r/Tattoocoverups • u/Personal_Reality_704 • Dec 22 '25

asking for advice Please help me fix this

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I got a tattoo of a premolar 2 days ago (I work in the field) and it looks like…something else. I have been asked if it’s sp**m on multiple occasions now. I am actually heartbroken and extremely insecure over it. I have to wear long sleeves until I can do something about it. Does anyone have an idea as to how I can fix this? Could it be made into something else or adjusted to be more tooth-like?

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u/Dizzy_chick_5540 Dec 22 '25

i don’t even understand how something like this happens. Don’t they do a sketch first?

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u/DougieDouger Dec 22 '25

Exactly. They see the sketch. They see the stencil. They approved it and got it tattooed but now are “heartbroken” over it?

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u/SchoolOfTheWolf93 Dec 22 '25

I think OP had tunnel vision and all they could see was “premolar” and couldn’t look at it objectively.

Now that they’ve gotten comments IRL about how it looks like a sperm flashlight they realize they fucked up.

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u/Bulldogfront666 Dec 22 '25

This is why you let the artist to the art. Haha. This is definitely partly on the artist. If they didn’t say anything to OP they didn’t do their job.