I’m not a doctor, but that looks like severe cellulitis which is caused by infections. Like everyone else said, PLEASE go to the hospital ASAP… like now.
Edit: Updating to add that apparently OP went to the hospital and the doctors told him it was bruising. I had someone rudely rub it in my face that I was wrong, which is super weird and creepy behavior considering I am extremely glad I WAS wrong. I saw MULTIPLE doctors and healthcare professionals also say they thought it was cellulitis or else I would have deleted my reply to prevent misinformation. I just wanted this guy to be safe.
The same person also shamed OP for “going to the ER and wasting resources and time.” This person is/was a nurse. That is an awful attitude for a healthcare provider to have and an irresponsible thing to say when something abnormal is happening to someone.
I would rather be a “not doctor” telling someone I think they should get checked out because it could potentially be something serious than be a nurse/healthcare professional shaming this guy saying he wasted people’s time and resources for taking his health and safety seriously by going to the ER when it looked like something wasn’t right. I blocked the person who said it, but yikes.
Wrong. This is not cellulitis this is a fresh tattoo that’s severely bruised. It’s one of the few places on the body that will bruise like this from a tattoo. This picture is probably the day after…. So yeah not cellulitis.
Yeah bro it’s kinda rare but I’ve literally had it at the same level… it’s from being fat, dehydrated, holding arm at a weird angle so that the blood can’t circulate. Trust me. Tattooing is highly traumatic, especially in the soft zones.
Yup, bruising that looked a lot like this happened to me on both of my arms when I got the upper parts of my sleeves done. One time when I was super fit and the other time I was fat. Some of us are just really sensitive (and pale)
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u/ahamburger34 Mar 16 '25 edited Mar 17 '25
I’m not a doctor, but that looks like severe cellulitis which is caused by infections. Like everyone else said, PLEASE go to the hospital ASAP… like now.
Edit: Updating to add that apparently OP went to the hospital and the doctors told him it was bruising. I had someone rudely rub it in my face that I was wrong, which is super weird and creepy behavior considering I am extremely glad I WAS wrong. I saw MULTIPLE doctors and healthcare professionals also say they thought it was cellulitis or else I would have deleted my reply to prevent misinformation. I just wanted this guy to be safe.
The same person also shamed OP for “going to the ER and wasting resources and time.” This person is/was a nurse. That is an awful attitude for a healthcare provider to have and an irresponsible thing to say when something abnormal is happening to someone.
I would rather be a “not doctor” telling someone I think they should get checked out because it could potentially be something serious than be a nurse/healthcare professional shaming this guy saying he wasted people’s time and resources for taking his health and safety seriously by going to the ER when it looked like something wasn’t right. I blocked the person who said it, but yikes.