please: why do people warn you about the danger of going into the ocean with a fresh tattoo, but not so much with other open wounds/scratches? Is there actually higher risk of infection with a healing tattoo vs a normal cut?

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please: why do people warn you about the danger of going into the ocean with a fresh tattoo, but not so much with other open wounds/scratches? Is there actually higher risk of infection with a healing tattoo vs a normal cut?

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This is my interpretation of when I’ve received this warning. I don’t think it’s so much about the health risk – not that it isn’t at all, or that there isn’t a very real one – but I think it’s more the idea of you paid to have something tattooed on you, why would you risk messing it up in such an irresponsible way.

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