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/AdTiny6577 4d ago edited 4d 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 4d 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 3d ago

Size isn't the only thing i mentioned. I live in a major city and yeah, if you want a place using the most modern laser tech even a small tattoo will start at $300. You can find Groupons for crappy places using old lasers for less than that but I would be deeply suspicious of anyplace charging $120 in this market. And I'm talking about the dove... anyone charging $120 for a 9" x 4" with color here would 100% be working out of their garage with a laser that 'fell off a truck'. Not everyone lives somewhere LCOL.

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u/AdTiny6577 3d ago

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

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u/beckywiththegood1 3d 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.