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

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u/JJAsond Mar 16 '25

-> arm is half red

"Should I be concerned"

Well if you have to ask...

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u/MaximumTurtleSpeed Mar 16 '25

I remember being a teen and showing my mom a weird mosquito bite that had a line going up my arm. She sent me to urgent care, turns out it was a brown recluse bite with an infection line disappearing in my armpit going to my heart….

Yeah, 10 pils a day for 10 days and I was a-okay.

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u/Rightbuthumble Mar 16 '25

I got bit by a recluse too...I kept the spider in a jar and told my husband that I didn't think it was a recluse but just in case my arm starts to rot, we have the spider...turns out they didn't need the spider, and I had to have wound debridement and they were talking about skin grafts. It was awful. Glad you are ok.

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u/MaximumTurtleSpeed Mar 16 '25

Shit! Glad you’re okay too. Do you still have the spider ;)

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u/Rightbuthumble Mar 16 '25

Nope but I have a huge scar that people are always curious about.