AceShowbiz - "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta" star Sierra Gates has been hospitalized after using a numbing cream to get a huge tattoo on her leg.

Gates took to Instagram on April 14, revealing that she had been admitted to the hospital. She warned followers, "If you are going to do Monster Numb and get your tattoos, do not get it crazy big like I did."

The tattoo, which runs from the top of her stomach to the bottom of her leg, caused Gates severe pain when the numbing cream wore off. She said she "couldn't walk on [her] leg for the last 3 days."

Gates was given pain medication at the hospital, but it was not enough to alleviate the pain. She now has to learn how to walk again and will be hospitalized for 5 to 7 days.

Despite her ordeal, Gates still praised the numbing cream, Monster Numb. She said that her tattoo artist had advised against getting such a large tattoo, but she "thought [she] was good."

Gates' hospitalization has sparked reactions on social media, with some users criticizing the tattoo artist for not completing the tattoo in multiple sessions. Others questioned whether it was wise to use so much numbing cream, which can be harmful if it enters the bloodstream.

Gates has since stated that she will only get smaller tattoos in the future and encouraged her followers to pray for her.