Many people have tattoos these days. Tattoos can be amazing things for some people. Tattoos can be used as memorials for loved ones and pets. They can be used to show off some creativity and individuality. Tattoos can also be just for fun, just because someone thought it looked cool. There is a sort of objectivity with tattoos, though. Some tattoos are just plain bad, and that's never a good thing.

Whether it's a bad artist, a terrible design, or a lethal combination of those two things, some tattoos are doomed from the start. Tattoo fails are embarrassing and really hard to get rid of; there will always be some remanence of it. Tattoo fails are also unfortunately common, thousands of them are all over the web for people to make fun of. There are several subreddits full of tattoo fails, but here are just 25 that are truly terrible.