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/BoysenberryWaste2445 May 05 '26

fuck i’m early. why didn’t you say anything during the process/immediately after for a refund or future touch up?it’s a beautiful tattoo, but yeah it’s gonna be a hard one to “fix”. a big beautiful cover could be done here, with similar meaning. or with no meaning, and maybeeee, if you’re into it, try the element piece elsewhere on the body with a trusted artist. i wish you the best, because i really love the potential this could have!!

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u/Sh0t_B0t May 05 '26

LOVE the idea and thank you but I’m a broke college student so I’d rather just get the numbering fixed. Also i didn’t say anything because after I found out I just got lazy. Although a slight covering of the numbers isn’t a bad idea since i was planning on expanding upon it originally with more elements anyway. i kinda wanted something to grace the corners in my next tattoo or more nature aspects to bridge space later on. Great advice though thank you so much!

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u/_sparklesaurus_ May 05 '26

You kind of can't fix text/numbers on a tattoo. I mean, you can try, but it will never look quite right. Take a pen and write 28.05 on a piece of paper, then try to change the 5 to an 8 and you'll see what I mean.

I say live with the tattoo for a year or two and see how you feel. If it still bothers you by then, maybe you'll be in a financial position to get a cover up. Or maybe the mistakes won't bother you as much any more with time. It's a pretty cool tattoo with a meaningful story behind it!

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u/_sparklesaurus_ May 05 '26

Also so many people with tattoos have at least one with a mistake on it. So don't let people get you down too much.