If you get a tattoo you want to make sure you don't make a bad choice. No matter how good it may seem at the time, think hard about the following factors that make up a real bad tattoo choice.
1. India ink homemade tattoos. These are common with youth, and you will often see grown adults with old and dull green unrecognizable "smears" on their body. Sometimes it looks like it might be a skin condition, but in reality it's a homemade India ink tattoo put on by a beginner several years ago, usually during their youth. I've seen home made tattoos that used to say a name and now it's totally unrecognizable. These are generally bad choices, and it's best to save up some money and get a killer tattoo done by a pro.
2. Tribal tattoos or trendy tattoos. If you are truly into tribal then by all means go for it, but if you are just jumping on the bandwagon then forget it. Many tribal tattoo wearers jumped on the bandwagon years ago and got a big tribal tattoo because it was trendy to do. Now they are unoriginal and many are regretful that they got a design which practically everyone and their brother now has. This also goes for other trendy tattoo's such as the low center girl back tattoo that has become so overdone, a slang term "tramp stamp" has developed referring to such tattoos.
3. Face/neck tattoos. Many tattoo artists won't even do face tattoos as they can have a horrible impact on a individual down the road. I remember reading that a high suicide rate went along with face tattoo wearers. The neck for some people can be an ideal place for a tattoo, but for others it may seem good at the time, but due to the problem of not being able to cover it up all the time there can be heavy regret down the road. Some individuals have resorted to wearing band aids at their place of work to cover up a neck tattoo they got several years ago. Also, the neck tattoo seems to be becoming somewhat of a trend now days, placing it into the bad choice trendy tattoo category.

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You've likely seen some real bad tattoos before and wondered what went wrong.  Many of these tattoos were well intentioned, but poorly executed and ignoring the long term consequences. Here's how to avoid disastrous tattoo choices and avoid bad tattoos.  These are the most common mistakes people make when getting tattoos which lead to horrible and regrettable results.
1. Avoid India ink and cheap tattooing methods.
I met a guy once with knuckle tat's and various designs on his arm. All were done by his buddy with India ink and he boasted how the tattoos were essentially "free".  Now days hardly any of those tats are recognizable and look more like a bad skin condition, rather than an actual tattoo.  This is the result of cheap tattooing and bad tattoo materials.
2. Avoid Trendy Designs.
There are a whole lot of guys out there with the classic barb wire or a chain link design wrapped around their bicep.  While that was cool in the 90's, now days it's heavily mocked.  Guys went from feeling like they are cool, to now being totally embarrassed about their tattoo.  This is the results of following a trend.  Avoid trendy tattoo designs.
3. Avoid Low Quality Tattoo Pictures. 
There are a vast array of free tattoo galleries out there and nearly all of them have inferior, low quality pictures which may look okay on your computer screen but will transfer over to an actual tattoo very poorly.  It's definitely worth joining a high quality tattoo gallery and avoiding bad choices in design quality.

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