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By now, everyone probably knows that tattoos are permanent. And yet, that doesn’t stop people from getting truly awful ones, time and time again. At the very least, they make for great lessons and even better comic relief.
Below, we’ve gathered some truly unfortunate tattoo fails shared in a subreddit dedicated to bad ink. Scroll down to see them, and let them serve as a reminder to always think twice before committing to something that will stay on your body forever.
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#2
Daughter Of A Friend Paid $300 For This
#4
Give Me That School Desk Makeover
#6
Terrible Face Tattoos
#7
Have Never Seen This Concept Well Done
#8
A Friend Of Mine Got His Tattoo Covered-Up
#9
New Real Estate Agent Tattoos Every House He Sold This Year
#10
Seen In The Wild
#11
Influencer Gives Herself Freckles And Temp Blindness
#12
My Local Tattoo Shop Is Worse Than Yours
#13
What I Asked For vs. What I Got
#14
Not Sure If "Bad Decisions" Belong In This Group Or Not, But
#15
Cover Up / Touch Up From A Local "Artist"
#16
Girl I Went To School With Got Tats From One Of Her Friends In Some Dingy House
#17
I Think This Belongs Here
BeesEelsAndPups 7 hours ago
Only because the California Raisin is facing the wrong way. Otherwise, I like this.
#18
"A Carbon Copy Of The Original"
#20
"I Never Had A Client Be Unhappy With Their Tattoo" (Messages In The Pics)
#21
TikTok Is A Goldmine At Times
#22
Rip 😢
#23
Yikes!😬
#24
“Cover-Up”
#25
Tale As Old As Time
#26
How Can I Cover Up This Mistake I Made At 18
#27
Local Artist Who Likes To Intimidate Other Tattoo Artists Encroaching On His Turf
#28
Mine Next
#29
I'm Lost For Words Rn
#30
Found On Ig, And I Have Nothing "Postivite" To Say About It
#31
Got My First Tat And Im Not Happy 🙁
#32
It Would Have Been So Easy For The Kid To Have Gotten Hurt Bro
#33
From A Local Shop’s Page…
#34
Do These Tattoos Suck Or Am I Just A Hater
#35
Girl I Know On Facebook Just Got This And Is Bragging.. I Gotta Take A Breath
#36
A Tattoo Only A Mother Could Love
#37
Thoughts On This Cover Up Posted By A Local Shop
#38
My 65 Year Old Mom Is Going Through A Phase
#39
That’s One Way To Make Sure People Know Your Pronouns
#40
No Way Man
#41
Found On Fb - I Think They’re Peacock Feathers But…
#42
My First Tattoo, Judgment Hindered By Mother In Law
#44
I Think This Guy Bites
#45
The Safest Coverup Option
#46
Toxicity
#47
Ring Tattoo... Getting Divorced
#48
More From The Disney Tattoo Community
#49
Crying Lmao
#50
My Crane Tat
#51
My 17 Year Old Sister’s New Tattoo
Aroace tiger (she/they/he) 12 hours ago
Being complacent is typically a bad thing? Why out of everything you could pick...?
#52
No, You’re Not You’re Not Having A Stroke
Ronja Oksanen 13 hours ago
How hard is it to check the spelling?! Firts you, then the tat artist, then you again before making it permanent 🤦🏼♀️
#53
Done By A Ex A Week Before She Broke Up With Me
#54
Shell Gas Station Tattoo
#55
I Wanna Leave A Bad Review But I'm Too Scared Of Confrontation
MalayDragon 15 hours ago
Just go back and have it touched up, most places offer a free touch up session after the healing process, this looks like it didn't heal properly.
#56
Oh Gheeze
Stephanie Did It 13 hours ago
The bird is from an animated short about habit-forming substances.
#57
This Was Op’s First Tattoo…
#58
Got This A Couple Of Years Ago, The E And T Are Supposed To Look Like Bites Were Taken Out Of Them
#59
Got This Matching Tattoo On A First (And Only) Date
#60
Saw This On Facebook. Tagged A Pmu Artist Turned Tattoo Artist :///
#61
My Buddies Homemade Tattoo. DVD Motor And Guitar String. Should I Let Him Finish
#62
Is My Tattoo Bad After I Burned Myself?
I work at a coffee shop and spilled hot water on my arm a few months ago. The burn was horrible, but healed. Unfortunately it left my sword looking a little crooked at the tip. Is the tattoo horrible looking now?
#63
What Are Y'all's Thoughts On This One
#64
I Find Something New I Hate About This Every Time I Look At It…
ƒιѕн 15 hours ago (edited)
Had to do some digging to decipher the code, from reddit..... "TV" stands for "Taylor's version", which is how Taylor Swift subtitles the re-recorded releases of her albums she's been creating after the masters ownership dispute several years ago. "All too well" is a song title from the album "red" which is one of the songs/albums she's re-recorded and released. Specifically, "all too well" got a lot of attention when she released the "Taylor's version" because she released a 10-minute version instead of the (idk, 2? 3? Minute) version that was on the original release of the record. It was also famously kind of a diss track about the actor Jake Gyllenhaal, with whom swift had a relationship back in the day. So it got extra attention because of the further light it shed on the details of that relationship.
#65
Got Banned From An Animal Crossing Group Five Years Ago For Asking If They Were Real
Karl der Große 5 hours ago (edited)
Yatta! (Look it up if you don't get the reference. You won't be sorry. PS-I mean the song by the Green Leaves.)
#66
This Genre Of Tattoos Just Makes Me Laugh
#67
Never Change, Ig
#68
Stolen From R/Tragedeigh
#69
Promoted Post 🐵😑
#71
I Regret My First Tattoo
#72
My Sister’s New Tattoo
Ronja Oksanen 13 hours ago
Would have loved to see this when her neck is not stretched, must be a real mess 🤦🏼♀️
#73
Thx Snapchat For Reminding Me That 6 Yrs Ago I Got This Tattoo That Has Since Aged Like Milk
#74
Pickles And Fried Eggs... Because Why? Who Knows. Looks Like A Mid 2010s Vans Print
#75
Do Your Research Before Getting A Tattoo
#76
Friend’s Ex’s New Tattoo
#77
Ig Scroll Find
antoinette maldari 52 minutes ago
Looks like it may be tRump's hand. Some mismatched makeup should do the trick.
#78
Two Full Legs Of Bad Tattoos
Stephanie Did It 13 hours ago
I'm convinced these people are the ones who scribbled all over the walls as kids. They just changed the canvas.
#79
It's Not *terrible* But
#81
Am I Hater Or Is This A Bad Tat?
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MalayDragon 15 hours ago
@Oleksandra, Poll needs an option 5 "all of the above", 99% of bad tattos are a combination of all the poll options.
BeesEelsAndPups 6 hours ago
I have a tattoo that I got in the late 90s that I'm not super proud of now. It's a barbed wire thing that goes around my bicep. I've considered getting it covered up, but then I remember that I have better things to spend my money on.
MalayDragon 15 hours ago
@Oleksandra, Poll needs an option 5 "all of the above", 99% of bad tattos are a combination of all the poll options.
BeesEelsAndPups 6 hours ago
I have a tattoo that I got in the late 90s that I'm not super proud of now. It's a barbed wire thing that goes around my bicep. I've considered getting it covered up, but then I remember that I have better things to spend my money on.
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