[deiatetofulfill]

A mother has been permanently scarred by a love heart tattoo she got in honour of her daughter.
Nicola Hickman, 37, had a severe allergic reaction to the tattoo on her ankle.
It became bumpy before breaking out into a large, excruciatingly painful growth.

Her allergy to the tattoo’s red ink was confirmed by doctors after the growth, which had become so large that it prevented her from wearing boots, was surgically removed.
She said: ‘I kept using antiseptic cream like I was told, and prayed the swelling would go down, but it didn’t.
‘I thought it was a mysterious reaction which would go away eventually, but it got to the point where I couldn’t bear it any more. Even just to touch it was really painful'
Eventually Miss Hickman, of Greenwich, London, went to see a doctor.
In June 2013, 11 months after she had the tattoo done, she was referred to St Thomas’ Hospital in central London where specialists were able to remove the flaky growth, which was by now protruding from her ankle.
She said: ‘The dermatologists took one look at it and were shocked. They’d never seen an allergic reaction like it before. They took pictures which they wanted to use for a report in a medical journal.
‘The surgeon who removed the growth tried to make it so the scar was heart-shaped. She said, “Nicola wanted a heart, so let’s try and give her a heart”. They looked after me really well.’


11 months! Imagine that scraping on you in the middle of the night bleeeeuuurrrrghh

[DEWBZ]

shit that's nasty

[Shakey]

Bet she won't do that again.

[MisterX]

thats so nasty the words flaky growth even sounds nasty

[HeadlessHorseman]

No more tats for her.

[Yksisarvi]

To be honest, it was a hideous tattoo to begin with.

[LadyCPlum]

I have never seen anything like that before....blecch

[Faline]

[Pyramid_Head]

So much for a meaningful tat.

[reubthadude]

Looks awful. Before & after. Heart shaped crust.....barrrrf! A true 1st.