A mum was horrified when warts started growing on her forearm tattoo - that had to be burned off.<br /><br />Jade Harvey, 20, thought it was just a skin reaction when she noticed lumps bulging out her snake ink shortly after getting pregnant.<br /><br />But she rushed to the doctor when they just wouldn't stop growing - where she was told they had to be burned off using liquid nitrogen.<br /><br />Jade said: "It looked like nothing I had ever seen before. I thought it was just a skin reaction caused by pregnancy.<br /><br />"Be careful where you get your tattoos!"<br /><br />Warts can spread onto tattoos that are done near pre-existing boils, with pregnancy hormones exacerbating the condition.<br /><br />But Jade, from Cape Coral, Florida, still doesn't know what exactly caused her breakout.<br /> <br />She went to get her tattoo on impulse back in June 2020.<br /><br />She had seen the image of a snake online, and asked for it to be drawn as if curling round her forearm, for which she paid $150 (£113).<br /><br />After the two hours were up she was happy with her new ink, but noticed it had been done close to a pre-existing wart near her wrist.<br /><br />"We never talked about it - I knew the wart was there, I knew [the tattoo artist] saw it, but he never said anything either," she said.<br /><br />On Boxing Day that same year, she started to get sore boobs and was peeing frequently so decided to take a pregnancy test - which was positive.<br /><br />Jade, who works at retailer Target, said: "I was just like very in shock, I never actually thought I was going to get pregnant, I didn't think it could happen.<br /><br />"I was scared but I told my parents and they were really supportive."<br /><br />Her bump continued to grow normally, until, almost exactly a year after getting it, she started noticing warts growing on the tail of her tattoo.<br /><br />She said: "I was in the pool and I thought the sun had caused the tattoo to flare up or something."<br /><br />The boils continued to get larger, but as they didn't hurt or irritate her too much, and with some reassurance from her midwife, Jade left them alone.<br /><br />She gave birth to her first daughter Ella Spring Harvey on September 2, but even after that the warts still didn't disappear.<br /><br />She went to see her doctor who informed her that she should have them removed, using either a cream or by burning them off.<br /><br />As she was breastfeeding she didn't want to use the cream, so she opted to have them burnt away using liquid nitrogen then and there.<br /><br />"It felt like she was torching my skin!" she said. "It felt like a torch was on hand or I was holding dry ice - not fun!"<br /><br />Unfortunately she had to go back for another session the following month because they lumps refused to go.<br /><br />She shared her story on TikTok in a cautionary tale that now has nearly 200,000 likes.<br /><br />Jade said: "Be careful who you go to and where you get a tattoo - avoid places next to warts and don’t be impulsive."
