A man died after ignoring advice given to people with new tattoos to wait two weeks before going swimming.
The unnamed 31-year-old suffered septic shock and cellulitis — an infection of the deeper layers of skin and the underlying tissue — after swimming in the sea in the Gulf of Mexico.
Expert advice normally given to people with new tattoos says they should wait at least two weeks before submerging them in pools or seawater.
But the man reportedly swam in the sea just five days after getting a cross tattooed on his right calf, resulting in infection and septic shock which led to his death.
His fresh wound became infected with flesh-eating bacteria and he developed a fever and serious rash surrounding his tattoo, the Daily Mail reports.
When his condition deteriorated two days later, he was sent to hospital where doctors saw that the patches on his leg had turned a bruised purple colour.
Medics immediately suspected the Vibrio vulnificus infection, which he was at a higher risk of due to suffering from a chronic liver disease.
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