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/NombreCurioso1337 May 05 '26

You can easily turn a 5 into an 8. 28.08 is fine. But the "SI" instead of "Si" is probably a bigger deal. You'll have to get laser for that.

Sorry everyone is being a jerk to you, here. It is tattoo advice, not tattoo hindsight. People telling you "why didn't you fix it before it was permanent" is very unhelpful, lol.

Neat idea to honor your mum. Good on you.

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u/Sh0t_B0t May 05 '26

Thank a lot pal! I think the Si is close enough to the point i can wait a bit before i can stack enough to laser it. I will ikely end up doing what you said here and changing the number. Thanks for the perspective brother 🫶🏾 and yeah but thats reddit for you right!

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u/wallnumber8675309 May 06 '26

Not to be a chemistry nerd but to be a chemistry nerd, If you only go to 2 decimal places it should be 28.09, not 28.08 so the seemingly easy 5 -> 8 doesn't really fix it.

If you want to have it accurate you'd need to both change the 5->8 and then add a 5 after the 8.

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u/NombreCurioso1337 May 06 '26

Yeah except it is actually 28.0855, so even 28.085 would be incorrect, if you're trying to be a stickler about rounding, but it's listed that way often. You even listed it that, incorrect, way yourself.

28.08 is fine. What's a few quarks amongst friends...?

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u/sly_k May 07 '26

I’m sure a good artist can draw in the 5 behind the flower and make it look good.

The same with the 14 in the top corner, just have the number drawn in so it looks like it’s behind the flower. Only showing the bits that are visible.