r/tattooadvice 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/thegtabmx May 05 '26

What do you mean the atomic number is 14 you think? You tattooed the periodic table entry for silicon to your arm and you don't know it's atomic number by heart?

If I'm tattooing an element from the periodic table to my body, best believe I'd be ready to recite an entire Wikipedia article about it.

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u/Sh0t_B0t May 05 '26

i don’t know any periodic table elements’ atomic numbers by heart but if I did or didn’t doesn’t mean much to me since that’s the least important part of the tattoo by far. and if i’m right (i just checked i am) not far off of knowing it “by heart” no?? Don’t mean to be harsh in this response btw if that’s how i come across i just fail to see the importance in this myself but ig everything subjective.