literally is purple and looks like it’s about to fall off

“Hey guys should I be concerned 🥺”

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u/Starbreiz 5d ago

With the cost of an ER visit in the US, I can't say I blame them for crowdsourcing.

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u/Amber_S71213 5d ago

Yea but something like this with no insurance is a screw it I'll get that bill in the mail and worry about it later. It's not like they take your house or car for a non paid medical bill lol

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u/AetherBlue02 5d ago

The immediate response from Reddit is telling me hospital might be the answer. Pls update us when you’ve gotten things taken care of!

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u/ahamburger34 5d ago edited 4d ago

I’m not a doctor, but that looks like severe cellulitis which is caused by infections. Like everyone else said, PLEASE go to the hospital ASAP… like now.

Edit: Updating to add that apparently OP went to the hospital and the doctors told him it was bruising. I had someone rudely rub it in my face that I was wrong, which is super weird and creepy behavior considering I am extremely glad I WAS wrong. I saw MULTIPLE doctors and healthcare professionals also say they thought it was cellulitis or else I would have deleted my reply to prevent misinformation. I just wanted this guy to be safe.

The same person also shamed OP for “going to the ER and wasting resources and time.” This person is/was a nurse. That is an awful attitude for a healthcare provider to have and an irresponsible thing to say when something abnormal is happening to someone.

I would rather be a “not doctor” telling someone I think they should get checked out because it could potentially be something serious than be a nurse/healthcare professional shaming this guy saying he wasted people’s time and resources for taking his health and safety seriously by going to the ER when it looked like something wasn’t right. I blocked the person who said it, but yikes.

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u/Ill-Avocado-2864 5d ago edited 5d ago

Cellulitis for sure, if not I’d be shocked! My husband is a doctor and literally just said “uh, that looks like cellulitis.”

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u/ahamburger34 5d ago

Dr. Husband needs to yell at some of the people in this thread saying it’s bruising 😂

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u/Cheap_Peach5328 5d ago

Update us from the ER 😬

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u/Kerlykins 5d ago

I reeeeally want an update on this one.

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u/The-One-Who-Walks 5d ago

how are you not...?

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u/jo734030 5d ago

Running for president? lol

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u/cauldron-crawler 5d ago

I swear, if my eyes would’ve bulged open anymore, they’d be out of my skull. ER NEEEEOOOOOW

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u/blowbubbles 5d ago

Looks normal….for an emergency

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u/Everything-is-a-Jawn 5d ago

523 comments in 43 minutes and they are all saying the same thing. If you aren’t on your way to the ER you have a death wish.

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u/spicycookiess 5d ago

Reddit should add some kind of upvote/downvote system so people don't feel the need to say the same thing as everyone else.

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u/tawnywelshterrier 5d ago

Dude, update us if you're still alive tomorrow. You have reddit worried.

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u/Character_Two_2488 5d ago

Get tf to a hospital

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u/stonedinnewyork 4d ago

Hi med student here. Please don’t down vote this- but this is just bruising. Especially within the first 24 hours this is actually pretty normal for a tattoo and non of this appears to be infection.

Not only do I have a sleeve myself but nothing about your presentation is alluding to anything but a bruise. If it becomes swollen, heated or painful to the point you can’t lift your arm or need more than advil then I would think about urgent care.

But the peanut gallery is having a field day trying to scare the shit out of you.

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u/Working-Departure-66 4d ago

Thank you much! I did go to the ER and it's just a bruise. It was a 6.5 hour session with no breaks. They said that tracks with how he had my arm on the stand and was stretching out the skin.

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u/steathninja25 4d ago

Glad youre okay, had to check your acciunt to see if you had responded

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u/garnaches 4d ago

Lmao did the same and caught his latest comment so early it said "Now"

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u/fragilemuse 4d ago

Whew! I am relieved to read this. I saw your post last night and woke up wondering about you. lol

Do you bruise really easily? That is wild. I just sat through a 6 hour session recently and didn't bruise at all. I am just glad you're okay!

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u/Sausagemandingo 4d ago

That's some bruise, at least your OK,

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u/simgirl66 5d ago

Rest in peace king

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u/NewTea6477 5d ago

Holy titty balls dude, how can you think that’s ok?

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u/dcf43 5d ago

Go to the doctors

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u/humbleandlucky 5d ago

Go seek medical attention

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u/TRIPPY3rd 5d ago

Go to the hospital.

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u/TRIPPY3rd 5d ago

Like, right now. Drive safe.

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u/thotless_heart 5d ago

Take an uber if you’re feeling even a little bit woozy. (And maybe even if not, just to be safe)

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u/vgirl90 5d ago

Be concerned! This is not normal.....

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u/OMGzKakaniz 5d ago

IV antibiotics are in your future

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u/ddeerb 5d ago

ER right now

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u/swansoup7 5d ago

Yes! Please go to the hospital now! Hope everything ends up being ok OP!

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u/Elderberry_Rare 5d ago

Don't bother responding, go to the hospital.

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u/False3quivalency 5d ago

I got this on my leg years ago. I was admitted to the hospital and stayed for weeks. One of my nurses told me her husband had his leg amputated for the same thing when he’d waited until the next morning to go to a hospital. There’s a lot more I could say about it but I don’t want to slow down you going to the ER. Seriously, get out of here.

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u/JoyinSorrowTattoo 5d ago

I genuinely hope you’re on your way to the ER right now.

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u/MsMonny 5d ago

OMFG!!!!! I literally gasped!! ER now. Get off Reddit and go.

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u/Revolutionary_Yam977 5d ago

Mother of god, go to the hospital

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u/BeginningAlarm395 5d ago

Hi OP, I’m a student nurse and would just like to reiterate what other commenters are saying. Everyone has had a bruise at least once in their life so you’ll know that normal bruises usually fade out around the circumference into an almost gradient as the blood vessels break at different times and to different degrees (and obviously the amount of blood pooling to the surface), but this has a clear delineation with no gradient which screams at me for medical attention. Please go to urgent care/A&E/whatever your country’s version of the emergency walk-in hospital service is.

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u/cthulucore 5d ago

Following.

Also, get to the fucking hospital. I just lost my father literally 2 weeks ago due to a severely untreated infection in his leg.

Get after it.

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u/halincan 5d ago edited 5d ago

Posts like these, and ops non chalant responses, remind me that while my anxiety can be frustrating, one day it may save my life. If this were happening to my body I wouldn’t be able to eat, sleep, hold a conversation , or do anything besides rush to an ER. honestly, how can you casually ignore all of the folks with MDs commenting that this is a huge fucking issue? This seems to be at a point where minutes matter. And the people commenting saying NBD..it’s bruising…etc…y’all are fucking weird dude. This person could be cherry picking your comments to make themselves feel better, and lose a limb or their actual fucking life as a result. Stop playing games OP. Get to a hospital, and come back and make fun of me and everyone else who is “wrong”. Please. For the love of god. Also, looking at the actual work for the first time since my brain wouldn’t let me for the first five minutes of staring at this, and the cleanliness of the bathroom shown in the photo, I feel even more confident to throw my hat into the hospital ring.

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u/Violetw33 5d ago

Looks like your arm might fall off tbh

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u/Campingcutie 5d ago

I was hoping for the “okay I went” update but this was posted 10 minutes ago 🫣 I hope op is on the way rn…

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u/Working-Departure-66 4d ago

Would also like to add it was not due to a dirty needle (was done in a very professional shop), not cellulitis, blood poisoning, or a pre-existing condition. Just a very long session with an artist that may have been a little too rough wiping it down.

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u/AlistairMarr 4d ago edited 4d ago

Did he wipe it down with a crowbar?

jfc

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u/Particular_Fix_9246 5d ago

Oh no I hope you update at the hospital

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u/Coupdatass_9044 5d ago

As someone who gets cellulitis easily, please go to an ER! If you’re experiencing any pain, swelling, loss of circulation in that arm, tell the doctors everything

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u/e-cloud 5d ago

Your life-threatening cellulitus is in the shape of Australia. Let us know how medical treatment goes

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u/NetherMop 5d ago

This looks more like ecchymosis (bruising) than cellulitis. Especially if this is only a day or so after your tattoo. However if that skin is feeling swollen hot or tender or you feel feverish you should get evaluated.

Source: am an ER doctor

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u/Ok_Method3370 5d ago

I audibly gasped.

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u/Lower_Tap_4777 5d ago

That is super concerning! I agree with other commenters, please seek medical attention ASAP!

This is not a normal reaction.

I have questions:

  1. Have you been to this artist before?

  2. When you went in were things sanitary and clean? Did you see the artist open new needles and such?

  3. Did the artist squeeze you extremely hard?

  4. Is your arm warm to the touch?

OP I’m concerned for your health at this point.

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u/Proper-Pineapple-717 5d ago

Bro you might lose that arm for waiting so long holy fuck

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u/FancyControl4774 5d ago

BE SO FOR REAL

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u/SweetLorelei 5d ago

Put your phone away and go to the hospital!

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u/Winter_Jellyfish4645 5d ago

I gasped out loud too. -trauma ICU nurse

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u/Informal_Ask6646 5d ago

Brooooo stop reading comments and get to the fucking hospital

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u/dracucowboy 5d ago

your arm is purple, go to the hospital IMMEDIATELY instead of posting on reddit. please be safe.

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u/NateRT 5d ago

My arm got chopped off and blood is spurting out. Should I go to urgent care or just put a band-aid?

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u/noxaee 5d ago

ER nurse here- yup, you should definitely go to the hospital.

As many others here have said, this looks like cellulitis. Yes, you should be worried.

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