It cost me my rent to have my dream tattoo done – it makes me cry & I hate when people ask what it is, I don’t even know
A WOMAN has told how she wants to “break down and cry” every time she looks at her tattoo after being left with nothing but a “red blob” on her arm.
Diarra Dumornay explained how she forked out £200 to have a tattoo of a red dragon on her arm.
However, when it only faintly showed up after it had healed, she decided to pay a further £600 for a cover up…only for it to then look even worse.
In a video shared to TikTok, Diarra explains her tattoo fail story and admits: “So sometimes I hate looking at my tattoos on my arms…I went to this guy to get a tattoo of a red dragon.”
She then shows social media users a glimpse of how the inking looking when she left the tattoo parlour.
“As you can see, it’s really light and doesn’t really show up too well but I just assumed it was the red ink maybe and that it was just gong to get darker as it healed,” she explains.
“As it heeled, it just happened to get worse.”
She goes on to brand it “horrible” and says that after it heeled, she decided to get it covered up.
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“So I went to another tattoo artist and this is how the cover up looked after it was done and after it started healing,” she explains.
“This was a few days after…and this is how it looks now.
“So please don’t ask me what this is on my arm because I don’t f***ing know!”
In a caption shared alongside the video, she penned: “I hate looking at my arm.
“There’s times I will look at it and legit break down in cry because I have to live with this for the rest of my life.
“This makes me not want to get any tattoos ever. I don’t remember how much the first tattoo cost it was around £200 but the cover up was £600.
“Damn near paid my rent to have a red blob on my arm. It’s sad.”
She concluded by issuing a stern warning to anyone considering getting an inking and urged: “Anyway, y’all be careful with whom you chose to do your tattoos.”
The post has since gone viral and received several comments – with many offering a possible suggestion as to why the tattoo turned out the way it did.
“I think you might be allergic to the red ink,” wrote one.
“It’s the only one most tattoo shops do a test for before actually doing a full tattoo.”
A second penned: “Had this happen to me, I am allergic to red/purple ink so maybe that might be your issue as well.”
A third commented: “I got red ink and it definitely didn’t turn out right in me either.”
Meanwhile, a fourth added: “Oh no! Sorry you had that experience that’s crazy.”
Another added: “DUDE IT LOOKED LIKE IT WAS CUT INTO YOUR SKIN.”