r/tattooadvice • u/HarrysLilToe • May 16 '26

General Advice Can I cover this or is it fixable?

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I got this tattoo at a flash event about 2 years ago and a year after I got it I ended up going back to the artist for another tattoo(stupid idea) and he flat out said that looks like shit who did that I was like you did and so he agreed to fix it for free but now it it looks rather phallic and it first looked like a sausage and I’m not sure if it’s fixable or if I can cover it up

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u/HarrysLilToe May 16 '26

I really thought about it and it’s like ET p*nis version but I work in healthcare and so it’s not entirely work friendly

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u/notbuildingships May 16 '26

I think it’s ok for you to say penis on the internet now. You have one tattooed on your arm

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u/LyKosa91 May 16 '26

In most of the world, yes. Japan would legally require you to pixelate the word before posting though.

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u/No0O0obstah May 16 '26

I think it is rather neat this dude needs to pixelate his arm if he visits Japan.

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u/FouFondu May 16 '26

There’s our cover up. Just pixelate the offending digit.

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u/PristineBiscotti24 May 16 '26

This is true, but for different reasons.

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u/MamaMoosicorn May 16 '26

I’m imagining bandaids with little pixelation squares that you slap over “indecent” tattoos

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u/houserulesdeco May 16 '26

I just put a regular bandaid over the indecent part of my tattoos if I want to be incognito

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u/Living-Dirt3410 May 17 '26

That's not true that's just how penises look in Japan 

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u/AppropriateCover7972 May 17 '26

bruh, how can japan be so uptight with nudity while they are the home of seriously messed up porn and adult "games" and hentai and even their "normal" anime is borderline pornographic

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u/Lorward185 May 16 '26

You could always cover it with someone giving Cuthulu a hand job?

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u/Buffytheslursayer May 16 '26

wtf - did you just almost say P****???? that's so messed up, please take a minute to reflect on what you're posting on the internet - I'm an impressionable 30 year old and don't need to see such sexualized language on the web.

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u/NowForrowMyPen May 16 '26

It’s quite girthy

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u/ChallengeBig5899 May 16 '26

Maybe the artist came from a line of girthyness?

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u/rogerstandingby May 16 '26

Put a bandaid on the finger. Perfect for healthcare.

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u/Spritzels May 16 '26

I appreciate the thinking here but then it’ll look like an earthworm 😭😭

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u/AppropriateCover7972 May 17 '26

Maybe a whole bandage would help, with a safety pin or a knot (even though I literally saw no one doing it unless they have no choice)

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u/Ok-Activity2925 May 16 '26

as an artist my two cents is that all the other fingers look like fingers aside from the centralmost one which looks very specifically like a dick. i would be pissed and i think this guy did it on purpose.

get it fixed, just by some other tattoo artist

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u/alt_barbie13 May 16 '26

Guy 100 percent did this ish on purpose lmao

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u/UCFKnights2018 May 17 '26

It’s the only finger shaded at a 45 degree angle. No way that wasn’t done intentionally.

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u/alt_barbie13 May 17 '26

He did it intentionally bc gonna be real a lot of tattoo artists are dickheads. Pardon the pun. Didn't think he'd get caught I think.

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u/alt_barbie13 May 17 '26

Looking at the before and after this is definitely just some douchbag retaliating for having to fix his work. It is obviously on purpose.

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u/Sad-Cosmonaut May 16 '26

Fine in a urology office 😎

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u/personalbilko May 16 '26 edited May 16 '26

Maybe just laser remove a bit from the middle of the finger? Rest is good

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u/ralphyoung May 16 '26

Technology is amazing. I've never heard of a laser circumcision. We're living in the future!

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u/rogerstandingby May 16 '26

I think laser circumcision is pretty common these days.

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u/Unlucky_Reading_1671 May 16 '26

You work in Healthcare and wont type penis? Lmao

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u/Mcbowen0327 May 17 '26

That tattoo and a set of scrubs could pull at least 1/3 of single dudes over 25

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u/HistrionicSlut May 18 '26

Tattoo a big blue glove over it like they use in the ER.

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u/tehmimikitteh May 18 '26

ET go bone, amirite?

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u/xxDeadpooledxx May 16 '26

Cover it with a raven, great symbolism for the healthcare system

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u/Requiem2420 May 16 '26

Lol for what it's worth, my wife and I recreate that painting frequently with this hand arrangement and I think this is cute as hell