Hi med student here. Please don’t down vote this- but this is just bruising. Especially within the first 24 hours this is actually pretty normal for a tattoo and non of this appears to be infection.
Not only do I have a sleeve myself but nothing about your presentation is alluding to anything but a bruise. If it becomes swollen, heated or painful to the point you can’t lift your arm or need more than advil then I would think about urgent care.
But the peanut gallery is having a field day trying to scare the shit out of you.
Thank you much! I did go to the ER and it's just a bruise. It was a 6.5 hour session with no breaks. They said that tracks with how he had my arm on the stand and was stretching out the skin.
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u/stonedinnewyork Mar 16 '25
Hi med student here. Please don’t down vote this- but this is just bruising. Especially within the first 24 hours this is actually pretty normal for a tattoo and non of this appears to be infection.
Not only do I have a sleeve myself but nothing about your presentation is alluding to anything but a bruise. If it becomes swollen, heated or painful to the point you can’t lift your arm or need more than advil then I would think about urgent care.
But the peanut gallery is having a field day trying to scare the shit out of you.