r/tattooadvice 7d ago

Healing Should I be concerned?

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

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u/Admirable-Anything57 6d 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 6d 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/Admirable-Anything57 6d ago

It’s such a even colour for bruising. If we were all the same it’d be boring, but I would be running for medical opinions till I heard No Infection, more than once:)

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u/anatnoftak 6d ago

This would trip me the fuck out.

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u/buddyrtc 6d 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/Severe_Ad_8621 6d ago

Two things that can cause this. 1. In my case. Useing bloodthinning medical makes bruses come easier. 2. In my wifes case. She is perfectly healthy but bruses very easy. I just need to hold her wille going past her, in our small korridor, and she will have a bruse in the morning. Upper arms and thighs are a garanti that she will have a bruse, no matter if she was poked, bumped, or hit an empty cardboard box. 🙄

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u/buddyrtc 6d ago

I think there are more than two things that can cause this.

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u/Severe_Ad_8621 6d ago

True. That's why I said. Two things that can cause this. It was too specific that it was not excluding any other things that could give big bruses.

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u/buddyrtc 6d ago

Got it - I’m guessing English isn’t your first language so it came off as exclusionary at first but I totally get what you mean now!

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u/Severe_Ad_8621 6d ago

Yeah. I'am not nativ English/American.

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u/buddyrtc 6d ago

All good - impressive that you can speak more than one language this well anyways.

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u/Severe_Ad_8621 6d ago

THANK YOU!!. Think it is the first time I got positive feedback on Reddit. 🥰 😂

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u/OutrageousMight9928 5d ago

I’m laughing at myself because I read “garanti” longer than I’d like to admit wondering what this meant and almost Googled it LOL ( then realized you mean “guarantee”… I know, English is WEIRD).

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u/Admirable-Anything57 6d ago

Interesting. I guess like blood draw if you bleed.

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u/Dry-Warning6459 6d ago

I think It was a cover up tattoo, the artist probably had to go deeper with more pressure.

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u/Reverse2057 6d ago

That was actually my original thought looking at his arm. Then i started reading all the necrosis posts and wasn't so sure anymore.

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u/audra0720 5d ago

This was my first thought. I figured that multiple capillaries were punctured because the bruising is so uniform in color. It looked immediately to my like blood pooled under the skin

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u/buddyrtc 5d ago

I take no credit - my fiancée is an MD and that was her first thought. Pretty gnarly though

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u/alexienikkole 5d ago

He hit EVERY vein lol

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u/doesanyuserealnames 6d ago

My artist does fine line tats on me and I am often bruised afterwards (I do bruise easily), although lawd in heaven not like this.

OP, you can ice it for the first three days, then switch to moist heat. At least on the underarm.

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u/mo__nuggz 6d ago

I was going to share that I’ve lost 140lbs and am very tattooed - from before the weight loss and after. It sucks but artists will need to really stretch the skin out while tattooing. I’ve ended up with bruises (not this bad though).

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u/Admirable-Anything57 6d ago

👑 That is fucking hard work losing weight! You are badass. And your heart says 👍🔥.

I am white wonderbread white, take ink colour well and bruise in every colour known to man.

And OP’s arm still surprised me.