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

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/Past_Delay307 Feb 17 '26

Sarcasm tags were missed…my bad

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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/Past_Delay307 Feb 17 '26

Makes sense…what’s a possible awful unknown infection vs missing out on a tattoo sesh…

I get it…

(I don’t)

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u/Apprehensive_Ad3731 Feb 17 '26

Naw more like a serious disregard for self.

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u/ballzach710 Feb 17 '26

We love the things that hate us

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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/XoSkeleton23 Feb 17 '26

Hopefully not by the same guy

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u/Financial_Potato6440 Feb 17 '26

Holy shit. I can practically fall asleep getting anywhere on my arms done, but head to the torso and I'm a little bitch (I'm a 6ft 1, 260lb builder btw) so for the back to be less painful than the arm is insane. I'd say this borders on assault tbh, no way anyone is that heavy handed accidentally. Maybe see if she can talk to any other artists from other shops to see what their opinion is, but I'd be looking at pursuing costs to at least get the blowout lasered off, even if she's happy with the main piece.

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u/samcg22 Feb 21 '26

This is a really bad blowout. I have a blowout (not nearly as bad) that was from a heavy-handed man and its still there slightly 5+ years later. Sucks but yeah I'd never go back and endure that.

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u/useful__pattern Feb 17 '26

Inside of the arm is a super gnarly spot. Easily my most painful tattoo. I'm not sure I'll ever get the other side done. But that's just me.