anyone have tattoos they regret?

[allybb]

I have several that I got when I was younger (between the ages of 16 and 22).I'm now 34 and I hate them. I keep looking in the tattoo removal but I'll be honest I'm terrified of the pain.

Have any of you ever had a tattoo removed? What was the experience like?

[kittyriot]

I don't love my tattoo as much as I used to, but I don't hate it enough to even remotely consider paying to have it removed. Thankfully it's on my lower back, near my hip. I can't see it much!

[Deleted]

I just cover all the bad ones up with flowers and birds now

[allybb]

I have thought about cover ups too, seems much more tolerable than the pain of burning them off with a laser lol. I'm just to the point where I can't stand looking at any of them anymore. Which definitely poses a problem because they're sort of permanent, you know, lol!

[jennyinheaven]

I had a cheesy asian symbol that I got on my 18th birthday, I thought it was cool for about 5 minutes then hated it for a few years. Ended up getting a really nice original cover up that I love.

[Susan0utLoud]

I have three tattoos, one lower back, one between shoulder blades and one on my calf. I probably wouldn't get the upper back one again, but the lower back one I like and forget I have. It's the word "faith" in Hebrew. The one on my calf is funny and people comment on it a lot. It says "copyright (c with the circle around it) 1979." I hated it for a while but now I like it again.

[SpinsOffResonance]

I like mine but unfortunately it now has 2 c-section scars going through it.

[babybarlow2014]

I have 2. I'd like to cover the one on my ankle.

[jerssey]

I have 8 tattoos and I love them all. I had 9 and got one removed. When I was 18 I had a breast reduction (to give an idea of how drastic a change...14 pounds of breast tissue, so a LOT of boobs gone).
A tattoo I had that used to sit really low and always covered had now been brought up higher after surgery and I hated seeing it all the time. It was a bit bigger than the size of a quarter. I had laser to rove it. It only took 2 sessions and it was painful but not much more than the tattoo itself. It kind of felt like someone snapping an elastic on you over and over. It was about 5 minutes each session. I would do it again if needed but holy moly $$$. That cost me 500 big ones

@spinoffresonance.. That suck so bad : (

[pinkstarbursts]

I am so ashamed to admit I have a tattoo I *mostly* regret. I was in a pretty controlling relationship in college, and ended up getting a matching tat with my ex. On one hand, I hate that it's a link to him. On the other, it serves as a positive reminder for what I went through and how far I've come since then. I plan to add to it someday, but I'd never go through the hassle of removal or covering up. It's not that big of a deal to me. I love the other 7, and plan to get a half sleeve.

[allybb]

Feb 2, 2015 20:42:42 GMT -5 jerssey said:

I have 8 tattoos and I love them all. I had 9 and got one removed. When I was 18 I had a breast reduction (to give an idea of how drastic a change...14 pounds of breast tissue, so a LOT of boobs gone).
A tattoo I had that used to sit really low and always covered had now been brought up higher after surgery and I hated seeing it all the time. It was a bit bigger than the size of a quarter. I had laser to rove it. It only took 2 sessions and it was painful but not much more than the tattoo itself. It kind of felt like someone snapping an elastic on you over and over. It was about 5 minutes each session. I would do it again if needed but holy moly $$$. That cost me 500 big ones

@spinoffresonance.. That suck so bad : (

Yea, it is a lot of money to pay, for the pain of removing it! I want to do it so bad, but what I want gone is so big.I'm absolutely terrified. I have a stupid, solid 2.5 inch black band around the top of my arm. I was going to do stripes to elbow... yea thank god that bright idea never had any follow through. The one stripe is bad enough, imagining more... FFS what was I thinking??! Lol!

[armymedic7588]

I would't completely say I regret my first tattoo... but I kinda wish I would've thought more about the design and done it differently. I got a celtic knot on my lower back (yeah I know, cliche). But instead of it being colored nicely or something I got it completely solid black... ugh really?! I still love the reason I got it and the layout, but not my coloring choice. I have two others I love, a phoenix between my shoulder blades and the army medic sign (a cadesus) that says "Meus vita pro vestri" (means my life for your's in latin) on my left ribs (from boob to spine and hip to arm pit... it's big!) The rib piece hurt like a biatch! I'd love to do some nice shadowing around it but I HATED how much that one hurt, so kinda afraid to. I'd love to start working on a sleeve, but I can only go so far down with it until I decide to leave the military.

[kendy20]

I have two, and the second one I could live without having, it's a shamrock on my right foot. I had the tattoo itch after my first so that's that. Just glad I stopped there.

[flockofmoosen]

I have two tattoos. The first is an orca whale on my shoulder done in the style of Pacific Northwest Native Americans. I love it!

The second one is a giant green snake covering most of the left side of my back (with no other embellishments). It's realistic, so no fangs and it's not cartoon-y at all. The only thing I regret with the snake is having it colored in by the guy who did it. I thought he was going to do really nice shading for the scales and whatnot, but he just took his coloring needles and filled in the colors because he got lazy with it. It's not messy or anything, but there is no dimension. The snake looked best when it was still just black and white lines. I still have great memories of riding my bike to the tattoo shop that summer and riding back sporting my saran-wrapped tattoo on my back. Ahh...

I want to get more. My husband and I both want to get sea turtles to represent our daughter. Again, nothing cartoon-y. The hard part is finding an artist that fits the style you want, for the right price.

My husband has a shoulder tattoo of a tree with the chemical structure for the antibiotic Cipro (ciprofloxacin) in the branches, plus some other styling. He also regrets having the guy he had do it. It could have turned out better with someone more experienced. (And it's Cipro because that was the shit that nearly ruined his life. He's still dealing with the side effects 6 years later but he was lucky that they are nearly gone now. When the side effects started was the hardest thing we'd ever dealt with.)