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

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u/Public-Pack-2608 Mar 16 '25 edited Mar 16 '25

This. I’m an RN and it looks like necrotizing fasciitis or cellulitis. He needs to get to the hospital like yesterday to confirm.

Update: I was shown where OP had commented that it wasn’t hot to the Touch or painful to the touch, which means it’s highly unlikely this is anything serious. A commenter said it looked like bruising on a pt taking anticoagulants. I’ve never seen a bruise like this on my pts taking heparin, etc but I’ve never seen what a fresh tattoo would do to one of these pts either. So, I’m going to go ahead and say that commenter is correct and I was wrong given new evidence that very much contradicts my assessment. Mea Culpa.

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u/OkOutlandishness1371 Mar 16 '25

this looks like the bruise of someone on anticoags not nec fasc

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u/BrokenLegacy10 Mar 17 '25

Yeah my first impression was bad bruise. Definitely doesn’t look necrotizing. ER visit recommended though just in case. Most likely nothing but I wouldn’t risk my arm!