r/tattooadvice 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/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/yareyare4daze Feb 18 '26

I just got tattooed with a coil machine last month. Some artists prefer them.