loorop01 Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Hey! New here but not new to tattoos. I've never bruised after a tattoo but most of my tats are on non sensitive areas of my body like my arms and thighs. I got a sternum/rib tattoo and seriously the MOST painful tattoo I've had. I don't know if the artist was heavy-handed, if it was the nature of the type of tattoo I got (super thick lined ornamental piece), or if my skin is sensitive but I am still SO SORE. I feel like I got punched in the gut. Anyways, I got this tattoo 6 days ago. I am not sure if my lines are experiencing blowout or if I have some serious bruising happening. Some of the hazy bruise-like shading I have around it hasn't changed much but here it is now. What do you guys think? I know 6 days is pretty early to tell but does it look like blowout to you? First pic is what it looks like today and second pic with all the redness is the day after I got it done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oboogie Posted January 18, 2023 Share Posted January 18, 2023 Those are blowouts. Hogrider 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loorop01 Posted January 18, 2023 Author Share Posted January 18, 2023 😭😭😭 damn. Not looking forward to looking like I've been punched in the gut my whole life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogrider Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 (edited) 15 hours ago, loorop01 said: 😭😭😭 damn. Not looking forward to looking like I've been punched in the gut my whole life. Yes, it sucks, but there's nothing you can do about blowouts. If you get enough tattoos, in enough places, everyone's going to have one sooner or later. Edited January 19, 2023 by Hogrider oboogie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SStu Posted January 19, 2023 Share Posted January 19, 2023 sternum is the worst. and some of that could be bruising, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loorop01 Posted January 20, 2023 Author Share Posted January 20, 2023 I was freaking out when I first saw all the bruising and thought it was all blowout but actually now that it's calmed down a bit it doesn't look nearly as bad as it did in those pictures. I do have blowout, but an amount I can live with and not one that looks like a permanent bruise, yay! This was a lesson, though, in maaaaybe not getting a spontaneous tattoo in a sensitive place in a foreign country 😬😬 AlH and SStu 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SStu Posted January 20, 2023 Share Posted January 20, 2023 or just cover your body in tattoos, in which case minor imperfections are basically not ever scritinized! 🙂 Dan, mhm2020, Hogrider and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hogrider Posted January 21, 2023 Share Posted January 21, 2023 On 1/20/2023 at 3:46 AM, loorop01 said: This was a lesson, though, in maaaaybe not getting a spontaneous tattoo in a sensitive place in a foreign country 😬😬 Not all spontaneous tattoos from an unknown artist suck, but most tattoos that suck are spontaneous and from unknown artists. oboogie, AlH and mhm2020 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mhm2020 Posted January 22, 2023 Share Posted January 22, 2023 4 hours ago, Hogrider said: Not all spontaneous tattoos from an unknown artist suck, but most tattoos that suck are spontaneous and from unknown artists. That is so true haha!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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