If you have a tattoo that you dread, you’re not alone. Many people have gotten tattoos that they later regretted. Maybe it was the name of an ex girlfriend or it was a tattoo that seemed like a good idea at the time but it came out ugly or maybe it’s just plain inappropriate. Whatever your reasons, you have a few choices when it comes to getting rid of that dreadful tattoo. You can either get it removed or you can cover it up. Removal can leave scars and sometimes they even leave a tiny shadow of the former tattoo. It’s not exactly the erasure that you’re hoping for. Therefore, more people choose to cover up their tattoos than remove them. When coming up with a tattoo cover up idea, make sure you actually like it. Don’t just go with anything because it will cover up the old tattoo. If you don’t like the tattoo cover up idea, you’ll be right back where you started.
When coming up with a tattoo cover up idea, you have to consider where the original tattoo is. If your foot tattoo idea gives you nightmares and you want to cover it up, make sure you choose a tattoo cover up idea that will fit the foot. You don’t want just a black blob on your foot. That’s ugly and while it does cover up the old tattoo, you’re likely going to regret the second tattoo almost or as much as you regretted the first one.
A good tattoo cover up idea is anything dark. You can use half of the yin and yang to cover up your old tattoo, you can use another design that’s really filled in with color or you can get anything else that is big enough and dark enough to completely cover the tattoo you really dislike. Feel free, also, to ask the tattoo artist if he or she has any tattoo cover up ideas that you’ll be happy with so that you can once more be happy with your tattoo choices.
Again, make sure you really love the tattoo cover up idea. Don’t end up regretting your choice. Spend some time thinking about it. Your old tattoo isn’t going anywhere so really ponder your choice of your tattoo cover up idea. Once you get one you really like, have an artist you really trust fill it in for you and hopefully you’ll finally have a tattoo you’re proud of.
