One of the biggest things about tattoos is that they're permanent, right? Like that's why people put a lot of time, consideration, and money into them because they are going to be there forever … or at least that's usually the hope. Well considering the look of some tattoos, apparently some people didn't get this memo. There are some disastrously bad tattoos out there, scarily bad. Having a tattoo fail is embarrassing, and there are so many of them out there.

It's important to be able to trust who is going to do a tattoo, and on top of that, it's important to consider the design deeply. Because a bad idea, a bad artist, or a doomed combination of the two is sure to leave someone with a big, painful regret. There are so many bad tattoos out there that there is a whole subreddit on Reddit filled with them. Here are just 24 of some of the worst tattoos out there, these are both ones found in the wild and cases of self-shaming.