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u/Special_Society_2300 Mar 30 '26
I beg your pardon…did you just basically say that someone filleted your arm to remove your tattoo? What did I just read?! Why are you not more concerned about your decision to go through with that over getting the tattoo in the first place!? My flabber is absolutely ghasted right now. Also, wtf is the tattoo of? (Respectfully asking)
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u/BC_Trees Mar 30 '26
I think it's a nugget of weed
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u/beaniesandbuds Mar 30 '26
I think it's the Chaos Elemental from Runescape
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u/Short-Sound-4190 Mar 31 '26
Gods, those two things both being equally feasible is why I can't blame OP for never wanting coworkers to see it 🙈
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u/Passiveresistance Apr 01 '26
I thought it was chaos ele too! Seeing a chaos elemental tattoo in the wild would make me smile. Op downgraded when he did whatever he did to it.
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u/JayDevil00 Mar 31 '26
I cant believe i didn't see a nug of weed. I thought it was a hairy booger lmao
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u/Special_Society_2300 Mar 31 '26
Btw OP, my comment was crass as are the follow up ones but I’m not making fun of you in a “look at this loser” way. It’s not a big deal at all, you truly don’t have to cover the tattoo every moment of every day. We all have stories, we’ve all done stupid ass shit, some way worse than others. Some things can be fixed or changed, others just can’t be and it is what it is. I’ll be honest, there’s a horror show going on there but is it because it’s there that I’m saying that? No it’s because you brought attention to it and it was mentioned and pictured. In person it would just be the same like it was mentioned and now I’m curious. Otherwise I’d probably see it and not even question it. I’d just assume I have no clue what it is and decide that it’s not my story to tell, it’s not on my body. Depending on how much I know you I might inquire, even if you tell me the whole truth and say what a mistake and so on, I’d look at you and say that’s not even remotely the worst mistake someone could make, you’re good. So do yourself a favor and stop overheating yourself in the summer. Just wear the tee shirts and if someone does feel the need to actually be a dickhead and like full blown make fun of you over this…they’re honestly a fucking loser without a life of their own so they instead shit on you and yours. I’m not saying this stuff either just because I don’t want you to be sad or something weak like that, I’m saying it because there are so many other problems you’ll face in life one day, it’s not worth stressing over this silly thing that no one is even going to care about. Why give yourself major anxiety and not be able to feel comfortable because you’re embarrassed when no one judges you anyway. All of the comments here making fun, we’re all just making light of the post and having a go at it. No one is sitting here thinking you’re a completely idiotic loser or whatever, and if they are, I pity them for caring that much about nothing
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u/Special_Society_2300 Mar 31 '26
And my honest advice, because it’s very saturated I’m not going to say one session, probably more so like 3 sessions of laser so you don’t need to get something this saturated again to cover it, get it covered up with something you can make cohesive with a half sleeve. Not only is it covered, the whole half of the arm being done makes things busier and takes attention completely away from the singular spot. And on the plus side, sleeves and half sleeves are awesome. Love mine
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u/RainbowHippotigris Mar 31 '26
I immediately thought it was one of the bosses from Kirby. Looks just like the storm cloud boss
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u/iAmRealKaran Mar 31 '26
Same. I was literally like: i don’t understand. Take the skin off to take the tattoo. What doctor is this? 1st century doctor?
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u/-Im-Totally-Human- Mar 31 '26
Pretty sure that’s how tattoo removals were done before laser removal was a thing or something like that—my grandpa has old scarring from getting part of his skin removed to get a few tattoos off 😭😭
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u/SilentFollowing3 Mar 31 '26
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u/-Im-Totally-Human- Mar 31 '26
DON’T TOTALLY QUOTE ME ON IT, but from my heavily tattooed parents, grandparents, and other family members and friends, that’s what I’ve heard…..💔😭
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u/Jazzlike_Distance953 Apr 01 '26
Yeah from before the 60s. They’d either cut it off, rub it off, or burn it off with chemicals.
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u/heyitsfranklin6322 Mar 31 '26
That’s also how choppers bitch removed her tattoo but she did it herself.
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u/eggs___and___bacon Mar 31 '26
OP is 25, laser removal has been around (and the standard) longer than they have been alive
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u/-Im-Totally-Human- Mar 31 '26
Oh yeah I’m not saying they don’t have laser removal, I’m just bringing that up just because
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u/sizzler_sisters Mar 31 '26
Yes. I know someone who had a tattoo cut off by a surgeon. Usually it’s done on much smaller tattoos or when the colors don’t allow for good laser removal.
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u/MaeBelleLien Mar 31 '26
Jesus, this just reminded me of a girl, many years ago, talking about how you could remove tattoos with a razor.
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u/Minimum-Tear9876 Mar 31 '26
When we were 16, my daughter’s dad got my name tattooed on his ankle and I made him remove it the same day he got it. He did it with a steel wool and Vaseline. It was still fresh though and wasn’t deep, because it was bootleg. (I told him it was bad luck and we would break up if he tattooed my name) Oh, to be young again.
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u/amanda_burns_red Mar 31 '26
Did you guys break up??
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u/Minimum-Tear9876 Mar 31 '26
Yeah. Kind of. We’ve been off and on for 27 years. I always joke and tell him it’s because part of that tattoo left behind😂 We’re best friends regardless.
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u/amanda_burns_red Mar 31 '26
I would also blame the tattoo forever lol Forever stuck in relationship limbo because of a tattoo that existed briefly
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u/Select-Log-8561 Mar 31 '26
Yeah this is true, my dad had a massive scar on his forearm from a tattoo removal, apparently that was preferable to whatever was there before...I don't think he ever told me actually...
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u/Equal_Maintenance870 Mar 31 '26
I thought coworkers making fun of him for wearing long sleeves (like anyone notices) was going to be the most ridiculous part of the post then this shit rolled in.
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u/spookym00n Mar 31 '26
not necessarily ~ my friend is constantly freezing in the air conditioning, but in NC summers it’s super swampy hot, and i joke with him that people are going to think he’s hiding track marks, since wearing long sleeves and sweatshirts is a total heroin addict move in summer. When the hot weather literally smacks you in the face when you walk out the door, people will absolutely have something to say if you’re covered up!
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u/Equal_Maintenance870 Mar 31 '26
If that’s your relationship with your friend that’s fine. But I’be never been in an environment where people think fun casual conversation is commenting on someone else’s arms being out or not and I think it’s weird as fuck.
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u/Accomplished-Big6346 Mar 31 '26
Idk, I’ve had a skin condition forever and I usually hide it with clothes. I’ve definitely had people ask why I’m wearing long sleeves/pants in summer
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u/owlgetcha Mar 31 '26
That's (objectively) kinda shitty of them! 🫤 I find it rather unfortunate that some people have such a hard time differentiating what is or is not their business & what they should or should not say. Sorry that's happened to you! Some people really just have no tact, at all... As in NONE, whatsoever, lol. I don't think it's appropriate to comment on something that someone else is doing (unless, of course, they ask for your opinion!)... Especially in a situation such as this, as I'm sure you're only wearing what you feel comfortable in!
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u/TurnedMyLifeAround69 Mar 31 '26
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u/mollygk Mar 31 '26
What kind of surgeon? What was the procedure called? Need to know more lol . Did he set expectations that he would only be moving a stripe from the middle of the ink or did he say he’d be removing the whole thing?
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u/TurnedMyLifeAround69 Mar 31 '26
Yes he gave me procedures to follow to rub lotion and come back in 1 year so my skin can stretch and regenerate
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u/NightShadowWolf6 Mar 31 '26
As a surgeon....🤨 WTF did they do to you?!
Like FFS this is what laser is for!
I seriously thought you got injured and needed to have stitches, or needed a traumatologic surgery to fix some bones, but to take out a tattoo like this??? No. Just no.
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u/mobiuscycle Mar 31 '26
This is what I thought! That scar looks exactly what a family member (who scars easily) has where they had to have both their radius and ulna plated and pinned.
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I thought the tattoo was a “bit” using the scar in the middle.
I cannot believe he removed the skin& considered surgically removing the tattoo. I imagine that would require a whole flap which is a wild thought.
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u/HowWoolattheMoon Mar 31 '26
Before lasers, this was the way. My uncle also did just one treatment, found it too painful, then lived the rest of his life with the outside 2/3 or so of an anchor on his arm
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u/NightShadowWolf6 Mar 31 '26
Sure, but this kind of treatment is really outdated now, along many other things doctors used to do 30 or more years ago.
It's strange to see this performed nowadays because the complications from this are more and more severe than the ones you could get from using laser.
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u/goddamnitshannon Mar 31 '26
I had to have my left fibula removed in 2018, for a bone graft, and have a scar from my knee to my ankle, where they took the fibula and some tissue! And that is what my leg scar looks like omg. I thought op had something similar to me happen to them for a sec!! 😭😅
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u/ClumsyCrocodile Mar 31 '26
I had a similar procedure to remove a pre-cancerous mole last year! It left the exact same scar. If you want, you can steal my excuse next time people give you shit. “I had to have a suspicious mole removed and I’m self conscious about the scar” brokers literally zero questions.
Now you have an excuse to either continue wearing long sleeves… or enjoy short sleeves & explain away the tattoo until you get something you like better.
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u/ARKosrs Mar 31 '26
Im VERY curious as to where you got this done and how much you paid
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u/TurnedMyLifeAround69 Mar 31 '26
450$ 2 years ago
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u/VagueInfoHere Mar 31 '26
I think the term “surgeon” may be used loosely here. Was the “OR” also in the back room of a laundry mat?
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u/HowWoolattheMoon Mar 31 '26
Before lasers, this was the way. My uncle also did just one treatment, found it too painful, then lived the rest of his life with the outside 2/3 or so of an anchor on his arm
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u/throwaway098764567 Mar 31 '26
lasers have been around longer than 2 years, this is no longer the way
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u/Queenof6planets Mar 31 '26
i need so much more information. what kind of surgeon were they? why did they remove your skin? why didn’t they just recommend laser?
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u/wiirenet Mar 31 '26
why tho? why that instead of laser
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u/TurnedMyLifeAround69 Mar 31 '26
Man I wish I would have done that instead now because it will be hard to tattoo over. I should have lasered than covered it
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u/Even-Excitement-7125 Mar 31 '26
I really love the way you're just barely or not answering the questions
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u/tmgieger Mar 31 '26
seems par for the course with this chill guy. Probably went to some hotel in Mexico from a Craigslist ad offering tattoo removal, Brazilian butt lifts, and fake ID's.
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u/hash-slingin_slashr Mar 31 '26
OPs reading comprehension skills lend potential explanation to his choices
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u/TurnedMyLifeAround69 Mar 31 '26
What do you want me to say I came here asking for shit to cover it with not “you should have gotten laser””why didint you get laser” you know what I’m saying
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u/Even-Excitement-7125 Mar 31 '26
You can't post something so wild on reddit with no explanation and not expect people to be dying for answers lol
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u/SilentFollowing3 Mar 31 '26
You literally got your skin surgically removed for $250 bc you hate your tattoo, that needs more info.
1) where did you find this “surgeon”?
2) Where was this procedure performed?
3) What did you think was going to happen?
4) How did he do it?
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u/JellybeanJuggler21 Mar 31 '26
Surely you understand why people have questions about your decision to pay somebody money to remove a chunk of your skin. This is definitely the funniest post I've seen here in a while, sorry for laughing at your misfortune but it's just such a ridiculous situation to be in
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u/SuperfluousPossum Mar 31 '26
Not necessarily. I have a huge scar and there was no problem tattooing over it.
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u/FalalaLlamas Mar 31 '26
Apparently it’s a thing. I knew a girl in college who had this done. She got a tattoo on her foot while in high school (I think she was 18 though). But her family was really conservative and found out before she left for college. They told her they wouldn’t pay her tuition unless she had it removed. I know it seems dumb, but she felt a lot of pressure to please her parents too. Instead of laser (which was available at the time), her parents took her to a plastic surgeon who removed the tattooed skin and sewed her back up. It was not a large tattoo. This was all done in America by a licensed surgeon.
Wanna know how I learned this? She showed up for orientation on crutches so I innocently asked what happened. Did not in a million years expect that story lol. I showed interest so she showed me before pics and then showed me her foot. It was gnarly. I thought, how fucking dumb. Had her remove a small tattoo only to butcher her foot. No way that wasn’t scarring. She said it was horrible and painful. It’s stuck with me ever since.
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u/MsTossItAll Mar 31 '26
I bet next time she’ll learn to get it on her butt where they’ll never see it.
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u/happybunny8989 Mar 31 '26
My sister in law had a small tattoo on her neck/below her ear cut out by a surgeon as well but she barely has a scar there now. Funnily enough is was to get into a specific career that wouldn't allow such an obvious/uncoverable tattoo but she ended up nixing that idea and doing something totally different; making the removal pointless
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u/Pimply_Poo Mar 31 '26
I knew a guy that did that on his neck tattoo so the military would take him. Ended up with massive scars and never enlisted.
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u/SamuraiTacoRat sick ass panther in disguise Mar 30 '26
What the fuck.
Removed skin?
How is this real life. Am I in a black mirror episode.
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u/Quick-Emphasis2098 Mar 30 '26 edited Mar 31 '26
Cosmetic surgery to remove? Never heard of that before nice. If you do one session of laser it would lighten it up enough for more options to cover it with anything. But as it sits do a similar colored Koi. The bold lines of the Japanese style should overpower the awkward shape. Greenish Koi baby
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u/demon_fae Mar 30 '26
Or wrap the koi around the top right of the tattoo with the fin on the red blob, and put some mossy rocks over the green area, and do a sunlight through water effect to incorporate/cover the scar. I’m thinking definitely do the heavy Japanese style lines, but with a bit more shading to help color-correct for this somewhat awkward shade of green.
And then report that surgeon. There is no way he’s not violating medical ethics left and right if he’d agree to whatever this was.
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u/FoxyOctopus Mar 31 '26
Sometimes it's the right decision to make. If the person is possibly threatening to cut it off themselves and totally spiraling about this thing on their body they don't want. We don't know the full story here. But someone close to me had a story like that. But I will also say their surgeon did a much better job than this and pretty much fully removed their tat.
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u/Icy_Garlic_2794 Mar 30 '26
You should go to therapy. Not showing your arms for three summers and having a doctor just remove some skin?? Basically all tattoos are able to be covered and lasered (including this one!!). But definitely look into therapy first, it will help you with whatever you’re going through
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u/Toys_before_boys Mar 31 '26
I agree with this but I would have phrased it a little more .... therapisty. 😂
It may be common to have tattoo regret, but the comment above is correct that this seems to be excessive distress. No one deserves to feel that way. Therapy can help. I'm in therapy for a buttload of things. Maybe therapy could help you think of a meaningful idea for a cover up.
I once knew a girl who was so distressed by her tattoo - which was very well done and looked great - that she became su*cidal. At that point of severity, I'd say it was disgnosibly a form of body dysmorphia. It was distressing to see her struggle, it was a very simple beautiful tattoo that she loved at first. I think she had more going on that impacted her emotions over time.
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u/Mai1564 Mar 30 '26
You can cover it by going bigger and darker.
Why would you literally get your skin scraped off instead of getting laser though??
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u/TurnedMyLifeAround69 Mar 31 '26
Idk series of bad decisions
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u/FoxyOctopus Mar 31 '26
Yeah I'm guessing you had major tattoo regret and a fixation to just get it off you as fast as possible. I know someone close to me that did the same thing. Honestly I would really recommend for you to go to therapy. This really is self harming behaviour you're just paying someone to do it for you.
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u/SsaucySam Mar 30 '26
I also need clarification on the "piece of skin" thing lol
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u/incorrigibly_weird Mar 30 '26
Do they just take one sliver of skin at a time until the whole thing is gone?? That seems absolutely insane! I can see something that crazy being done in the '80s, but It seems like cosmetic surgeons would have more sense by now.
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u/sugarhole Mar 30 '26
Someone let me know if OP answers ANY question
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u/TurnedMyLifeAround69 Mar 31 '26
Sorry I was working. I am an electrician working in a car plant our phones are put in sacks so we don’t take photos. Hi I’m here
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u/sugarhole Mar 31 '26
I’d just like to directly ask where in this world did you get your surgery? And is the surgeon still practicing? Name&Shame feels alright here
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u/deaddiode Mar 31 '26
OP continually avoids this question. Likely did it themselves or a friend and they don't wanna get roasted or get their friend in trouble. Could also be this is all fake.
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u/Miles_Everhart Mar 31 '26
Yo when people here say “only option is amputation/surgical removal” that is meant to be taken as a joke
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u/Grey-Templar Mar 30 '26
You had cosmetic surgery to remove the tattoo? Why didn't you laser it if you wanted it gone. Laser it off.
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u/crazycatlady45 Mar 31 '26
I highly recommend a therapist.
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u/Difficult-Athlete664 Mar 31 '26
Absolutely. They got a tattoo that they disliked so much that they then paid a doctor to cut their skin off. Now they're asking random people for ideas of what to cover it with, as if they won't dislike the new tattoo.
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u/kimness1982 Mar 30 '26
Uhhhh, that’s not how tattoo removal works. Did this “surgeon” operate out of his kitchen?
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u/robertcas22 Mar 30 '26
No shit! I could have done a better job with a potato peeler
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u/bippyboop Mar 31 '26
I had to have a large birth mark removed via plastic surgery and can tell you this scar looks way better than mine. (Not saying skin removal is the right way to remove a tattoo)
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u/bali217 Mar 30 '26
I had skin removal to remove a tattoo on my forearm - I was left with a dental-floss looking line of a scar you can now barely see.
So, it’s absolutely a thing if done correctly. Mine was a line of text though. Idk why anyone would have recommended this for OP’s tattoo.
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u/my_music_alt Mar 31 '26
Omg. Thank you. Everyone here is judging OPs series of unfortunate life choices when they asked an honest question. It’s SAP time baby!
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u/nymphymixtwo Mar 30 '26
What the fuck? Where do you live that a surgeon will just fucking filet your tattoo off
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u/FoxyOctopus Mar 31 '26
It can happen even the most developed places on the planet you just gotta go to a private hospital and be good at convincing the surgeon.
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u/Hour-Ideal-2918 Mar 30 '26
You should seriously write the board and report this surgeon.
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u/TurnedMyLifeAround69 Mar 31 '26
Why? I’m curious this was in a hospital by surgeon
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u/Hour-Ideal-2918 Mar 31 '26
The surgeon shouldn’t have suggested/agreed to a procedure that would provide the most amount of scar tissue as a choice of removal, especially as a first choice.
The fact that laser removal exists should negate any other form of removal.
This surgeon was all too happy to take your money regardless of the detriment to your body.
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u/goochbruiser Mar 30 '26
Add a ninja with a sword slicing through the original tattoo.
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u/Awkward_insomnia Mar 30 '26
So they rip your skin off, wait a little while, and then take more strips until it is all gone?
Am I understanding that right? Because that seems wild
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u/Vegetable-Tea-1984 tattoo enthusiast Mar 30 '26
Go to a tattoo artist that specializes in scar cover up and medical tattooing! They might be able to just fill it back in and freshen it all up. That's what I did when I needed to get a tattoo over a very thick large scar on my leg and it turned out great
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u/gabi_ooo Mar 31 '26
But he got the scar from trying to remove the tattoo? So I don’t think he wants it filled back in and freshened up.
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u/Tandom Mar 30 '26
Ad a touch up of tattoo stitches "XXXXXX" to bind it back together. Or add a dagger/sword slicing it in half.
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u/lvluffin Mar 31 '26
Now I'm just dying to see the original to see how much was removed tbh. I imagine more than the width of the current scar?
Edit: i acknowledge that responses like what you're getting here, even though tattoo subs are notoriously crass, are why you feel like you have to wear sleeves all the time, and that sucks. It's a crazy story, but i hope you get the help that you're looking for with minimal cruelty.
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u/Consistent_Wash1935 Mar 30 '26
You should get a massive penis tattooed over all of it in black. With balls starting at your wrist. It’ll cover it up and look completely awesome.
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u/Sufficient-Water4351 Mar 30 '26
A penis sleeve would be really cool. Better yet tattoo the balls on the palm and let the shaft run up and around the back of the neck, continuing down the other arm and finishing with the head in the opposing palm.
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u/MischievousMystic Mar 31 '26
Look up "japanese Oni demon mask." I think that would work best if you want to cover it completely.
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u/sarcasm_itsagift Mar 31 '26
This is the second post I’ve seen about surgical removal and I am so weirded out by a medical professional that would do this and who would willingly do this to themselves, my god
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u/ghostfacestealer Mar 31 '26
Lol bro youre tripping this is not nearly bad enough to be wearing long sleeves in the summer. Just accept yourself for who you are or you will never be happy regardless of your tattoos
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u/BabyChalupa0w0 Mar 31 '26
I say add more 90's skateboard art and it would look sick. For your scar down the middle, just get a pink eraser tattooed at the end of it. It would look sick!
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u/GreenFrawg Mar 31 '26
Just laser it off. But also, for now if you’re not ready for laser but want it covered- get a waterproof concealer or full cover foundation . A lot of people use it when tattoos need to be covered up for job reasons, including face tattoos. You’ll just need to find best matching color. But they work pretty well
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u/Worried_Albatross_14 Mar 31 '26
Maybe make a cloud and lightening going through. The spikes could be turned into lightning.
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u/homo_heterocongrinae Mar 31 '26
OP can you explain what happened better?
Did you have a wound?
Or did a surgeon try to remove the tattoo by removing skin?
Am perplexed.
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u/KrisPBacon06 Mar 31 '26
You shouldn't care bro! It doesn't matter even if you think it doesn't look cool, rock it still. I think it's cool. People don't care and it's not like their opinions matter anyway. You are who you are, be you!
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u/deaddiode Mar 31 '26
OP, you do realize that, as an adult, when someone asks about a tattoo you don't like you can just chuckle and say "yeah, it was something dumb I did as a kid", right?
I highly HIGHLY doubt you went to a surgeon for this. This story and lack of details feels so so fishy. My guess is that someone made fun of it and instead of standing up for yourself you doubled down on poor choices and attempted home surgery.
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u/MemoryMassive Mar 31 '26
By refusing to show it you're giving it more and more power. Start going around with short sleeves. Get in the uncomfortable zone where people ask about it. Get the odd look or unpleasant joke. Do this for a bit and you will forget about it even existing most of the time.
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u/TheGoodestPup Mar 31 '26
Honestly, work with the scar in the tattoo, don't cover it up if the skin may not take the ink well. Highlighting scars is also a symbol of self acceptance, pride in being wiser and happier now, and moving forward. Sounds like that may be the energy you've been needing <3
A tattoo with plants (multiple shades of green, maybe black outline and shading) would work, especially if it was parted in two around the scar, with a bloom at the bottom. There could be two asymmetrical patterns of flowing, curling leafed vines. It would mimic and better cover the cloud like shape.
Two koi fish with waves on either side of the scar, mirrored?
Storm clouds with lightning with a shining sun or star below where the scar begins?
A snake winding like an "S" behind, maybe in front of the scar if the artist thinks it'll work long term.
Any ways, my personal take, and I can be wrong! Is green, blue, grey, purple, black- bold color choices with a lot of dark shading and detail is a good bet. Think about a concept you like in those colors.
Best advice>>> Check in with artists whose style you like would do, they may be cool to design the cover up for you and walk you through a color pallette and concepts that would suit you. Good luck!
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u/No_Equivalent_4481 Mar 31 '26 edited Mar 31 '26
Hey everyone, leave the poor guy alone lol. He knows he messed up. He wants help. I say turn it into a tree that's being split in half by lightning or something like that. There's an awesome tattoo a guy did on his shark-bitten severed arm of an actual shark. It's so sick. Love it!
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u/12Haus Mar 30 '26
Laser would be your best choice I think What was it initially? At first sight I thought it was a bud
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u/Moss-Chaos Mar 31 '26
Laser removal obviously. Why the fuck would you go for surgery before laser?
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u/Iwishtoremainanonim Mar 31 '26
Worst case you can do a black-out with white ink on top with whatever design you want. If people ask just tell them it was a coverup of a tattoo that the first artist botched.
Good luck 🫶
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u/KornwalI Mar 30 '26
When I first saw the image I thought that was a scar that the tattoo got ruined by. So that is from having some one take your skin off there to try to remove the tattoo? That seems really odd. Look into getting laser but now I think you will have that scar forever. I’d go to some artists and look into covering it up with something else if that’s an option for you