Tattoo Ink Bleeding Under Skin. Tattoo needles are solid, not hollow. Tattooing also can lead to keloids — raised areas caused by an overgrowth of scar tissue.
My tattoo is weeping fluid out of the bandage. The third reason being a combination of the 2 reasons. The trauma of tattooing causes bleeding which makes the ink spread under the skin.
If it is red or swollen, i would advise icing it and taking ibuprofen.
The dermis (papillary layer) immediately below the epidermis is made of loose connective tissue and contains small blood vessels and nerve endings. It will look like a nice clean tattoo line and then there will be a little area where the ink has spread into a not so nice clean line. Anywhere from a few days to several months after getting a tattoo, the ink can begin to spread under the skin to other areas. An infection in a new tattoo made of gray ink, which the tattoo artist created by mixing black ink with tap water.