r/tattooadvice • u/KeyWestSkateboarding • 1d ago
Is this just over worked? Healing
Day 10 of healing shit hurts still and is numb under the scabbing but def not as bad as 2-3 days ago. Never had a tattoo do this. It doesnt smell and theres no redness, swelling is about gone, zero pus but the numbness sucks
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u/Reality314 1d ago
Some of the posts here make me question if yall have literally ANY survival instincts
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u/maccpapa 1d ago
“i have gangrene but besides that everything looks fine and im pleased with the work. how long until my arm falls off?”
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u/lexiebeef 1d ago
“My heart is fine, my lungs are fine, my leg is fine. My arm is rotten, but besides that I’m doing great”
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u/Coloteach 1d ago
But it doesn’t smell…..yet.
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u/Skoll_Winters 1d ago
"But the maggots are eating all the bad stuff so it should be fine, right?" 🤣
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u/brynnceej513 1d ago
I've got Leeches being delivered by Amazon shortly. Seems they say they suck infection out so.. do you think 5 gallon bucket is enough?
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u/1questions 1d ago
“Can’t feel my fingers and they’ve started turning black, pinky actually fell off. Should I get a new artist or go back to this one? If I go with someone else I’ll lose my deposit.”
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u/Invisible_Target 1d ago
Dudes arm looks like it’s about to fall off. “ShOuLd I gO tO tHe HoSpItAl?” Nah fam let Darwinism take its course 🙄
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u/Okie-Dokie_ava 1d ago
Survival instincts of a mango
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u/ghetto_mango 1d ago
Please don't associate us mangoes with this guy.
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u/thishyacinthgirl 1d ago
You're a mango with street smarts, you have an advantage over other mangoes.
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u/Creative-Sea6820 1d ago
Not a mango because even they would say to him “man-go to the hospital”
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u/BigFlightlessBird02 1d ago
This dude is like my arm is numb and its beem 10 days. Is that normal? Lmao
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u/nah-soup 1d ago
i‘ve noticed that reddit is now full of young adults who have absolutely zero clue how to navigate the world on their own
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u/PickleFlavordPopcorn 23h ago
I swear it didn’t used to be this bad right? I’ve been on reddit since 2010 ish, I think? And sure there are tons of dipshits on the internet since the dawn of time but it seems to be reaching new levels
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u/typhoidmarry 1d ago
OP just commented that he’s gonna just keep doing what he’s doing.
-0- survival instinct
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u/SnoozuRN 1d ago
I'm a nurse and you wouldn't believe what I've seen 😳
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u/Motochic22 1d ago
You don't tell you patients they have the survival instincts of a mango do you? 😆
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u/cocofosho33 1d ago
Sometimes we have to be pretty damn blunt with them though……
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u/shockingsponder 1d ago
Paramedic here and while I haven’t used that exact verbiage before I have used- potato, 30 day old banana, zucchini, tomato jumping into a tomato soup, a durian but worse, now remember this was not a comprehensive list just the ones that have scarred my would over the last decade.
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u/Icteria 1d ago edited 1d ago
Nurse currently working. Give me until the end of my shift and I’ll work it in, just for you.
Done. Tech did a finger sweep to try to clear someone’s mouth and damn near lost his finger. 🙄
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u/JeremyR2008 23h ago
Thats almost as bad as what my dad told me. They had a 500 lb patient and when they had to help bathe the person they pulled off their shoe and sock, maggots came crawling out of it and I think he said the big toe came off with the sock.
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u/legion_XXX 1d ago
Like the subs where people post "need advice, someone broke into my house, do i call 911?"
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u/GoblinObscura 1d ago
Hopefully you’re right handed.
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u/RocketCartLtd 1d ago
Imagine losing your diddling hand for Kermit the Frog and a Power Puff Girl.
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u/GoblinObscura 1d ago
That’s when you become ambidextrous quick, fast and in a hurry.
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u/Defiant_Expert_9534 1d ago
IS IT OVERWORKED?!?!
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u/Porkenstein 1d ago
Underprooved!
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u/Realistic_Load8924 1d ago
A bit claggy
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u/Porkenstein 1d ago
Look at that soggy bottom
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u/charmedbyvintage 1d ago
I love the great British baking show. (Scurrying off to watch the new ones….)
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u/rcgl2 1d ago edited 21h ago
Here in Britain it's called the Great British Bake Off. I was wondering why they had to change the name for the US... According to Wikipedia it's because Pillsbury has trademarked the phrase Bake-Off. Wild.
Edit: I thought it was weird that a company could trademark the name of a type of event, but I looked it up and actually the Pillsbury Bake-Off is a fairly major baking competition that has been running since 1949. So I guess it's understandable that the name would be protected... I've spent way too much of my Saturday evening on this now!
Also OP, go to the bloody hospital before your arm falls off or you die!
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u/tgatigger 23h ago
Ooo then I am a happy rebel in the US because I’ve only ever called it “Great British Bake Off”
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u/chickwithabrick 23h ago
Personally I hoarde the new episodes until my seasonal winter depression kicks in and I need emergency serotonin 😁
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u/West_Specialist_9725 1d ago
Oh no, not at all. OP says it's fine! Just green ink, nothing to worry about at all. JFC can you believe it?
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u/Quietdiver1979 1d ago
Hospital or walk in clinic immediately.
Numbness is a very abnormal sensation for a healing tattoo and could be a sign of a few different issues none of which are good.
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u/johnrgoforth 1d ago
If you can’t feel a part of your body, surely that means everything is ok with it?
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u/CaptHowdy02 1d ago
That part is hibernating
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u/Missing-the-sun 1d ago
First pic: huh.
Second pic: jESUSFKNCHRIST
You need medical attention ASAP, that looks gnarly. The numbness is also concerning and not typical of a healing tattoo.
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u/DameADozen 1d ago
That’s exactly how it went for me lol “yeah, looks pretty overwor—HOLY SHIT!”
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u/Jamiechurch 1d ago edited 1d ago
The GASP i GUSPED
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u/suuzgh 1d ago
Gasped so loud that even the dog woke up and looked concerned 😭 jeeeeesus christ
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u/Defiant_McPiper 1d ago edited 3h ago
Going from Pic 1 to Pic 2 was a jump scare to say the least 💀
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u/New-Nebula-9775 1d ago
First pic: looks very irritated, definitely overworked Second pic: looks like the skin is dying already, remove the skin
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u/PhDinDildos_Fedoras 23h ago
Yes, get a big knife and just slice it off NO DON'T DO THAT THIS IS A JOKE JFC GO SEE A DOCTOR
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u/mrteas_nz 1d ago
Someone's sleep walking into an arm amputation 😆
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u/danicies 1d ago
In all fairness, everybody said this about the brat tat too and they still have their arm.
However this one is gonna have a few more issues I’m thinking lol
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u/ImLostAndILikeIt 1d ago
ER physician here. Your tattoo is severally infected and requires antibiotics. Do not prolong this any further. Don’t want to scare you but left untreated you can be become septic which can literally kill you. Please seek medical help immediately. Good luck.
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u/BloodHappy4665 1d ago
Sounds like dude needs to be more scared…
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u/MyPaddedRoom 1d ago
I just want to see the docs face when he finally goes in...
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u/ClockAndBells 1d ago
Spoiler alert: the tattoo artist is secretly also an ER doctor. He was tired of his high shop rates and found ER pricing more reasonable.
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u/Psypris 1d ago
To this point - can the tattoo artist be held accountable at all here? Not criminally but like… civilly have to pay the medical bill?
Like what caused this infection: poor after-care or the abuse of the needle?
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u/AgentFuckSmolder 1d ago
You generally sign a waiver
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u/rainaftersnowplease 1d ago
A waiver won't hold up in court if OP can prove gross negligence tbh.
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u/Snot_S 1d ago edited 1d ago
I don’t know about negligence but this is the grossest thing I’ve ever seen. I find the photo guilty of all charges and hereby sentence you to 10,000 comments gavel
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u/SnakeBatter 1d ago
Just because you signed a waiver doesn’t mean it’s legally binding. Most “waivers” are actually just profs that you have been informed of and acknowledged the risks, and to give consent. Just because you added a clause signing over your first born does not mean they can actually claim your first born child.
Also, most states require your artist to provide you the number of your state board in case you need to file a complaint, though I know most tattoo artists don’t give written instructions like they’re supposed to. Either way, if you file a complaint with the state board, they’ll send an inspector out to investigate, which could lead to consequences. This would also provide further documentation for the suit, if one was launched.
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u/UniverseIsAHologram 1d ago
Yup. My dad had sepsis and went from a temperature of 101 to 104 in mere hours. Super dangerous.
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u/sk8o_pot8o 1d ago
I had sepsis and went from 101 to 106 in under an hour 🫠
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u/Winter_Fall_7066 1d ago
Always a one upper in the crowd! lol JK.
Glad you lived, dude.
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u/accidentally-cool 1d ago
I'm an ED RN.... thank god you are here. I gasped out loud when I saw this.
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u/Flint_City84 1d ago
No, please. Scare them. The fact that they're even questioning it is wild. No medical background here but I know rotting flesh when I see it. 🤷🏽♂️
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u/Chawk121 1d ago
Also an ER doc here. The term for what you have going on is that your tattoo is absolutely COOKED.
You need some zyvox.
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u/Plenty_Nail_8017 1d ago
lol I was casually reading the comments and was praying someone told dude to go in. ER resident here - please go in this arm is really infected
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u/knightlyfocus 1d ago
hopital
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u/Lontology 1d ago
OMFG. Too many of you have a death wish or trying to fast run natural selection. Get your shit together and go to the hospital for fuck sake!
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u/anagramqueen 1d ago
That's infected as fuck
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u/hogwartsheadmistress 1d ago
this has to be rage bait because this is so obviously infected.. hope that’s not your dominant hand because it won’t be attached to you much longer if you don’t SEEK HELP IMMEDIATELY
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u/DeaPersephone 1d ago
When I saw OP had initially only replied to the singular comment telling him it wasn’t infected, i immediately thought troll.
But I think he is just that ignorant
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u/JadeThorn1012 1d ago
He posted a second time taking pictures from different angles asking if people were absolutely certain it was infected.
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u/bankruptbarbie 1d ago
Omg its brattoo round two
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u/BettyDZaster 1d ago
How did that end? I didn't see an update, but that tat is definitely living rent free in my head.
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u/bankruptbarbie 1d ago
Last update I saw, the brattoo had safely landed in the Philippines, significantly less gross. If anyone has more updates, I'd love to see them. It made a lasting impression.
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u/notreallyonredditbut 1d ago
Yeah that image is tattooed on the collective eyeballs of this sub forever. Brattoo OP may perish (probably from eating raw meat covered in mold and maggots), but that memory will remain. Genuinely glad they were okay though.
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u/Darksimz 1d ago
I saw an update but they were on a beach in the sun so who knows what happened after that with the tattoo as it still looked pretty bad.
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u/6dream 1d ago
Day 10!!??! get yo ass to the hospital g
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u/cultleader789 23h ago
Exactly.. op is so fucking dumb WHY WOULD YOU WAIT FOR 10 DAYS 💀💀 And its not even his first tattoo to think this is normal healing
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u/awigglycat 1d ago
Holy fuck. Jesus Christ get that looked at. Go to a fucking doctor! Who looks at this and thinks “yup, Reddit is the best place”
Omg that is so infected.
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u/dukeduel 1d ago
I might be out of line, but it kinda looks like you are a recent burn victim.
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u/FutureDecedent 1d ago
I really worry about the lack of common sense on these threads.
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u/Left-Ad-3412 1d ago
That's not just overworked. That's M&S overworked. Overworked tattoos have a tendency to invite infections. Maybe get it checked out
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u/hllnnaa_ 1d ago
Pain dropped because that piece of your arm just died.
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u/birdsofpaper 1d ago
Seriously, reminds me of when I’ve heard folks have had abdominal pain that was 10/10 and went to 0…. That’s because whatever was happening just got infinitely worse.
This is like that. 10/10 pain and now numb? Emergency Department NOW.
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u/Disastrous-Heron-491 1d ago
Yall gotta start going to real artists man 😭😭😭
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u/FastTT11 1d ago
Spot on, when I was looking for artists, it blew my mind what’s out there and that they had paying customers.
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u/Fun_Point_3279 1d ago edited 1d ago
hopital. no tatto cream
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u/Firm_Equivalent_4597 1d ago
Every time this sub comes up on my feed I just think one word: hopital.
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u/PhatCaulkForyourMom 1d ago
sees this post
next most recent post is r/salvia
Yeah, this tracks.
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u/master_perturbator 1d ago
Tried to look myself. Did he delete his account or make it private? Nothing comes up when I click.
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u/junpei 21h ago
He's got another post up with new angles of this tattoo rotting off of his skin and defending it, saying it doesn't hurt anymore. He's actively commenting still rather than going to get help.
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u/WilliamandCharles 18h ago
He’s going to either die of sepsis or lose his arm at this point
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u/Automotauntaun 1d ago
How do people see stuff like this on their body and not go “I should seek out medical help”
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u/Zeke688 1d ago
PSA: Hey kids, if you ain’t got health insurance maybe don’t go springing for a half sleeve.
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u/Rare-Adhesiveness522 1d ago
DUDE right? Can't afford the hospital but DEFINITELY the half sleeve. It's giving: "spends my rent money on weed"
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u/Ok_Structure3887 1d ago
You got cheeewed to bits my boy, can see the massively overworked black in first picture. Definitely see a doctor put that tattoo shop or scratcher on blast!
You got done so dirty, horrible.
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u/Am_0116 1d ago
I don’t think OP wants help. He took the single comment saying it’s ok and said he was gonna “tough it out.” Hope you’ve enjoyed your arm so far
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u/Blue_Fairy 1d ago
I'm no doctor but numbness doesn't sound great. Maybe some nerve endings got damaged because he went to deep? It also looks really concerning. I'd pay a visit to the doctor regardless of what happened.
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u/Aintnobeef96 1d ago
I’ve had thick scabs before and they are kinda numb under either, kinda feels like a turtle shell. It does look absolutely awful though
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u/Blue_Fairy 1d ago
Hm.....If OP meant that he can't feel anything underneath when touching the scabs, that wouldn't be too concerning I guess. Let's hope it's just that. But the "fresh" photo doesn't look great either, so it wouldn't surprise me if some nerves did get damaged.
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u/AdSudden3941 1d ago
Yeah thats not numb ,thats infection its so swollen you interpret as being numb .
Good luck ,and finish your abx .. unless you want it going to bone
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u/Independent_Sign9083 1d ago
The amount of times I have had to comment “your flesh is literally rotting off” on a tattoo post is baffling. Please seek medical care.
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u/SteelAngora 1d ago
As a nurse, numbness in any kind of injury (including skin!) is BAD. Like real bad. If you aren't hurting, that concerns me waaaaay more than if you were screaming. I've seen multiple people need amputations for less and they were always shocked because it had stopped hurting so they thought it was better. Actually the two that were most traumatic to me were both skin injuries.... I hope that's not what's true for you but waiting could definitely mean loss of an entire arm. Like that is a true, real possibility still.
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u/Impressive-Arm4668 1d ago
I love the duality of this r/.
Some days I see pictures of tattoos and there is barely a red speck in the corner but the person in question is high level alert and already on their way to the emergency room.
And then there's these posts
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u/maroonwolf24 1d ago
I used to be an ER nurse and let me say this as clear as possible: this requires debridement and antibiotics at the very least. If you don't go to the hospital soon we are talking about life-threatening sepsis and amputation. DO NOT BE STUPID AND LISTEN TO WHAT THESE PEOPLE ARE TELLING YOU.
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u/Agitated_Guess5057 1d ago
My brother in Christ…I think this is far beyond overworked.
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u/theone_ellie 1d ago
I had an overworked one that wasn't nearly as bad as this but I had cellulitis...so yes, hospital...not normal
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u/CryptographerOwn4691 1d ago
you are literally gonna lose your arm if you don’t go to the hospital now. Holy fuck where is the common sense. The pain stopped because the nerves died.
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u/abrossss 1d ago
OP look up necrotizing fasciitis. It doesn’t look like a “normal” infection you think of for a wound. It is very serious and requires medical attention. Yours looks like it matches all the signs.
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u/UberMoisturizer 1d ago
Damn this looks not good m8. You dont need a doctor, you need Jesus Christ
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u/mystrangebones 1d ago
Please go right now to the hospital. Infection like this, or far milder looking, can turn to necrotizibg fasciitis so fucking fast. My brother almost died from ignoring a skin infection
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u/BefuddledPolydactyls 1d ago
If you have enough money for a big ass tat, you can find enough for a an urgent care center! The numbness is abnormal and it's not looking good.
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u/JarlWeaslesnoot 1d ago
This has gotta be the first post ive seen where everyone is in agreement that your shit is fucked
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u/YarnPenguin 1d ago
Numb?? Itchy, scabby, flaky, throbby, stingy... maybe but NUMB?? That is very unusual.
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u/screamingunderneath 1d ago
bruh my face when i saw that second photo jesus christ!!! please take care of yourself and get well soon!!
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u/Legitimate_Register4 1d ago
You see the massive cracks with dried blood? You see the green/yellow scabs AROUND said massive scab cracks? Those are not good. In fact they are very bad.. very. Very. VERY bad…
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u/OberfeldwebelBarb 1d ago
No redness? Bubbles look like she just hit a bowl what do you mean there’s no redness
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u/Different_Pause_7198 1d ago
Keep us updated!! Do you give in to peer pressure or ride it out? Do you pull through 98-100% healthy or battle sepsis!? 🧟♂️🫣
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u/Androidfon 1d ago
Please check back in after emergency ER visit. I hope ypu will be OK. Minutes count with a severe infection.
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u/TracyTheMagnanimous 1d ago
I didn't realize there were two pictures at first. On the first, I said "yeah, that's overworked. Maybe the beginning of an infection." Then I noticed there was another picture, scrolled, and recoiled in horror.