Horrible tattoos

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.

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.

When you choose to put a tattoo on your body, it's your chance to show your creativity to the whole world. If you end up in a photo showing your tattoo and that photo is posted online (ie on facebook, instagram, twitter, etc...) then the whole world has potential to see it, especially if that

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

Shaking my head.

You know tattoos are permanent right?

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…

Cheap tattoos are just as permanent and so will the shame of having it. Most good tattoos will cost a couple hundred dollars, these look like they...

File under: Terrible, terrible mistakes.

What were they thinking???