I got a bad tattoo yesterday, how can I fix it and do I have a right to complain?
Really sorry that you are not happy with your tattoo. It would be better if I can see the image which you used as a reference. I assume it was your first tattoo, as there were mistakes from both ends, artists and yours. Whatever I am gonna say, you may not like it but I will go ahead and say.For your specific case:Was it a free hand or stenciled?If it was stenciled, then the part of the mistake is yours also, every tattoo artist confirms after the stencil if the person is happy with the design and I assume you also checked that and confirmed the artist to go ahead.I assume the artist was inexperienced from what images you provided, as this could have been made a lot better with some black-gray shading then just black circles. So here there are two cases, either you didn't check the artist's work or they showed you the fake portfolio. In second case you can complain about the fake portfolio used by the artist.As far as cover up or removal is concerned, Laser is one option which you yourself mentioned. But I would suggest to first talk to the artist, and see what can be done with this. Complete converups that too of black tattoos are very hard as no other color with be that effective on top of black, but there are other possibilities for example make this tattoo a bit more complex, ask your artist to put some more details, some shading and come up with a design which is not as plain as this one, that will hide the flaws in this. If you are not willing to do that, then keep laser as the last option. Also keep in mind that laser removal costs a lot and also hurts a lot (what I heard, never experienced). I would like to cover few points which every person going for tattoo should know:Whenever you go for a tattoo, you have to keep in mind that the design in the image and on the body will vary a lot, as out body is not a canvas and out skin is too lousy sometimes. Selection of the artist is one of the most important thing to be considered. Anyone who knows how the tattoo machine works is not a good artist.Quality of the tattoo piece is directly proportional to the money you pay (most of the time). I am not saying you tried saving money and went to inexperienced artist, but its a general point and people sometime don't understand why different artist take different price for the same piece.Thanks for A2A