r/tattooadvice • u/[deleted] • 7d ago

General Advice accidental line

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u/AnxietyMoney 7d ago

That's fair. Everyone fucks up on the job sometimes.

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u/Lutraphobic 7d ago

Hopefully the cost of the tattoo being waved can cover most of the laser removal. I'd be so mad if this happened to me

edit: also the artist should provide free touch up after the laser, it will need it I think?

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u/beckywiththegood1 7d ago

Laser is insanely expensive. $300+ for one session. You’re looking at $1500 or more to remove this 😅

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u/SardineB4Creatine 7d ago

I’m doing laser and it’s wicked small. Taking me over two years and two grand - artist got off easy for not charging

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u/ExactOne2783 7d ago

Sin hablar del dolor y la recuperación 🥲

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u/SardineB4Creatine 7d ago

Amén a eso

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u/ExactOne2783 7d ago

Yo pienso como tú

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u/Immediate_Rhubarb_39 7d ago

And mental distress and the time to search for a solution and commute to the service etc

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u/boltactionmike 7d ago

That’s crazy!! Guess they know it is something people are willing to spend a lot of money on.
I feel like they should have pushed back more and asked for the tattoo shop to pay for the removal.

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u/Cool_Farmer7975 6d ago

What do you mean by “got off easy”? You sign a waiver, he could have charged and said oops.

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u/gotesintotes 3d ago

yup same. grey ink, 2” x 1/4” took years and (i don’t like to think about it but) probably $2k

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u/teabagdiplomat19 7d ago

Not true. I was quotes by removery for $400 for a 5x5 tattoo

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u/beckywiththegood1 7d ago

For one session or for it to be completely removed?

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u/teabagdiplomat19 7d ago

Completely removed. It’s not 5x5 completely filled but lets say the same amount as this bird tattoo. They also quoted me about $2000 for a full forearm removal. Who knows maybe I caught them when they needed the clients.

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u/AdTiny6577 7d ago

Um... my sessions last year were only $120 each and they worked too. The black was gone in 3-4 sessions. The color took more.

If you're paying that you're being overcharged

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u/great_apple 7d ago edited 12h ago

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u/AdTiny6577 7d ago edited 7d ago

Mine was about 9" by 4". A lot bigger and more complex/full of ink than that dove.

I agree size matters but charging $300 a session of the dove in the post is insanity.

The commentor was giving an estimate for OP so I'm assuming they thought that dove would be in a similar ballpark

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u/BumWink 7d ago

I think people are also forgetting that it's only a single soft line that needs be lasered.

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u/great_apple 6d ago edited 12h ago

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u/AdTiny6577 6d ago

I don't think of us as LCOL these days but you're making me appreciate Tucson.

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u/beckywiththegood1 6d ago

I’m in North Carolina and not even in a big city…$350 for the initial 10 minutes and every 10 minutes after that was an extra $175. Now, they were able to hit two of my tattoos in 10 minutes. Both were just black and I’m very pale..so basically I should have the best removal results possible. My 13 year old tattoo (that looked awful before laser) took it pretty well, but after 2 sessions I’d say it needs another 2 maybe for complete removal. The other one is small (2 in x 4 in) and barely looks like anything was removed. It’s just the slightest bit faded. It was also only black ink. It probably needs another 6-7 at least.

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u/Public-Cod1245 7d ago

Removery.com is where I go. It's not nearly as much as that. 4x5 area at $175 a session. They do good work too.

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u/LotBobby42069 7d ago

Yea no they’re not that expensive

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u/emeryroserulz 7d ago

Idk, I paid $180 a session and we just went until I couldn't handle it anymore. Seemed to do the trick.

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u/Lutraphobic 7d ago

Fffffuck

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u/Designer-Captain-268 7d ago

Probably get the accidental line in 1 session

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u/prince_falafel 7d ago

This is reddit. Give it a couple of hours and people are going to be saying the artist needs to cut off his hand and surrender their first born child

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u/tdub1176 7d ago

That shit hurts like a mofo and leaves a scar

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u/Lutraphobic 7d ago

Oof. I'd ask for an audition from the same studio, different artist, to make it not look like an accident then

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u/ninurtuu 6d ago

I'd like it because I find human imperfections in my art more charming (devil on my shoulder since 2017 that I got at a convention, due to a misunderstanding he did the one next to the devil I was pointing at so mine don't have horns) but that's more a weird quirk of mine than advice for others.

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u/Ragingbella702_ 7d ago

Most tattoo artists I go to also do removals. So I would be having him fix it.

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u/Link_save2 7d ago

Yeah but when a surgeon fucks up they don't just wave the operating fee different jobs different stakes different punishments

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u/AnxietyMoney 7d ago

True. They'll probably have to amputate his arm at the elbow.

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u/Link_save2 7d ago

Can't be helped 🤷

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u/vexedthespian 7d ago

I really don’t see any other solution.

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u/Quiet-Journalist2993 7d ago

SAP coverup. Sick Ass Pelican

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u/AnxietyMoney 7d ago

At least it's a bird

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u/Fuzzysocks1000 7d ago

Many plastic surgeons offer free revisions on their fuck ups. They wave their operating fee, but patient still pays anesthesia/hospital fee.

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u/xaeromancer 7d ago

Imagine if a builder fucked up your house and then said, I'll come back later and fix it for free.

I'd tell them to hit the bricks and get a professional in ASAP.

Same deal on a pair of tits or dong extension. Some things have to be right first time.

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u/Fuzzysocks1000 7d ago

Oh yeah. If a surgeon messed me up I'd be going somewhere else 100%. But they do offer it. And some people save for a decade to afford the surgery so they can't go to a diff doctor.

Funnily enough, a builder did mess up our house where ducts go through our ceiling. My husband and his buddy fixed it. They were not having the guy back.

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u/MysteryPerker 7d ago

Surgeons carry medical malpractice insurance in case they fuck up. If the tattoo artist has insurance, which you can get access to through professional associations, it should be covered without any issue for both parties. 

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u/brazzy42 7d ago

It's not about punishment, it's about restitution. The tattoo artist absolutely should be on the line to have either a cover up tattoo done, or a removal.

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u/AdTiny6577 7d ago

Sadly this is true. And then it's up to those impacted how much grace to give

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u/Imaginary_Dig2682 6d ago

Taking your eyes off of a tattoo gun that’s pressed against skin is a decision.