20 Tattoos That People Really Regret Getting

‘I ended up with ‘you’re name’ instead’
20 Tattoos That People Really Regret Getting

Tattoos, of course, are highly permanent. Cool-looking hand tats will become blown-out messes with time, and that very visible homage to your wife may make for an awkward conversation on your first post-divorce date.

One Redditor’s ultimate regret came to be with a cheap and “massive” anchor chest piece he got from an “unlicensed bloke” in the back of a tanning salon. Predictably, the tattoo was full of bad linework, scarring and outlines that don’t meet. After not taking off his shirt for six months, he decided to hire someone to replace his horrible tattoo with a certifiably mediocre one that he “still really doesn’t like.” 

Plenty of other Redditors have been unhappy with their ink as well — including warped visions of Xanax-induced tramp stamps, incorrect Chinese characters and temporary veganism.

AndrewGoon 10y ago Edited 10y ago after high school, my father asked me what i wanted to do with my life, and i said music. he told me i should go to college just to have a back up plan. well, angst filled teenage punk rock me didn't like that idea. i got the words no back up plan tattooed down my right index finger. at the time i was thinking that if i had a tattoo in a spot that would make regular employment more difficult it would motivate me to work harder towards making music my career. 12
whitemike40 10y ago I have S.T.F.U. tattooed inside my bottom lip I did it because an old friend was dating a tattoo artist, and I thought it would be funny It got old fast and isn't funny, but lucky for me I can just forget it and no one has to know about it 103 ... + More replies
 10y ago I have a half heart with a b in it and my high school best friend's initials. She got the other half with ff and my initials. Worst idea. I had just turned 18, and on a omg you're like the best friend I've ever had, we'll always be best friends type high. So we got them done. Two years later, things went south when she got into an abusive relationship and I tried talking sense to her. 8 years later, we're friendly, but only communicate with random FB comments. Now the tattoo is fading and looks
thewiremother 10y ago Buddy of mine got his wife's name. Then they divorced, and he got an artist to adjust her name to say Sayonara. The artist did a great job with it, you can't tell at all. 67 ... + More replies
iLLwiLLGivingThrills 10y ago Edited 10y ago I was 16 and worked with an 18 year old at the local cafe. She calls me and says she has buddies in town that do tattoos and that I could come over and get one if I wanted. I wanted a huge chest piece, but I knew my mom would KILL me. Her response was Will, you strike me as the kind of guy who would get a tattoo on his ass. She was right. I thought it would be hilarious to have your name on my ass. I didnt know steve-o had
Haven68rs 10y ago Edited 10y ago When I was 16 my cousin got a shark on his ankle.... I thought it was SOOOOO cool and thought I should get one too. Mine turned into more of a dolphin and to hide it from my parents I wore one sock at all times till I was 18. It's still there, I thought about getting it removed but then figured... I do not care to much. 40 ... + More replies
mrs_pamrobles . 10y ago Edited 10y ago I have a purple star with a black outline that looks like any other star tattoo, but it's suppose to be similar to a star one of my favorite bands from when I was 17-ish used on a patch or something. I was really, really emo back in the day. I regret it because 1) it's very similar to the Dallas Cowboys star/logo, so my husband loves to joke that I must be a big fan of theirs and 2) it's near my belly/hip area and after two kids, yeeeeeah :( 34 ...
motherpsycho 0 10y ago My ex husband talked me into getting LV on my arm and ОЕ on his. We also got ring tattoos after the wedding. Не left me for his secretary one month later. I want to chop off my finger and the maintenance men at work call me Los Vatos. 22 ... + More replies
squirt92 10y ago I have my ex's initials on the front of my vagina... he wanted me to get Property of (his name). Decided the initials were a better idea. They weren't It was stupid. Now my husband has to see my ex's initials every time we have sex. 44 ... + More replies
 10y ago I know of a frat guy who went to the beach, drank, thought it would be a great idea to get a tattoo of a trex with a top hat and monocle, holding balloons, with a miss America banner 16 ... + More replies
panspal 10y ago Spent 2 weeks in Montreal on a bender for my 18th birthday, on the last day I woke up with a tattoo of my name with (me) tattooed underneath it, according to the friend I was with I thought it would be a good idea so that I could remember my name in case I got too drunk... I quit drinking shortly after that. 11 ...
AmlonFire 10y ago When I was much younger, a friend had a crappy tattoo gun, and I wanted to try it on myself. Decided to do my initials on my lower leg, about mid-calf. Got a fucked up M and called it quits. Looked like the McDonald's arch, but floppy. A few weeks later, my friend offered to fix it, I told him to just make it a heart and fill it in. Well that didn't turn out well either, so now I have a thumb-sized blob that kinda resembles a dead guppy on its side, on my calf. Fortunately
 10y ago have a big old fucking massive, graffiti style anchor slap in the middle of my chest and I hate it. had it done at a time when wasn't very educated in tattoo's, it was actually only my second piece and I thought fuck it, let's get the chest done. So I bought a copy of ultimate skin, found a flash anchor I liked and went to a scratcher that worked out of the old shower room of a tanning salon and paid a bloke without a license fifty quid to line it. God damn, the pain of
sothrowedaway83 . 10y ago I ate a bunch of хапах and wo ke up with a male tramp stamp. Its basically some tribal on my upper, middle back. The worst part was that I gave my best friend my wallet so I wouldnt spend or lose any money. 6 ...
CharmingAsshole 10y ago Not a tattoo or me even, but I had two friends in high school that branded dolphins on there thighs with metal key chains that they heated up. It turned out how you might expect. 6 ...
poorWilson 10y ago I was Vegan for about 9 years. Got the tattoo to point out the fact and impress a boy. My mom bought a Chicago pizza from Papa Murphys and I cut out a big ol' chunk and retreated to my bedroom where I ate the hell out of that pie. I'm not looking back. My youngest sister insists that I can transform Vegan to vegas if I like. I do not like. Sellout sounds better to me than / HATE MY MONEY! 6 ... I
Trail-of-Beers . 10y ago Brother got a homemade Motley Crue tattoo at 14. Just horrible, crooked, blurry, and on forearm. 5 ...
NorthernBaker 10y ago I got a Chinese Character tattoo. I had been in Taiwan on exchange, so when I got home, I wanted to get something to remember it. I knew that Xian vaguely meant Forever or Eternity, so I quickly looked up the symbol, and asked a few of my friends in Taiwan. I didn't wait for their answer, and ended up getting ТЩ which apparently means Eternal Fairy... TLDR; got chinese tattoo, now eternal fairy 4 ...
Bladeisspooky . 10y ago Ah yes, my time has come. I have a poorly drawn crown with the letters FBGM inside of it. Fuck Bitches, Get Money. I was 16 and in a bad breakup. We're best friends again, she hates it. 2 ...
Cosmic_Pumpkin 10y ago I have Why So Serious on my forearm, got drunk in Tokyo while I was in the marine corps don't even remember getting it. 31 ... + More replies

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