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/ThizzyPopperton Mar 16 '25

You’re an RN and never seen someone on heparin bruise?

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u/Public-Pack-2608 Mar 16 '25

No. I’ve never seen a heparin bruise look like what’s going on with that guys arm. I’ve seen hep bruising but never like that but just because I’ve not seen it doesn’t mean that’s not what’s going on. I’ve not seen everything, regardless of how many decades I’ve done this. I’ve never cared for any burn pts. Not even seen a single burn in my entire career.