I got a cute clam hand tattoo but it was a disaster, it ended up oozing puss & I had to get on an IV & get it covered up
A TATTOO fan has shared how a fatal clam tattoo caused her to spend several nights in hospital.
The creator said she was in agony after getting a tattoo that started oozing puss.
Erin Porter shares her story in a TikTok video online.
She said: “ So I’m gonna tell you guys how I ended up with an infected tattoo that bad.”
The beauty fan explained her tattoo is now all covered up but the story behind it was shocking.
She said: “Now that it’s covered it’s all good.”
The tattoo fan said straight after getting her clam tattoo everything seemed fine.
She said: “So the first day I got it done, it actually didn’t look so bad. Like, it was a pretty nice tattoo.”
With a lot of tattoos already Erin said she was well informed on proper tattoo aftercare.
She said: “I’ve healed a lot of tattoos in my life.”
“Infections can happen to anyone, and it can be either the artist or the client’s fault. In this case, it happened within the first 48 hours, which indicates that it was actually part of the application of the tattoo.”
It became clear something was wrong with Erin’s tattoo the day after she got it.
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She said: “So the next day tattoos are a little painful, that’s normal. Um, however, it was fucking excruciating for me. If I put my hand down, it was really, really painful.”
Shockingly the tattoo started leaking puss.
Erin said: “And I noticed that it should stop leaking plasma. After the first night, it was continuously leaking plasma.”
She said: “After about four or five days, when it wasn’t healing at all, I went and got antibiotics and they did absolutely f**king nothing.”
Eventually Erin had no choice but to seek further medical help, so she went to the hospital.
She said: “they put me on an IV, they looked at it, and they said it definitely was in the application because this infection is under your skin.”
Erin had to take antibiotics for two weeks and go on an IV drip.
She said: “And my body was fucking shot after that. My hair started falling out.”
Erin said she suspected the cause of the infection was contaminated ink or contaminated wash water.
She explained: “Basically, a lot of artists use distilled water. Now, distilled water can sit on a shelf for a very long time.
“There’s no regulations on it. And still does not mean sterile. So there could be bacteria growing in there and growing resistant bacteria inside that water bottle. Transfer to the wash bottle goes into the skin.”
Erin concluded: “Pretty sure it was the ink that had just kind of been contaminated. That bacteria continued to grow, causing me to get an infection and I ended up in a hospital.”