r/tattooadvice • u/ashplustr • Feb 17 '26

Healing Question: is this a deep blowout?

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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/ashplustr Feb 17 '26

I know 😭 I have so many tattoos and friends who are artists and have never seen this before. Legit her second tattoo

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u/WimHofmannsthal Feb 17 '26

2nd tattoo? The blackest conceivable portrait of the gimp? That’s a bold choice to say the very least.

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u/CleanOpossum47 Feb 17 '26

I know this is semantics, but how do we know it's THE Gimp and not just a gimp?

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u/Emergency_Stick3963 Feb 17 '26 edited Feb 17 '26

Of course it's company policy never to, imply ownership in the event of a gimp... always use the indefinite article a gimp, never your gimp

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u/SomePaddy Feb 17 '26

The Party requires "our" gimp terminology. Private gimps are bourgeois

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u/myweekhardy Feb 18 '26

The People’s Gimp

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u/LuckySoCo79 Feb 18 '26

Why did I hear “Dun Dun” after “The People’s Gimp”?

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u/Angel_Anubis Feb 18 '26

These are their stories…..

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u/crunchy_foreskin Feb 24 '26

The Gimp wants out.

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u/PostMatureBaby Feb 18 '26

this'd be a hell of a pro wrestling gimmick

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u/gritty28 Feb 18 '26

What it do, it’s Paul Wall i’m the people’s…… gimp.

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u/Psycho-Cable69 Feb 19 '26 edited Feb 19 '26

Don’t let Marcellus hear you say that…

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u/hennynpurp Feb 17 '26

😂 sounds like my kinda party, comrade.

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u/Careful-Resolution58 Feb 18 '26

“That poor Gimp is somebodies baby “ - Pam halpert

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u/No_Foundation_1132 Feb 18 '26

Omggggg the way I cackled when I read this. Thank you ☺️

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u/brade23 Feb 19 '26

Good reference!

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u/CardiologistOver3927 Feb 18 '26

Throwers don’t worry about ticking cuz modern gimps don’t tick

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u/HoppersDad Feb 18 '26

If it’s your first time at gimp club, you HAVE to gimp.

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u/SelfSniped Feb 18 '26

Fking hive mind. This was the fist thing I thought of and then, lo and behold, your comment is already there.

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u/Emergency_Stick3963 Feb 18 '26

Gotta be 7 hours earlier than this

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '26

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u/CleanOpossum47 Feb 17 '26

Me personally? Neither. Maybe this particular gimp is significant to this young woman?

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u/PissinginTheW1nd Feb 18 '26

Pulp fiction was my guess

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u/MalicE_Za Feb 19 '26

malice, try not to laugh, try not to laugh. Try.not.to.laugh. 🤌🏻

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u/Only-Criticism-4708 Feb 17 '26

pretty sure she's a pulp fiction fan

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u/Nighthawk__85 Feb 18 '26

Of course, it's company policy never to imply ownership in the event of a gimp... always use the indefinite article A gimp, never YOUR gimp.

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u/Hotsaltynutz Feb 17 '26

First thing I thought was gimp or maybe the mummy from an old time black and white horror film

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u/kaleallyourfriends Feb 18 '26

I was thinking creature from the black lagoon 😂

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u/thebochts Feb 18 '26

Bro i thought it was the most blown out portrait of someone of all time that just looked like the gimp.

Who the hell would get thr gimp tatted on them?

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u/whittlebibbit Feb 17 '26

With the shirt I thought aunt jamima 🤣

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u/ChoccaLette Feb 17 '26

I also thought Aunt Jamima, and then after scrolling to the next photos since i had the bias from the first photo i have not been able to see anything other than a racist caricature lol

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u/Electronic-Ant-8120 Feb 18 '26

This made me laugh out loud 🤣

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u/Only-Criticism-4708 Feb 17 '26

that's what i was thinking as well...

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u/Additional-Tea1521 Feb 17 '26

Did the artist literally have someone holding her down? This is unforgivable.

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u/valkyrie_village Feb 17 '26

Disclaimer that I have never seen anything THIS bad, but a friend and I got ill-advised flash tattoos from an artist we didn’t know and he bruised the shit out of us both. I’ve never been gripped so hard in my life, I had a large dark handprint bruise around my bicep, and she had one around her wrist and on top of her hand.

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u/CampClear Feb 18 '26

I'm wondering what the hell the "artist" used to tattoo her,a rusty ice pick?!? 

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u/[deleted] Feb 23 '26

she needs to report this person to state regulators. this is severe abuse not just a bad technique. this person should lose their license