There is nothing wrong with getting tattoos. Tons of people have them and they can be really beautiful. Tattoos can be meaningful. They can represent a person, a place, a pet, or something else that means a lot to a person. They can also just be for fun, they can express some individuality or show someone's personality. One important part of tattoos though is that they are very permanent.

These days, there are some ways to get rid of a bad tattoo but it is painful and expensive, so it's best just to get a good one from the beginning. Tattoos can turn into tattoo fails pretty quickly. Whether it's a bad design, a bad artist, or a combination of the two, things can go south leaving a person with an embarrassing and permanent reminder of their terrible decisions. Here are 23 bad tattoo ideas that no one will want to recreate anytime soon.