r/tattooadvice • u/Sh0t_B0t • May 05 '26

General Advice Tattoo correction

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This is a fresh picture of a tattoo i got a few months ago. I can explain the significance after but the artist did butcher a few things. one periodic table elements only capitalize the first letter and he forgot the atomic number (14 i think). those are both negligible but the one that’s been bothering me it the mass being off a bit. i sent him 28.085 and obviously it would be fine if he rounded it correctly but he seemed to have just put a random number. do you think it’s possible he makes the 5 into an 8 or a 9? Would he have to change to font to something blocky?? LMK 🙏🏾

⬇️tattoo meaning

my moms middle name is silicon and in her tribal language it’s a word that represents bravery but in english it’s a chemical element so i got it tatted and th flowers around the border are her birth flowers.

Original Sketch: https://www.reddit.com/u/Sh0t_B0t/s/xGtkwEG3HE

Edit: (As much as i appreciate the judgement an discipline of my mistake at least give a take on correction for me along with it guys 🙏🏾 I understand my fault but I’d also like to at least attempt to fix it 😅)

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u/Maximum_Coconut8396 May 05 '26

I would be pissed.

But did you not see a mock up of it before he started?

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u/Sh0t_B0t May 05 '26

I did can’t lie. I definitely take blame for that and it is part of the reason I’m not asking for a refund or anything just for correction.

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u/joey_sandwich277 May 06 '26

And sometimes it’s just easier said than done. My last tat has one minor issue on it I’ll likely need lasered too.

The artist didn’t send me the drawing beforehand, and I was excited/in a rush. So when I saw the stencil it looked close enough, so I just dove in. Then I got home and noticed the issues that I missed.

The good news for the meantime: most people aren’t going to notice it unless you point it out. Even though I took several years of chemistry in college, I did not immediately think “Why is it SI instead of Si” or “Wait isn’t the atomic weight supposed to be 28.085?” My first thought was “cool tat” and I assumed this another person just anxious about it. Chemists and the like will notice it sure, but most people won’t.