SumChic discovered after the fact that she’s allergic to red tattoo ink…
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MRSA Infection in a Tattoo
Oh… that sucks… Erin-Louise got a MRSA-type staph infection in her healing tattoo, an increasingly common infection both in tattoos and injuries in general.
Ouch! Bloody Venoms!
These French off-centre tongue piercings sure are bleeding a lot…
Red ink can be a problem…
Before this person (photograph by Lexci) had a severe reaction to the red ink, this tattoo was just a little maple leaf… Now I guess it’s a festering maple leaf-shaped mole?
That evil, evil chair
This is what happens when you sit naked on a chair, and stand up quickly before you realize that your labial piercings have snagged on that chair! Yowwwch! These photos were taken two days afterwards (it’s stitched up now).
Self-Induced Infection Leading to Amputations
Following up on yesterday’s amputation post…
A friend of mine in South Africa was looking to amputate a toe, and instead of chopping it off himself, he chose to induce an infection so serious that it had to be amputated by doctors. After getting an infection intially, he kept the infection getting worse by standing in dirty fish ponds, putting motor oil on it, and more (first photo). After doctors amputated the toe (second photo), the infection remained, and doctors were forced to do a midfoot ampuation (third photo) that’s almost approaching a “hoof” as it heals. The procedure is totally different, but in a way it reminds me of Chinese foot binding.
I know a number of folks who’ve chosen to “induce” amputation by the medical community using infections, and I must strongly emphasize that this is far more dangerous than simply doing the amputation yourself because infections of this severity can easily go systemic and be fatal — far better off faking a woodworking accident, hunting accident, or something of that nature that fits ones lifestyle and then seeking immediate medical attention.
Update: Read the interview!
Reconstructive Lobe Surgery
Nerpy decided to have her 5/8″ lobes closed up and took picture of the process along the way. From left to right, what you see is:
- 5/8″ lobes after having them for five years
- 28 stitches after reconstructive surgery to reverse ear stretching
- One month after stitch removal
- Six months after surgery
Zombie Stitches!
This is actually a coverup of a real scar… Hey, if you’re going to have a scar you didn’t want, have fun with it (really, that’s the secret to life) — tattoo by Sky at Above All Tattoo in Pacific Beach, CA.
Cobertura de Cicatriz
My friend Trash in Campinas, Brasil tattooed these roses to cover up a large scar on a client’s belly.
Ouch! Faceplant!
So Hyena crahsed her bike and did a faceplant onto her septum piercing. This photo was taken about a day after the accident… Four days later, after the scabs had lifted, she realized that the captive bead, which she’d thought was lost on the street, had actually embedded into her lip for the previous four days! She popped it out — no infection luckily, although her body was already healing around the bead — and she’s doing fine.
