A woman was left in shock after finding out that her £60 tattoo of a lion had gone horribly wrong.
Lydia Sawyer, 23, from Bournemouth, had shown the artist an intricate design of the king of the jungle which she wanted as a tattoo to represent her Leo star sign.
But as she asked for the inking to be behind her ear she was not able to keep her eye on things and was left with a nasty surprise when she found out what had happened.
Now, Lydia wants to cover up the mishap but will have to fork out over £300 for laser removal.
”Don’t go for a walk-in tattoo just because you’re bored,” Lydia advised.
"The artist said he couldn’t do my design as detailed as I showed him, but he would do the best he could.
"It was behind my ear so I couldn’t really see it. But over the next few weeks, I began to hate it. It cost me £60.”
Unfortunately, this is not the first time a tattoo has caused Lydia stress.
Behind her other ear, Lydia had the initials of her now ex-boyfriend tattooed but has since had to cover it up. And it was during the appointment to get that one covered that she looked into getting the lion hidden as well.
She added: “I went to go get it covered up a few weeks ago, as I was going to get another covered up on the other side. It was my ex-boyfriend's initials.
"I got that covered up, but he said the lines on this one (the lion) were too dark. I had to look into getting it removed first. They said I would need a few sessions to lighten it up at £40 a session.
"I’ll need around eight sessions of laser. But it’s so painful and sensitive on this area of skin so I'm leaving it at the moment."
Thankfully, Lydia found humour in her situation and took to TikTok to share her drama.
In a video that has been viewed over 48,000 times, Lydia reveals the intricate sketch of the lion that she showed the artist for inspiration.
Later in the clip, she shows the disappointing results.
Users flocked to the comments to share their thoughts on Lydia’s tattoo mishap.
However, many felt she should have asked to see what was going on so she could keep an eye on things.
"How did they manage to get it that wrong,” said one user.
"But you should have seen the stencil and said no,” said another user.
Another user joked: "Bro made merlion.”
Someone else said: "There’s no way that’s the picture you showed the artist.”
"Definitely should’ve taken a look at some work from them before you got it,” said someone else.
Another disbelieving user wrote: "No bloody way.”
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