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Bruising can look like that, but usually that's long gone by a month later. Nevertheless I agree you should wait and see what happens with it. If it is still just bruised then it'll go away all by itself.

You can’t “fix” a blowout. You can’t, you can’t, you can’t. A blowout is ink that has spread under your skin. You can’t vacuum it out. How exactly does she say she’s going to fix it? blowouts happen, especially on thin skin, like your inner bicep. Your smart to wait. I’ve seen people go from bad to worse to even worse trying to fix something.

I don't think lasers are going to do anything to a blowout. Even tattoo artists who have 20 years of experience don't always know what they are talking about. I had a small blowout on my left sleeve on a very thin, sensitive part of my arm. My artist just covered it up with with filler when the whole arm was finished. There are ways around it, although that is A LOT of blowout.

Hi there! This is a step further than a blowout, called ink migration. It has possibly spread far into some fat cells. As with a blowout, it can happen more frequently in thin skinned areas. The risk is also increased when on any kind of blood thinner before the tattoo. It’s not something that can be easily fixed, unless you get colour added especially over the blurry halo area, I’d only think getting watercolor style colouring would work with this design but it’s not for everyone. I’ve seen some success from laser removal, just in the halo area (they don’t need to touch the tattoo!) but besides these options I’m not sure how your artist will fix this. It’s unfortunate, and there are many reasons why it could have happened, the main would be needle depth versus skin thickness so hopefully your artist can learn from this. good luck!

Tattoos look amazing. Be easy on yourself. Give it time.