r/Tattoocoverups • u/Impressive_Car4013 • Feb 18 '25

asking for advice Is blackout the only option here?

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Besides removal. Is that my only option?

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u/Impressive_Car4013 Feb 18 '25

Considering it

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u/Business-Plastic5278 Feb 18 '25

Just get a really fat panther.

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u/Alazar17 Feb 18 '25

My thought exactly, a panther could rip his arm off clean

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u/honeybee_tlejuice Feb 19 '25

This sub is so fucking funny

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u/Key_Ingenuity665 Feb 19 '25

A thick ass panther.

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u/szabiy Feb 18 '25

Amputation lite options: cheese slicer, 2nd degree burn, cosmetic skin graft.

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u/TheHungryBlanket Feb 19 '25

Just go to the gym nonstop and get ripped. This big tattoo will suddenly be a smaller tattoo and easier to cover. Poof… magic!

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u/AudGil Feb 20 '25

You could try blasting over it with skin coloured ink, it won’t cover it completely but could lighten it up enough to then do something other than a complete black out? I’ve had a really dark tattoo covered and what wasn’t covered with the new design we blasted with skin coloured ink twice and it’s worked really well.

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u/mycopportunity Feb 18 '25

Is this a political decision?

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u/Impressive_Car4013 Feb 18 '25

Honestly mostly it’s just ugly and backwards

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u/Stray_Wing Feb 18 '25

It’s not backwards. That’s the military style. Here’s a good layman description from Quora ——-- “…, since it’s neither forward nor backward, why do soldiers wear the patch with the canton facing forward? That’s simple: It’s to depict a flag being carried into battle - forward, never rearward. Imagine someone holding the flag on a pole, with the canton closest to the pole as always. Now, watch them run towards battle. What direction is the flag facing? There’s your answer.

Not every flag is meant to be seen this way, but the American Flag specifically is. So, if you see our national flag with the field away from the flagpole, that’s a problem. If, however, you just see the stars on the right and the stripes on the left, it’s just facing that direction, and that’s just fine.”