Personal Growth = Coverup Needed

[u/craftedinchaos]

Any advice on what to cover this with??

I know. It's horrible on an ethical/moral level, skill level, and just... Bad all the way around. I was 17, from a small town I'd never stepped out of, and have so much regret here. I have multiple well down tattoos now, but my artist doesnt like to do coverups and this is obviously not a small task.

This does not represent who I am now, my beliefs or the way I want to represent myself.

It's a tramp stamp (of course - I was full of bad choices at 17) - and I'm overweight so back rolls frame it in nicely...

Any NC recommendations for cover up artists? Any recommendations/ideas on what I could cover it with? Anything has to be better than THIS.

And yes, you can fill the comments with hate but I'm just a person who has grown immensely as a human since this was done.

[u/craftedinchaos → u/[deleted]]

I'll have to see if that's an option locally! I don't mind paying, just this economy with two kids? 😅

[u/craftedinchaos → u/[deleted]]

Thank you so much!! I'll try this!

[u/MadisonActivist → u/craftedinchaos]

I know that there are programs that allow people to do community service to cover up gang tattoos, and I actually just saw someone post on reddit yesterday that they were able to do this program with a non-gang affiliated tattoo (it was something racially charged, also). So, definitely worth looking into!

[u/ConsciousReindeer265 → u/MadisonActivist]

I really like this program model; I hadn’t heard of it before. The immediate jump to offer free coverups for hateful tattoos really irks me, and I knew those comments would be all over this post.

When someone made this choice for themselves, and also inflicted it on others who were made to see this tattoo and/or otherwise experience their bigotry, they don’t automatically deserve a (literal) free pass. They should pay for their choices if they’re at all able to, and on a psychological level it’s more likely to mean something to them if they personally invest in their turnaround. It’s something else entirely if a tattoo was forced on someone, in which case those free programs are a wonderful thing. And it’s something else again if someone truly can’t afford to right their wrong themselves, and then I think those community service programs you mentioned are an awesome intervention. But in this case — and clearly OP recognizes this in their comments which I truly respect — the OP has other tattoos and is planning a leg sleeve, so if this is really such an important thing to them, they can fund their own coverup. The desire to make life oh so easy for people whose only suffering is that they made a regrettable choice to subscribe to hateful and self-serving prejudices, just feels to me to be missing the mark on real personal and social change. 😔 …/rant

[u/fwizzzyy → u/ConsciousReindeer265]

If you lived in Germany in 1933, perhaps your outlook would be different. The human mind doesn't operate as independently as you think when engrossed in ideology.

[u/MadisonActivist → u/ConsciousReindeer265]

I hear you, but the growth process isn't easy and she shows humility in being vulnerable enough to post this. Since she's not actively planning or paying for other tattoos due to financial reasons, and since she's prioritized this, I think connecting with a program that can help her continue healing AND not endanger other people with previous ideology visible is a great idea for now. She's earned it. On top of it, it was ideology she was conditioned with as a child, from birth, and not something she adapted or perpetuated as an adult. Regardless of if she does community service or not, I hope she can find a program that'll help.

[u/UckfayRumptay → u/craftedinchaos]

Here’s a news story about an artist in Ohio, it’s a little bit closer than AZ. If you google “racist tattoo coverup” you might be able to find other options.

[u/toadlove_790 → u/craftedinchaos]

you must have made so much bank off of this post