Honest question as someone who has no tattoos: why do people get cover ups instead of getting the tattoo removed? Is it a price issue? It often looks like a deliberate choice. But I cannot imagine that having a funny cover up of a tattoo you regret and still end up being reminded of is better than having it gone altogether.
a coverup is considerably cheaper and less painful than a removal. also, a removal often comes with a lot of visible scarring so a coverup can end up being less noticable
Laser removal cost 10-100x more than a cover up tattoo. Hurts even more and you need do multiple sessions. There is no guarantee that the removal works and sometimes you get a worse result.
I don’t recommend searching for unsuccessful tattoo removal pictures. You will see some bad removal attempts and also some medical gore.
Why do people take the time to cut exes out of photos instead of just throwing the photos away? Sometimes it’s about the pleasure of forcibly removing every trace of them from your life. It can be cathartic.
But I also acknowledge that it could also be about the cost and/or difficulty of removal. Not all removal procedures are 100% effective. If you’re not entirely sure it will work, a cover-up could be a more effective choice.
As with all things, I’m sure the association fades over time. Sure, the new tattoo might remind you that the other one is there for a while. But then it becomes its own thing and you think about the old one less until one day you just don’t think of it at all.
Honest question as someone who has no tattoos: why do people get cover ups instead of getting the tattoo removed? Is it a price issue? It often looks like a deliberate choice. But I cannot imagine that having a funny cover up of a tattoo you regret and still end up being reminded of is better than having it gone altogether.
a coverup is considerably cheaper and less painful than a removal. also, a removal often comes with a lot of visible scarring so a coverup can end up being less noticable
Laser removal cost 10-100x more than a cover up tattoo. Hurts even more and you need do multiple sessions. There is no guarantee that the removal works and sometimes you get a worse result.
I don’t recommend searching for unsuccessful tattoo removal pictures. You will see some bad removal attempts and also some medical gore.
Why do people take the time to cut exes out of photos instead of just throwing the photos away? Sometimes it’s about the pleasure of forcibly removing every trace of them from your life. It can be cathartic.
But I also acknowledge that it could also be about the cost and/or difficulty of removal. Not all removal procedures are 100% effective. If you’re not entirely sure it will work, a cover-up could be a more effective choice.
As with all things, I’m sure the association fades over time. Sure, the new tattoo might remind you that the other one is there for a while. But then it becomes its own thing and you think about the old one less until one day you just don’t think of it at all.