33 Bad Tattoo Cover-Ups That Made Things Worse

Regretting a tattoo is nothing out of the ordinary. Maybe you change your mind, or maybe your artist's vision doesn't match yours. No sweat, though — you can always get a cover-up, right?

1. Laura must be feeling great about her prospects

2. If his name is crossed out, does the insult still apply?

3. When you cover up using a Sharpie

4. From bad to worse to worser

5. Pikachu's terrible with ink

6. I get it... but your ex-wife is still on your arm

7. "Can you turn my cross into a blurry mess?"

8. If this is a cover-up, how bad was the original?

9. The best part? The stamp is facing the wrong way.

If you're going to cover it up, at least make sure you're not making a major mistake with it.

10. Must be a big Cheers/ Frasier fan

11. Someone must've had a falling out with Hyundai

12. Still cheaper than a Polo shirt

13. A devilish monstrosity

14. Who wants to go to Lilith Fair?

15. The cover-up solved nothing

16. Adios, Edwin

17. Is it really a cover-up if it doesn't cover... up?

18. "Can you turn this into an irritable panther?

19. Did things really get that much better?

20. Their relationship has clearly reached the next level

21. "Turn my nightmares into a cover-up, please"

22. Just add wings

23. Yeah, that's right. You cover up that stupid tattoo you got during your angst-filled teenage years.

24. Kids: Never get a tattoo just because everyone else seems to be getting a tattoo. 

The dinosaur is way better, but the whole thing could have easily been avoided in the first place.

25. The cover-up for this one isn't all that bad at all actually, I just can't get over how bad the original was.

Why does it have a mustache? 

26. Is it really though?

Too bad you can't cover up a cover-up

27. Would we consider this cover-up to be better or worse than the original?

Only you can be the judge. 

28. I believe the word you're looking for is "has" not "is."

29. I mean...at least it's a fix.

Not a great one. But it's something. 

It's giving me flashbacks to what my high school English papers looked like.

30. Homer is a lucky dude.

I feel like there were so many other ways to cover this up that didn't involve having a Simpson on your body for the rest of your life.

31. It's probably best not to get your significant other's face tattooed on your body to begin with. 

32. It's like the cover-up tattoo is laughing at the hideousness of the original tattoo.

Seriously, why is it making that face?

33. It hurts my brain that this was considered a "cover-up."

What's even happening here?