| Luckily, there are ways of hiding your secret love | | | | ways, that many people with a "bad" tattoo |
| in case you still like your tattoo. Most tattoos are | | | | (including myself) prefer, is picking a new really |
| on parts of your body which you can cover up | | | | cool tattoo design and placing it right overtop of |
| with your clothes. The best "cover"clothes are | | | | the old lame tattoo. This is perfect if you like the |
| dark colored because you might still see your | | | | spot where you have the tattoo on your body, |
| tattoo design faintly through clothes which are | | | | but just do not like the design anymore. This is a |
| light colored. Other tattoos need a little bit more | | | | rather expensive way (which is not less |
| creativity in order to get them covered. You | | | | expensive as laser surgery), but you will still have |
| might use stuff like jewelry (rings, bracelets or | | | | the cool tattoo you wanted in the first place. |
| even your watch may cover it up perfectly, | | | | Unfortunately there are a lot of people with bad |
| depending on the size and location of it). | | | | tattoos, so tattoo artists are used to turning |
| In case your tattoo is located somewhere you | | | | them into new, cool tattoo designs (even so |
| cannot cover it up like this, you can use makeup | | | | much so it is one of the reasons they are in |
| to cover it (if you use the right makeup the | | | | business). |
| tattoo will be almost invisible). There even are | | | | Another way is through the use of laser surgery. |
| "fade-away creams" available which are designed | | | | This method is usually available at cosmetic |
| specially for this purpose. These are lotions and | | | | surgery clinics. The (low level) lasers scrub your |
| creams that will make your tattoo design less | | | | skin clean and work in much the same way as |
| noticeable. They work the same as cellulite cream | | | | scar removal. This method is fine for relatively |
| (a kind of makeup). Obviously they do not | | | | uncomplicated small tattoos, but in case you need |
| remove your tattoo entirely, but they will make it | | | | to remove a large tattoo you are going to need a |
| seemingly to fade and less obvious. A big | | | | lot of expensive sessions under the laser to get |
| advantage of these creams is that they are a lot | | | | rid of it. Your skin will be irritated or downright |
| less painful compared to other options to get | | | | painful afterwards, because you will be getting low |
| your tattoo removed. | | | | level burns. Keep in mind that, (depending on the |
| If you decide you really dislike your tattoo and | | | | size, place and colour of your tattoo) you might |
| want to get it removed permanently (like the | | | | get a scar from the treatment and that laser |
| name of your ex-partner for instance), there are | | | | surgery targets the "tattoo pigment", which is the |
| other ways to get it off your skin. One of these | | | | reason why "lasered" skin can look bleached. |