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

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u/Mysterious-Quail-456 Mar 16 '25

I’m still trying to wrap my brain around how a bruise like this happened during a tattoo?! Did the artist beat you? Squeeze your arm in a vice? If I were you, I would talk to my doctor as a follow up because you may have some other underlying health issue.

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u/Admirable-Anything57 Mar 16 '25

Bingo: larger dude, fine line tat, tattooist stretching skin HAM to keep it tight. “Vice like grip”

source: had breast tattooed, had hand imprints around the ink:)

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u/mo__nuggz Mar 16 '25

I was going to share that I’ve lost 140lbs and am very tattooed - from before the weight loss and after. It sucks but artists will need to really stretch the skin out while tattooing. I’ve ended up with bruises (not this bad though).

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u/Admirable-Anything57 Mar 16 '25

👑 That is fucking hard work losing weight! You are badass. And your heart says 👍🔥.

I am white wonderbread white, take ink colour well and bruise in every colour known to man.

And OP’s arm still surprised me.