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My tattoo on my boob hurts. what could be wrong with it?
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The breast has: tender tissue. It isn't uncommon to experience pain in area of new tatoo. If read, warm, swollen, with ^ed tenderness, pus-like drainage or red streaks - get med eval to rule out infection. Take care.
Answered 11/2/2014
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