Horrible tattoos

There are plenty of reasons why people might end up with a bad tattoo. Maybe they lack taste, maybe they went to the wrong studio, or maybe they wanted crooked lines on purpose. Who knows. Either way, now they're stuck with the design for good, and if they go, for example, to the beach to have a swim, other folks might notice it, take a picture, and share it online. That's just the reality we live in. And it happens more than you might think. Just take a look at the Instagram account…

There are lots of ways a bad tattoo can happen, and usually people try to avoid them. But Brazilian tattoo artist Helena Fernandes is changing that, one terrible tattoo at a time. She has no artistic skill to speak of, but that hasn't stopped her from opening a successful tattoo shop in her hometown of Salvador de Bahia.

Lordy, they just keep gettin' uglier and uglier! Yep, more of the Worst Bad Tattoos for your perusal! No regrets here! Hell no! These strange, funny tats are

There are some questions about getting a tattoo or piercing that are difficult, even embarrassing, to ask. Here the questions have been asked for you.

Regret — we all experience it at one point or another, and nothing stirs up remorse quite like a bad tattoo. An estimated 32% of people in the United States have a tattoo, and about one-quarter of them may end up regretting their funny tattoos or wanting them removed.

You know tattoos are permanent right?

Here are 50 stories when people got such a quality tattoo but the design they picked was horrible

Shrek tattoo

Hot off the griddle! A fresh heapin' stack of Bad Tattoos to gnaw on! Dang, some folk are just funny stupid in the head. And now we have a record of that