I mentioned in the beginning that the problem with a bad tattoo is that it's going to be permanent. However, that's not entirely true. If you are a victim of a bad tattoo, you might want to consider a coverup. "I have a cover-up," Alice says. "My first tattoo could, I guess, be classed by someone as a 'fail,' although I don't regard it that way."
Alice shares her personal story with covering up a tattoo. "It was a little Alice in Wonderland on my back, in the prime 'tramp stamp' position," Alice adds. How fitting! "I later decided I wanted a back piece – it's prime canvas – so the Alice is now hidden underneath it."
"The thing is, tattoos don't have to be permanent," Alice disproves my previous statement. "They can be covered over with another design, lasered off so they disappear almost completely, or blacked out with solid black ink. Also, as your collection grows, you might like to see the journey rather than just get stuff covered."
So as long as there's no terrible spelling mistake, there should be a big fat question mark in front of the statement 'tattoo fails.' "The choice is yours. It's your body. And your tattoos are only as permanent as you want them to be," the editor of Things & Ink concludes. And we agree! Check out our selection of masterful tattoo cover-ups if you're not convinced.
