Apple Watch Vs Sleeve Tattoo

I have two sleeve tattoos and finding that my phone constantly goes into lock mode where I have to put in my pin each time I want to use my watch, I was told that the tattoo should only affect the heart moniter, but this is not the case, any help would be appreciated, I have an apple watch series 3

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Posted on Mar 10, 2020 7:58 AM

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Posted on Mar 10, 2020 8:04 AM

This has been a well known problem since the very first Apple Watch.

It will affect wrist detection for keeping the watch unlocked as well as the heart monitor.

Turn off wrist detection.

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