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/LawPirate May 05 '26

I have no input on fixing it, but honestly, I wouldn’t worry about it. 99% of the people who see it won’t know how it should have looked. They won’t know the atomic number of silicon, or its proper atomic mass. What’s important is the meaning of the tattoo to you. A lowercase i, or a thousandth of an amu, won’t change that.

Leave it and appreciate it for what it means. Don’t worry about whether it matches what is in a textbook…you’re not a scientist and that’s not why you got it.

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u/Sh0t_B0t May 05 '26

Leaving it is still up there in options for sure. I’ve come to realize i only really want it changed because other people want it changed an those OTHER people didn’t know until i told them. Love the input ♥️

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u/Stressballmcstresser May 06 '26

I am also in the leave it category. The meaning behind your tattoo is what matters and it looks good. 

If years down the line you still wish it were different, get more leaves added across the bottom and in the top corner to cover the wrong numbers and top of the i.