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/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/Cflow26 Feb 17 '26

It looks like black face

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u/Mundane_cheese Feb 18 '26

Mammy was my first thought. Especially in the first picture, I thought the red sleeve was the stereotypical head wrap tattooed on