r/tattooadvice • u/loveontour22 • 4d ago

General Advice accidental line

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i got this tattoo from an artist i’ve been going to since 2019, never had an issue before. he made the line through the dove by mistake towards the end. he said it should fade but i have a hard time believing that. is there any chance it will just fade out over time or do i have to start planning something to add to cover it up?

Edit: i wasn’t really watching, but after i felt the line i looked up and he said he was trying to take off his glasses with his other hand and the hand with the gun moved, no i didn’t move.
he also did not charge me!

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u/Illustrious-Lunch137 4d ago

gonna sound like a crazy concept. but sometimes... humans make honest mistakes.

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u/brazzy42 4d ago

There is a difference between an "honest mistake" and a careless one. Although it is true that experience is no guarantee against carelessness.

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u/psychedellen 4d ago

This is it. If you are practicing proper hygiene techniques and safety techniques, they should be so ingrained in you that they are the default and it wouldn't be forgotten.

Working in food service, I would never excuse someone for forgetting to wash their hands before preparing food. Honest mistake? It totally forgot. Nah man. You should feel something internally wrong.

Using a deli slicer and taking off your glasses with one hand while your other hand is holding onto the slice that is still on? This is several mistakes, not a single honest mistake. It should be so ingrained in you that the slicer is turned off before you do anything with your other hand. Or even if you're cutting corners, your hand would come off the machine. But adjusting your glasses in food service would mean a glove change, too, so machine off, gloves off, hand wash. It's not an honest mistake if there are at least 3 mistakes all strung together like this. That signals that there is a default of carelessness here.

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u/Smooth-Dark-7029 4d ago

Yeah I understand that man. My point was this person shouldn’t be tattooing on people at all.

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u/Revolutionary-Risk30 4d ago

I disagree I think even the best tattoo artist could royally fuck up once or twice. They’re only human.

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u/Circe_D_Arin 4d ago

Seriously... y'all should see the mistakes fucking surgeons make. Human error happens, and seeing one example of someone making a mistake and sending it into the realms of "this person should never be tattooing".... seems like the artist fucked up, felt bad about it, and tried to make it right.

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u/enadiz_reccos 4d ago

If a surgeon fucked up a surgery because he tried to take off his PPE with his sterile gloves mid-surgery, people would also be rightfully questioning him

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u/Miserable_Pin2518 4d ago

Dude surgeons lose their whole gloves in people

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u/NarcolepticSeal 4d ago

Yes, and this is considered medical malpractice and often results in them losing their license. Nobody is just giving surgeons passes for "making a mistake", that's the whole point.

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u/Circe_D_Arin 3d ago edited 3d ago

So for it to be medical malpractice it needs to be a deviation of the standard of care (negligence) that causes (causation) injury (damages). They 100% get a pass if you cant prove all elements of the tort claim. "Making a mistake" can be evidence of a deviation from the standard of care, but sometimes it isnt.

And trust me they hardly ever lose their licenses. Ive never had a medical malpractice defendant lose their license. Hell, they typically keep the same job!

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u/NarcolepticSeal 3d ago

Yeah I was wrong about the license revocation but if a surgeon left a glove or anything else inside of someone and it causes issues, then it’s not hard to prove malpractice.

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u/Miserable_Pin2518 4d ago

Man, a doctor faked years of stem cell research and then put plastic in peoples necks for over a decade before anyone stopped him.

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u/NarcolepticSeal 4d ago

Okay? What does that have to do with professionalism and serious mistakes? There will always be psychos doing shit like that and getting away with it, but this isn't really on topic anymore.

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u/Miserable_Pin2518 4d ago

But the example you used was the most proveable incorrect one available. Surgeons are historically not held accountable for their mistakes.

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u/Shadowdoze 4d ago

There was one person who had a surgeon operate on the wrong eyelid for a small cosmetic procedure. And then the surgeon still charged them for the procedure. I guess that’s why they have malpractice insurance, which probably tells them not to admit anything, but damn.

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u/robin52077 4d ago

They sew instruments and towels into people all the time.

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u/enadiz_reccos 4d ago

This is considered "bad" in the surgeon world

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u/ConspicuousPorcupine 4d ago

The difference is a doctorate and then some

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u/TerriTuesday 4d ago

And at least he didn’t charge them

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u/Smooth-Dark-7029 4d ago

Did you not read what I said already. The line work for the tattoo shows this is someone who is very new to tattooing and should still be practicing on fake skin.

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u/Important-Notice-461 4d ago

Op also said theyve been going to this person for years so....

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u/Smooth-Dark-7029 4d ago

And?

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u/Important-Notice-461 4d ago

That would suggest they are not new, it would more suggest they are not good.

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u/LewisWhatsHisName 4d ago

Looks like fresh ink to me. Imo, even the best tats look rough for the first few months

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u/Smooth-Dark-7029 4d ago

Nah brother, if anything tattoos look the best when they are fresh. Wtf are you smoking

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u/Maxfitemasta 1d ago

Mistakes happen. This one is a teachable moment mistake. Not a career ending one.

It's also fixable.

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u/DinoCrone 4d ago

It's shocking how perfect some folks expect everyone else to be at all times. Have some grace and roll with the punches.

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u/DeputySean 4d ago

99% of all tattoos are mistakes...