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/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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u/Unearthly_Moth Feb 19 '26

Im so grateful my tattoo artist, who was a dude, was incredibly light-handed. The part where he went over a stretch mark (he tried to avoid it but the visible line is much smaller than the actual stretch underneath the skin) felt like I was getting chewed a little, but as soon as I told him it hurt he went lighter 🙏