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.
#1 Daughter Of A Friend Paid $300 For This
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#2 Cover Up / Touch Up From A Local “Artist”
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#3 Blacked Out Fingertips
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#4 New Real Estate Agent Tattoos Every House He Sold This Year
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#5 More From The Disney Tattoo Community
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#6 Girl I Went To School With Got Tats From One Of Her Friends In Some Dingy House
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#7 Give Me That School Desk Makeover
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#8 My Crane Tat
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#9 From A Local Shop’s Page…
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#10 Influencer Gives Herself Freckles And Temp Blindness
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#11 “I Never Had A Client Be Unhappy With Their Tattoo” (Messages In The Pics)
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#12 My Local Tattoo Shop Is Worse Than Yours
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#13 Awesome Rodent Tattoo
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#14 How Can I Cover Up This Mistake I Made At 18
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#15 Terrible Face Tattoos
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#16 A Tattoo Only A Mother Could Love
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#17 Local Artist Who Likes To Intimidate Other Tattoo Artists Encroaching On His Turf
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#18 “A Carbon Copy Of The Original”
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#19 Have Never Seen This Concept Well Done
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#20 Got Banned From An Animal Crossing Group Five Years Ago For Asking If They Were Real
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#21 A Friend Of Mine Got His Tattoo Covered-Up
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#22 It Looks Like A Disease
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#23 Rip 😢
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#24 Yikes!😬
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#25 Am I Hater Or Is This A Bad Tat?
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#26 What I Asked For vs. What I Got
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#27 My 65 Year Old Mom Is Going Through A Phase
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#28 “Cover-Up”
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#29 Saw This On Facebook. Tagged A Pmu Artist Turned Tattoo Artist :///
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#30 Tale As Old As Time
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#31 Not Sure If “Bad Decisions” Belong In This Group Or Not, But
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#32 Toxicity
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#33 Ring Tattoo… Getting Divorced
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#34 Got My First Tat And Im Not Happy 🙁
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#35 It Would Have Been So Easy For The Kid To Have Gotten Hurt Bro
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#36 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?
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#37 What Are Y’all’s Thoughts On This One
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#38 Seen In The Wild
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#39 Do These Tattoos Suck Or Am I Just A Hater
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#40 My 17 Year Old Sister’s New Tattoo
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#41 Girl I Know On Facebook Just Got This And Is Bragging.. I Gotta Take A Breath
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#42 Thx Snapchat For Reminding Me That 6 Yrs Ago I Got This Tattoo That Has Since Aged Like Milk
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#43 TikTok Is A Goldmine At Times
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#44 No, You’re Not You’re Not Having A Stroke
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#45 Found In The Wild
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#46 Done By A Ex A Week Before She Broke Up With Me
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#47 Shell Gas Station Tattoo
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#48 I Find Something New I Hate About This Every Time I Look At It…
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#49 This Genre Of Tattoos Just Makes Me Laugh
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#50 I Wanna Leave A Bad Review But I’m Too Scared Of Confrontation
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#51 Thoughts On This Cover Up Posted By A Local Shop
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#52 Oh Gheeze
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#53 This Was Op’s First Tattoo…
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#54 Got This A Couple Of Years Ago, The E And T Are Supposed To Look Like Bites Were Taken Out Of Them
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#55 Pickles And Fried Eggs… Because Why? Who Knows. Looks Like A Mid 2010s Vans Print
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#56 Mine Next
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#57 Got This Matching Tattoo On A First (And Only) Date
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#58 I Regret My First Tattoo
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#59 Friend’s Ex’s New Tattoo
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#60 Found On Fb – I Think They’re Peacock Feathers But…
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#61 I’m Speechless
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#62 Dolphin Leg
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#63 The Safest Coverup Option
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#64 I Think This Belongs Here
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#65 Crying Lmao
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#66 Never Change, Ig
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#67 Stolen From R/Tragedeigh
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#68 Promoted Post 🐵😑
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#69 Found This 😭
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#70 I’m Lost For Words Rn
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#71 Do Your Research Before Getting A Tattoo
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#72 Ig Scroll Find
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#73 No Way Man
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#74 My Buddies Homemade Tattoo. DVD Motor And Guitar String. Should I Let Him Finish
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#75 Two Full Legs Of Bad Tattoos
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#76 It’s Not *terrible* But
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#77 My First Tattoo, Judgment Hindered By Mother In Law
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#78 My Sister’s New Tattoo
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#79 I Think This Guy Bites
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#80 That’s One Way To Make Sure People Know Your Pronouns
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#81 Found On Ig, And I Have Nothing “Postivite” To Say About It
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