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As years go by, more and more people want to have tattoos. Naturally, that means that tattoo regret rates are rising, too. Research shows that in the 11 years between 2012 and 2023, there was an 11% rise in adults who said they regret at least one tattoo that they have.

Bad decisions are funny when they’re not yours. Knowing that, Bored Panda has made another compilation of regrettable tattoos for people to learn from and chuckle at. Some of these were bad from the very start – at the stage of conception. Others, however, became victims of poor execution. Still, let it be a lesson: always think twice (maybe even more times?) before you get your tattoo.

#1 Oops!

#2 A Memorial Tattoo To Face Life Without Mom

#3 Bad Tattoo

#4 Feeeeerosious

#5 Bad Harry Potter Tattoo I Gave Myself While Manic Because My Mom Replaced My Bipolar Medication With Vitamins Behind My Back

#6 Uppercase Lion With Lower Case Face

#7 Came In With A Sad Wolf, Came Out With A Lion Imposing Respect

#8 Divorced My Wife And Didn’t Want To Do A Cover Up

#9 Wolf Goes Aroooo O_o

#10 Found This “Coverup” In A Hobby Group

#11 Saw This In The Wild. Forever Bad

#12 A Personal Submission

#13 I’m… Really Trying To See The Vision. Supposed To Represent A Mom & 2 Kids

#14 Daughter Of A Friend Paid $300 For This Tat

#15 My 18 Y/O Brother Got A Tattoo For His GF Of 3 Weeks

#16 My Coworker Got This, What Do We Think?

#17 Touch Up From A Local “Artist”

#18 Hmmm

#19 Lucid Drams

Three years together and she’s out here proudly wearing “LUCID DRAMS” across her chest like it’s some deep life philosophy. It’s supposed to be Dreams. Nobody caught it. Not her. Not the artist. Just permanent, confident nonsense right above her heart.

We went out and she kept showing it off, talking about the “meaning,” while everyone did that quiet side eye thing. Someone even asked her to spell it and she did, loud and wrong. A dram is a shot of whiskey. She’s literally flexing Lucid Alcohol Units.

I’m not saying anything. If you don’t proofread something that lives on your body forever, that’s your problem. I’m already tired of calling it an “inside joke” so I don’t look dumb by association. I’m not putting a typo in wedding photos.

#20 My Friends First Home Tattoo

#21 Is This Guy Salvageable?

I have both arms done for the most part and this was the one time I went to someone other than my normal guy (albeit this guy being from the same shop.) the work was really good fresh but I don’t know if it was the ink or what; didn’t experience any infections or bad healing. It just ended up looking awful. I don’t want to cover it up, I like the tattoo. I want my regular guy to save it but I don’t know if it’s salvageable. Thoughts?

#22 Update On Tattoo Everyone Hates LOL

Okay I went to urgent care lol, doctor prescribed me 2 creams and an oral antibiotic. I’d like to thank everyone who was helpful and actually answered my question compared to the ones who took it as a chance to get their corny one liners out. And for those who were wondering, my friend did it but we’ve done tats in other styles and the plan was to just get it professionally recovered if it doesn’t work out. But yeah if you’re ever wondering if your tat is infected (pic three) then yh you should see a doctor.

#23 My Brother’s Classmate’s Tattoo

#24 Rate My Tat (Be Honest)

#25 Yep. That’s A Crab

#26 Is This Fixable? Or Should I Just Get It Removed?

My brother was doing his first realism tattoo on me- it was free, so I wasn’t expecting all that much. Didn’t come out too well so I was hoping to find some answers here. Thank you!

#27 What He Wanted / What He Got

#28 Can’t Believe Someone Did This On Purpose

#29 A Bobby Pin- Done By Billy Gamble At Top Secret Tattoo, Waco, TX

#30 My First And Only Tattoo. It Seemed Like A Good Idea When I Was 18 (2002)

#31 My One Of A Kind Hand Tattoo

#32 Everything Happens For & Raisin

#33 Here We Are Again!!!

#34 Found In The Wild. I Have No Words

#35 Is This Even Fixable??

I got this tattoo by my best friends roommate, who had done some work on her. This was nowhere near my first tattoo ( I have about 30 and have been getting tattoos for almost 30 years. I knew better than to get a home tattoo. Not his fault it got infected by a dog stepping on my foot at the dog park, but his touch up made it worse. The paw print is MUCH bigger than original and the stupid pink “splash” of color makes people think my foot is scarred up. It’s my most hated tattoo. So, opinions? Will this be a huge and expensive cover up? Or is there no hope?

#36 Nothing Beats A Rose? Right?

#37 Here’s My “Leg Sleeve” From Back When I Was Manic

#38 My First Tattoo I Got Back In 2015… My Ex Did It

#39 Got A Drunk Tattoo 2 Years Ago In A Kitchen At 2am, Covering Soon

#40 Tattoo I Got At 15… Getting It Lasered Off In 2 Months

#41 Girl I Went To School With Got Tats From One Of Her Friends In Some Dingy House

He’s no longer tattooing, so sorry if you wanted one of these bad boys.

#42 Work With All Budgets

Good news folks, this artist works with all budgets and has lots of availability! Don’t walk, run!

#43 Do These Count

#44 Someone I Went To College With Got Another $40 For A Chest Piece

#45 Yikes

#46 Infection, Where The Hell Have You Been Loca?

#47 My Tattoo Got Infected And Came Off

#48 What Should I Do?

#49 Bad Acab Cat Is Just What I Needed

#50 How Bad Is This?

#51 My Very First Tattoo In 1994 When I Was 15

#52 Misspelled Word On My New Tat

#53 15 Year Old Me Should’ve Never Had A Tattoo Machine

Let all my friends tattoo their names years ago and am really regretting it not to mention I wouldn’t consider most these people to be a friend these days.

#54 This Masterpiece. Yes, This Is Real

#55 I Let My Sister Practice On Me When I Was 17

#56 Looks Like A 10 Year Old Drew This If You Ask Me

#57 Ben 10

#58 Had An Artist Tell Me The Edges Will Always Look Weird Cause Of How My Skin Moves. Is There Any Hope For Fixing It?

I’ve had different 2 artists go at it. The original artist who did it didn’t pack the ink in properly so it almost fully fell out. Second artist went over it properly and said the edges will always look weird. After the second artist it got super infected and scarred badly. After that I gave up on fixing it. It’s been a few years now and I’m thinking about trying again but I’m also scared of it getting worse.

I’m just curious to get some opinions. I’m in no rush to fix it. Considering this was the most painful experience ever.

#59 This Is My Only Tattoo. I Got It At 16 For Free

#60 Punisher

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