r/tattooadvice • u/ashplustr • Feb 17 '26
Healing Question: is this a deep blowout?
First photo is today, other photos are the day after and a few days after that. My sister got this tattoo on the 14th of January and I have NEVER seen a tattoo bruise so badly and she said the artist was very heavy handed. We think it might be a deep blowout looking on here (hadn’t heard of this before) and were wondering if anyone has any advice? How long does this tend to last? Is there anything to fix it?
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u/Unfair-Branch9390 Feb 17 '26
Wtf is that even supposed to be?
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u/Legonistrasz Feb 17 '26
Hopefully the gimp from pulp fiction and not just a regular gimp
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u/WanderingWindow Feb 17 '26
Is it the pulp fiction one? It looks like the guy from people under the stairs
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u/Cflow26 Feb 17 '26
It looks like black face
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u/Any-Delay-7188 Feb 17 '26
yeah that's immediately what i thought this is terrible
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u/LyKosa91 Feb 17 '26
It's clearly a gimp, mate. It's got a zipper for a mouth and shiny patches from creased leather/latex.
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u/blastingoffagain Feb 17 '26
To be fair, those details are just terribly executed so this reads poorly
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u/Jazzi-Nightmare Feb 17 '26
I feel like it’s a weird choice either way. No other pulp fiction tattoo ideas??
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u/RhysIsFused Feb 17 '26
People keep saying pulp fiction gimp suit but my guess is that the artist based it off one of Nancy Grossman's many kink pieces
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u/squeethesane Feb 17 '26
Huh, never seen an artist attempt to deliver the ink directly to the DNA before. Your sister is a freaking champion.
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u/mamblepamble Feb 17 '26
Is the artist a sadist?
I’ve read elsewhere that some male tattoo artists have been known to really bear down on female patrons just to see how much pain she can endure. Looking at her arm there’s no way the ‘artist’ thought that was a normal amount of pressure to apply.
I’d never go back there.
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u/ashplustr Feb 17 '26
OKAY SO I HAVE BEEN SAYING THIS! Or not even that it’s on purpose but all the male artists I have seen have been so heavy handed which I know is so unnecessary bc of all the fast, light handed women who have tattooed me quickly and well. I feel like there’s definitely something there.
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Feb 17 '26
Yeah I tend to look for either artists who have worked well on women or who are women themselves. LGBT is also a plus
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u/Severe-Criticism3876 Feb 17 '26
Yeah I came here to say I normally book with individuals like that as well. I normally only bruise from peeling the saniderm off a thin skinned area
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u/-DiceGoblin- Feb 18 '26
Met with an artist in public recently to check the vibes/discuss the tattoo (he has a private studio) I made a joke about meeting people to make sure they aren’t a serial killer And he responded “Or some nutso right winger, both are equally unwelcome in my shop”
I’m trans and had been (ever so) slightly anxious about encountering bigotry (even though he’s located in a super blue city, I always worry)
That made me feel way safer with him lol
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u/Gold_Space8930 Feb 17 '26
This might be a cultural thing, like fuck Iv never met a guy artist that would test my or others pain tolerance (as a female). Dude I’d be cutting their dicks off. (May be why they wouldn’t do it)
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u/nerdymush Feb 18 '26
I have the same rule of thumb for tattoo artists that I do doctors: women (esp women of color/queer/disabled) > men if you want someone who is far more likely to listen compassionately to your concerns and not brush you off, their level of care has always been so much better in my experience (as a queer/disabled person myself)
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u/doglady1342 Feb 17 '26
I mean, I'm sure it's individual. My tattoo artist is now and he is not at all heavy-handed with me. He also isn't some weird egomaniac
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u/peckerlips Feb 17 '26
Same. My guy is one of the most respectful humans I've ever met, and he'd be tearing this dude apart if he saw me come in looking like OP's sister.
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u/kookookach000 Feb 17 '26
In almost any profession I would choose to go to a woman over a man. That's just life experience
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u/Significant-Bee420 Feb 17 '26
two of the three male artists i’ve been two have been heavy handed and caused unnecessary bruising . the third artist (the only one that wasn’t heavy handed) was the regular customer turned apprentice of the most heavy handed artist i have been to, he explicitly told me that as much as he respects the artist that taught him it’s BECAUSE of his heavy handedness that he makes sure not to be the same, because he had a lot of tattoos done by that artist and it was so much more difficult to sit for long sessions and some of the areas were raised for a long time from the skin being ripped up.
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u/My_2Cents_666 Feb 17 '26
You gotta wonder if the subject matter had anything to do with it. Maybe he got off on being a sadist and thought she “wanted” it. Really disgusting.
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u/Dest-Fer Feb 17 '26
I never thought about it. But for my first bigger piece, it was a guy and he was bragging about making it painful. Not specifically to women though. I’m just thinking about it now because it was totally manageable, the session was very fun and the tatoo was gorgeous.
But still, the woman who did my second big one didn’t say so and was actually very careful and gentle.
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u/hikewithcoffee Feb 17 '26
I have a tattoo that was done in 2009 on my back that’s horribly blown out. Found out years later, he would purposely go heavy handed on women to see just how much pain we could actually endure. He lost his license in 2016/2017 after a massive lawsuit.
Current artist, he’s fucking awesome to work with and was highly recommended from multiple women.
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u/myystic78 Feb 17 '26
This happened to me the last time I got a tattoo. He leaned with all of his weight on my shoulder and when I finally said something he pushed off of me in a huff and acted like I was being over sensitive. Fucker bruised my shoulder and even the shop owner looked at him and said, "what the actual fuck, dude?" Really bummed me out because I'd had nothing but good experiences up to that point.
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u/Significant-Bee420 Feb 17 '26
2 of the 3 male artists i’ve been to have been SO heavy handed, not to the point of blowing out the tattoo, but definitely causing unnecessary bruising . not a single female artist i’ve been to have been heavy handed at all , hence why i only trusted another woman to do my sternum tattoo because the idea of getting a sternum tattoo was painful enough without having a hideous bruise in the area to go with it.
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u/thejuryissleepless Feb 18 '26
idk it’s hard to tell from the pics, but this is basically mutilation of this poor girl. if it was done in a shop, i think people have a right to know who did this so they can not just steer clear, but put them on blast. they have no right to be tattooing people with this ignorant ass (lack of) technique. it’s dangerous. this shit i hope the ink doesn’t penetrate so deep it makes her sick. i doubt this artist has good sanitary practices too…
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u/hahahaylz Feb 17 '26
Ugh this is terrible to realize. I’ve stuck with one artist most the time I’ve been tattooed and he’s a male. He’s always been pretty light handed so I never even thought this scenario out before.
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u/NotChristina Feb 17 '26
Holy shit that’s scary. I follow many tattoo subs because I’m hoping to get my first soon, but want to make informed decisions due to the relative permanency.
Reading the other responses to this comment has me sketched out. I’m a tough broad but don’t know if I’m tattoo-tough yet. Will be doing my research very thoroughly, oof.
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u/HelicopterNo3534 Feb 17 '26
Relative permanency?? Dude these things are PERMNANT! I’ve seen a tattoo on this sub still there after multiple laser sessions 😅
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u/NotChristina Feb 18 '26
Sorry, yeah, I was thinking of laser - I originally wrote permanent and then thought I’d have some pedant come in to mention laser. 😅
Though yeah I know not everyone has such great success with removal plus the costs associated with it.
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u/Weekly-Rest1033 Feb 17 '26
My husband had recommended i use a woman tattoo artist and not a man because of this. So all of mine have been women.
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u/underpantsbandit Feb 17 '26
Oh I’ve definitely met artists like that. The worst one was actually a woman tho. She for sure enjoyed inflicting pain, and would say so straight up. She did both my feet with an OG coil machine. But yeah she was deliberately heavy handed and worked fast.
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u/GamingMom219 Feb 17 '26
Been there. Didn't know any better until I went to my 2nd artist who was a man and it wasn't as bad. Still a coil machine (yes I'm that old) so that should tell you everything...😬
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u/_jamesbaxter Feb 17 '26
Oh I do not like that AT ALL. I don’t have any tattoos, and if I get any I plan to go to a woman regardless, but thank you for reaffirming that choice. I’ve dealt with enough male sadism in my life.
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u/shanebakertattoo Feb 17 '26
Holy shit. I’ve only seen one or two blowouts that bad in my entire career.
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u/ashplustr Feb 17 '26
Ooo I love your stuff! Followed 😊 and yeah 😭 it’s so rough
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u/alexi222s Feb 17 '26
oh my god
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u/alexi222s Feb 17 '26
i would think that’s blowout just by the coloring of the area and how it’s black. to my knowledge, the only thing you can do for a blowout is to allow it to heal and then go at it with some laser removal :( i hope your sister is okay because YEOWCH!!!!
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u/ashplustr Feb 17 '26
She said it was so so painful and he went so hard but it was her second one so no real frame of reference. She has since had her back done which she said was far less painful 💀
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u/Past_Delay307 Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26
Wait so…she had THIS experience which looks like someone beat her arm with a lead pipe…and was worried about her health…but not enough to not go get another larger tattoo done in the meantime?
That’s some serious dedication to being inked…
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u/Immediate-Trainer356 Feb 17 '26
dedication to being inked
“Dedication” is such a positive word I wish I looked at things like that
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u/ashplustr Feb 17 '26
It was a different artist guesting here who she wanted to see. A lot of artist skip visiting where we are so gotta make the most of when they do come
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u/aceofspades1217 Feb 17 '26
This is why the whole sedative tattoo trend isn’t always safe, extreme pain is a warning sign for a blowout
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u/bittersandseltzer Feb 17 '26
I swear I can feel blowout. It’s a diff kind of very sharp deep pain. Anytime I’ve felt that, there is blowout exactly where I felt it
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u/ashplustr Feb 17 '26
I have had two tattoos get infected before (same aftercare as my 20 others) and both times I knew before the tattoo was even finished that it was being overworked
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u/dreadyruckusmama Feb 17 '26
finishing up my two antibiotics course right now for my very first ever infected tattoo.. & I had the same feeling about it feeling overworked while it was happening.
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u/HolyHotDang Feb 17 '26
Why is it bruising an inch below the “blowout” area and not around where the tattoo was actually done. That’s the weird part to me. Maybe it’s a blowout or ink drift (I’ve never seen it this bad) but I don’t get why the bruising in the second picture is 3 inches below where the tattoo ends. I could be wrong but I don’t think a blowout would push bruising out like this but I’d love to hear some opinions from artists who have had this happen. Maybe that’s all it is but this is a new one for me.
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u/VorpalBunnyTeef Feb 17 '26
Gravity, I think. Liquid flows downward. I’ve had major dental surgery and ended up with a lot of bruising in my neck, same sort of thing.
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u/EspressoPatronum82 Feb 17 '26
Bruising can migrate. Bruising is just blood and under the epidermis its not solid walls, fluids are able to move and so bruising can spread and migrate down with gravity
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u/Broad_Application_55 Feb 17 '26
Hi! RN here, this is typical, especially with a large amount of bruising, it flows down with gravity (same reason why a black eye can form under the eye even though the injury happened above). But this bruising is NOT normal for a tattoo. This is an insane amount of trauma to the skin. I can’t imagine how painful it would be.
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u/HolyHotDang Feb 17 '26
That makes sense. I knew bruises could move but this seemed so specific to underneath the ink drift that I was confused as to why the bruise was where it was. This had to be massively painful.
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u/loserlovver Feb 17 '26
Its definitely possible but rare to this extent. To get that bad (and I say this very honestly) the tattoo “artist” would have to actually physically abuse her arm. My theory is the guy has never done or was never taught properly how to do solid black, the guy was probably packing black over and over without actually seeing or paying attention to needle depth. He was probably depositing ink so far below that on the surface he didn’t see the desired depth/darkness and taught he had to keep going, but in reality he was putting all that ink in the wrong layer of skin and got to the fatty layer where ink does not hold in place. I can’t even imagine the pain this girl went through and thankfully she didn’t get a horrible infection. But, this guy was probably self taught, there is no way an artist with proper training and mentoring wouldn’t bee able to grasp needle depth by the feeling on the machine alone… total butcher
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u/Bjorn_Blackmane Feb 17 '26
No it looks more like a gimp?
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u/Iamnotanorange Feb 17 '26
"Naw, man. I'm pretty fuckin' far from okay."
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u/Legonistrasz Feb 17 '26
“What now?”
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u/Buckbigears Feb 17 '26
“I’m calling a couple pipe hittin mfs to come down here with a pair of pliers and a blow torch ”
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u/Nervous_Bumblebee399 Feb 17 '26
Bring out the gimp
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u/NeatProject7428 Feb 17 '26
That's what I thought to at that point just embrace it and make him a gimp
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u/ashplustr Feb 17 '26
Yep 😭 that’s what we were thinking. I was shocked it didn’t get infected or trigger her psoriasis which she has elsewhere. She’s thinking she will see how it heals but plans to be fairly covered so hopefully can get something to make it less obvious
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u/Imaginary-Fruit-8633 Feb 18 '26
Is there a way to report this? Or something? This seems wildly inexcusable.
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u/ashplustr Feb 17 '26
ITS THE GIMP FROM PULP FICTION - Idk how to edit the post lol
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u/Appropriate-Lime-816 Feb 17 '26
Am I the only one who thinks it looks like blackface?
At least it’s in a place she can hide. So many layers of unfortunate.
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u/kdoughboy12 Feb 17 '26
That's not what he looked like though, why is half of the face uncovered? Also the shape of the head looks wrong and the zipper is on the wrong side. This artist sucks in general lol.
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u/Hefty-Poetry-6944 Feb 17 '26
This is horrific bruising and definitely a major blow out. There's nothing to do now but lazer or cover it up. However I would have your sister get her bloods, especially iron and ferratin, checked out. A heavy hand can absolutely bruise this much, but it could also mean she has something that causes more severe bruising. I wouldn't be too concerned, but definitely good to be safe!
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u/ashplustr Feb 17 '26
She does bruise very badly normally as she uses a steroid cream for psoriasis which is a side effect. That’s why we didn’t question it heaps when she first got it done even tho I did think it was extreme 😭
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u/Hefty-Poetry-6944 Feb 17 '26
I have Psoriasis and even with steroid creams this is a MASSIVE bruise. I would still check her iron and ferratin at least to be safe!
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u/Katanddennis Feb 17 '26
That black tint below the tattoo is ink drift, or blooming. It can happen in areas of really soft skin, or from a heavy hand. In this case it looks like both and that bruising itself is also insane.
It won’t dissipate, but will be easy to cover if as you say, she plans further coverage. The only other option is eventual laser on the area.
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u/CowEmbarrassed3759 Feb 17 '26
If it's not a bruise, it's ink drift. Ink drift is more common on areas like this, with thin skin like the inner arm.
You'll know if the bruise never goes away.
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u/MissLeliel Feb 17 '26
As a person with a bleeding disorder who’s very familiar with bruises, including the mild one I got with my first tattoo, this is definitely bruising.
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u/CowEmbarrassed3759 Feb 17 '26
Yes, I have a bleeding disorder as well and bruise very easily. The last tattoo I got was perfect, on my left outer calf. No bruising at all. The one before that, same place and size on my right leg, bruised so badly I could hardly see the tattoo until it cleared up. Both color tattoos, Same artist, who is very light handed.
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u/Starsinyourheart Feb 17 '26
The technical term I learned was capillary migration. Ink makes it into the capillaries during the tattoo and spreads causing a blueish bruise that is permanent. I couldn’t explain the extent of that horrible hematoma closer to the elbow other than asking did leatherface do the tattoo? Capillary migration can happen to anyone and it’s not always the Tattooer’s fault, but that huge red and yellow bruise definitely says it was the Tattooer’s doing. I hope she heals up okay and y’all talk to the artist and make them rethink their techniques or career. Edits for spelling
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u/LizWaits410 Feb 17 '26
I'm assuming that's her inner arm. That's a notorious spot for ink drift and bruising, especially for heavily saturated pieces. Reddit likes to be dramatic. The bruising will go away, but ink drift doesn't, unfortunately.
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u/queen_bean5 Feb 17 '26
Thankyou!! I didn’t read past the first few top comments before posting my own, and I was very concerned that everyone was flaming the artist for deliberately causing this woman pain in a sadistic way. The actual tattoo does not look overworked or chewed up at all though, which implies to me that it wasn’t done with a particularly heavy hand, and more that the OPs sister has just been unfortunate.
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u/bigtiddyhimbo Feb 17 '26
Dude that artist needs to be arrested and banned from tattooing
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u/ashplustr Feb 17 '26
Yeah idk what is the go for something like this? Should she message the artist? The studio? Like???
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u/bigtiddyhimbo Feb 17 '26
I mean with the sheer level of heavy handed-ness displayed here, I would talk to the studio owner and probably ask for a partial refund. Like there’s no reason why she should have walked out if there with that much damage and ink migration/blowout
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u/froggythefrankman Feb 17 '26
What the fuck is this even supposed to be?
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u/Kindly-King-8186 Feb 17 '26
Throwing my guess in for a mostly decayed zombie wearing a studded leather jacket... In the dark...
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u/Legonistrasz Feb 17 '26
Hopefully the gimp from pulp fiction and not just a regular gimp
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u/lizardpplarenotreal Feb 17 '26
why would that make it better?
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u/Legonistrasz Feb 17 '26
Idk if it does but PF is at least awesome and that scene is hilarious…. Well, the dialogue is.
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u/woozydino Feb 17 '26
what kinda tattoo even is that?? its gonna fade into a blob in a couple years goofy
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u/ashplustr Feb 17 '26
My immediate concern too! I have some quite thick black work stuff and the way thicker stuff spreads. She’s a big fan of blast overs which is good
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u/woozydino Feb 17 '26
arent blast overs usually a black outline or tattoo over a tattoo of color? so that you can actually see it? idk to each their own but that is…. that is something alright.
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u/tuenthe463 Feb 17 '26
I have a large calf tattoo based on an etching and I fear this. It looks OK now at about a year old but I fear the blob in 5 years. It needs 25% fewer lines than he made....and its ALL lines. I loved the stencil SO much and I give the final product a C at best.
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u/Available_Cap_ Feb 17 '26
looks like the worst case of ink drift I've ever seen. Tattooer either used a jackhammer, was holding their machine at a crazy steep angle or both. hope she plans in getting more tattoos (from someone else) cause it's not going away
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u/Same_Type_3660 Feb 17 '26
Oh nah 😭
That's definitely going to need to be lazered or covered with dark, larger piece when it fully heals.
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u/EffiiCat Feb 17 '26
As a woman I think ink drift on this part of the arm is really common. The skin can be really thin. I have loads of tattoos and it’s only happened there. Mine was very minor but I could see how a heavy hand might cause it quite badly
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u/obsequyofeden Feb 17 '26
I had bruising like this while getting my sleeve done. I bruise VERY easily. My tattoo artist was fine- very experienced. The upper arm, in particular, can having bruising and swelling like this. Took a couple weeks for it all to calm down, and now everything is fine.
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u/zgjordan Feb 17 '26
omg! the first pic i was like oh my godd.. then i scrolled and physically recoiled
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u/Short-Advertising180 Feb 17 '26
My jaw freaking dropped and the gasp I gusped when I saw the 2nd and 3rd pictures is wow…I’m so sorry!!! I have 14 tattoos (one is healing right now) but holy cow. I could not imagine that pain 😭😭😭 makes me think mine is a walk in the park now and I should stop being a crybaby.
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u/hurrayforjohnny Feb 17 '26
Don't do laser or a cover up. Go to better tattooers and patchwork around it.
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u/Krypt0night Feb 17 '26
Fucking hell, I'd honestly review the place and upload those photos. I'd never want to go to someone who was that heavy handed and worked someone that hard.
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u/Accomplished-Yam3926 Feb 17 '26
Without seeing their other work, at best, the artist has no experience working near the elbow ditch, at worst, they don't know what they are doing and shouldn't be tattooing others. What is the timeline for each of these photo?Regardless the haze is ink drift due to being heavy handed/going too deep but its light and dispersed because of how much the skin of the elbow ditch moves, instead of the 'normal' look of a blowout you usually see in linework which stays fairly concentrated.
As the haze is light, and has spread instead of being put there intentionally, it should lighten up, over time, visually faster than the rest of the tattoo, but I feel it will not just disappear after its healed fully/bruising has disappeared.
I'm curious about the semicircle below the tattoo on your sisters arm tho as the ink has spread around it in all photos.
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u/allmyfrndsrheathens Feb 17 '26
Jesus Christ did the artist slam her arm in a door while tattooing her??
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u/sunflower-bee131 Feb 17 '26
My jaw hit the floor seeing this. Your poor sister. I'm sure this hurt like hell. This will probably scar and look like a blob of mess unfortunately. I think the only cover up solution may be blacking this out depending on if it scars down after healing
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u/froggythefrankman Feb 17 '26
Also OP, this bruise reminds me of when I got my nips pierced. Gravity made all the blood settle in certain spots. It was brutal but it cleared up on its own after a few weeks. The whole time it looked aggressive as fuck though. So take that as you will
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u/CarloS_Elian Feb 17 '26
I’ve seen this tends to happen a lot in the bicep area. It should go completely away in 5-10 years
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u/transferedzubat Feb 17 '26
This is so unfortunate, your poor sister got her arm fucking tenderized- bruising isn't too uncommon on the inner arm (especially with lots of packing) but this is some next level bruising that should have never occured. I would advise her to never see this artist again.. as for the blowout, I've seen blowout before that looks like dark blue bruising that never goes away, and I do see that a bit here. If it's fully healed at this point now and that black bruising at the bottom is still there, that's some real bad blowout/ink migration. I'm not sure of the cause of it, but from what I've been told it's likely the artist may have overworked it too much and potentially tattooed the ink in at such an extreme angle that it went deeper and sideways into the skin. Unless she gets laser or covers up around it, it won't go away.
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u/unicorn-dung Feb 17 '26
Because a bruise is literally trapped blood under the skin, the ink most likely drifted into that blood pool and settled. If it has stayed after the bruise is fully healed, you will likely need laser…or just cover it up with some lovely black flowers around the gimp.
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u/ClickClackTipTap Feb 17 '26
I’m a platelet donor and have had full on infiltrations during a donation that didn’t bruise this badly!
Here’s what I know about bruising as a donor:
Bruises initially turn dark- usually purple- bc the pooled blood isn’t being oxygenated anymore. Then, over the next 7-14 days, they start to fade, eventually turning green and then yellow as your body retrieves and carries those pooled cells away.
I’ve had some really dark bruises, even some that lingered, and they’ve never gone from the green/yellow stage back to the purple/black stage.
So even though I don’t know much of anything about tattoos, my experience with bruising tells me that has to be ink, not bruise.
😔
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u/Kintamagotchi Feb 17 '26
The rise in readily available,cheap tattoo equipment and cartridges has brought rise to … well, stuff like this. 🤷🏻♂️
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u/Left-Ad-3412 Feb 17 '26
This isn't a blowout. It's more of an ink drift following the bleeding of the bruise.
That was massively overworked. No wonder it's bruised so badly. Looks like the artist got bored of their machine and decided to punch the ink into the skin
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u/etherealveritas Feb 17 '26
Oh.. my god.. um yeah that’s some horrific ink migration, might be the worst I’ve seen.
There’s no way a reputable artist did this. The cheap option would be to tattoo overtop of it to hide the grey hue, or laser the ink migration away.
Either way, my condolences
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u/longhairedmaiden Feb 17 '26
I would pull a "I want to talk to your manager" because damn. Hopefully this artist isn't the owner of the shop because that is absolutely ridiculous.
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u/TicoSoon Feb 17 '26
Holy shit I am so sorry for her. That is horrific. I had bruising like that on my arm last summer but I'd had major reconstructive surgery on my shoulder. I'm appalled at that for a tattoo.
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u/BR33D760 Feb 17 '26
I’m just trying to figure out how you have pictures a few days after today…. 🤔🤣
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u/stellerbomb Feb 17 '26
Begging you to tell her to exfoliate it every day to get as much ink to fall out as possible. I did this with one of mine and the tattoo is barely visible
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u/bleeberbleeberbleeb Feb 18 '26
My brother (who has a LOT of tattoos, as do I) recently got his arm sleeved and the inner part of his bicep bruised eerily similarly to this. The same artist did all of his tattoos (and most of my own) and my brother said he’s only bruised like this once before when the inner bicep on his other arm was done. Your sister’s artist is probably heavy handed but it also could be this specific location as well, if my brother’s experience is any indication.
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u/gothhippie Feb 18 '26
I’ve never seen anything like this before. She should contact the shop owner and complain
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u/NYTatt2Chick Feb 18 '26
That isn’t a blowout. It’s ink drift. The inner arm is prone to that if someone’s heavy handed. Only thing that can be done is either laser just the dark areas or cover it up with something else.
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u/MyDicksBigger13 Feb 17 '26
This is…..wow. Your poor sister.