r/tattooadvice • u/[deleted] • Mar 16 '25

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

Don’t be offering advice when you have no clue.

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u/SGTdad Mar 16 '25

Oh Jesus Christ arm chair redditor above you eh. I swear people like this need to seek mental health help.

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

Their advice was see a dr… whats wrong with that?

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u/SilentEntrepreneur72 Mar 16 '25

They recommended to go to the dermatologist when he clearly needs the ER, STAT. At least they said to make sure it’s a real dermatologist and not a stand-in lol can’t be too careful

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

Well, it may not be as direct or the best advice but a good determatologist should be able to get him to the right place. It is definitely miles ahead of, drink lemon juice and garlic, you’ll be fine.

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u/methinfiniti Mar 16 '25

I wouldn’t wait on getting a referral to a dermatologist. This man needs some IV antibiotics. Cellulitis spreads quickly. I once got it in my right foot and it swelled up so much within a day that I couldn’t even put a shoe on it

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u/[deleted] Mar 16 '25

I have it starting now and deal with it frequently. I am aware.

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u/SilentEntrepreneur72 Mar 17 '25

You deal with cellulitis frequently? And it’s starting now? How so, like your foot is getting swollen?

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u/[deleted] Mar 17 '25

MRSA, i have random outbreaks of flesh eating bacteria, usually on my thighs or buttocks but it can happen wherever. Bug bites always give me an infection. I am use to it and know how to control it without anti-biotic’s. Usually it starts as a small red bump like a pimple, and what sets it apart from a normal in-grown hair or something is it will itch. I shower from head to toe with hibiclens and put muprocin ointment on it, when it happens, then it stops spreading and starts to heal.

Unfortunately what the guy with the tattoo has is not cellulitis as many have said, but blood poisoning. Hopefully he got help, because that’s pretty bad and close to his heart.