It's no secret that tattoos don't always go to plan, and even if you walk out of a studio grinning from ear to ear, someone could point out something about your tattoo that quickly leaves you mortified.
Case in point, this woman, who was left red-faced after realizing that her minimalist tattoo of her cat looks like a "pair of balls".
Lucy Armitage, 20, from Leeds, England, took to TikTok to share a video of her minimalist inking that she got as a tribute to her pet cat, before revealing that she really didn't think the design through before getting it permanently tattooed on her skin.
Watch the hilarious TikTok below:The tattoo is of a simple outline of cat ears that join up to a heart. Unfortunately, the heart looks like something else entirely... testicles.
She joked in the caption: "So I got a tattoo for my cat. Didn’t really think it through. I now have a pair of balls on my wrist."
However, while this isn't something that many people would consciously get tattooed - least of all in such a prominent place - it doesn't seem like Lucy regrets it too much and she said she "loves looking at them every day".
This isn't the only tattoo to hit the headlines in recent days, either, and a mom captured the media's attention after revealing that she tattooed one of her identical twins so that she could tell them apart.
Taking to Reddit, the 31-year-old mother titled her post: "AITA [Am I the a**hole] for medically tattooing my child under the recommendation of a doctor?"
She adds: "Now they may be fraternal but they look identical. I'll be honest my husband and I even mix them up sometimes. Everyone does."
The mom then explained that one of the twins, Jack, has a minor medical condition that requires a weekly shot, and she accidentally got the wrong twin, Adam, tattooed.
"He was never in danger. It's a very slow-acting medication that, at worst, would have given him diarrhea in a few days."
The mom explained that a doctor then recommended that she got her child tattooed in order to tell them apart.
"They tattoo a freckle, no bigger than the end of a pencil eraser, on an area of skin that's easily seen," she writes. "Because of the area it usually fades in 2-3yrs, but by then they should have developed more personal features and may not need it redone.
"So after [a] discussion with my husband we did it."
A two-millimeter freckle tattooed was then tattooed on Jack's earlobe.
The mom explains: "From entering the office to leaving, it took 30 minutes," and states that Jack "never felt a thing".
However, she explained that her mother-in-law "lost her s**t" when she found out about the tattoo.
"I tried to explain but she just freaked out," she writes. "So I put both kids on the floor and told her to pick up Jack and find the tattoo.
"She picked up Adam, so I handed her Jack and after 20 minutes still couldn't find it. Stripped him to his skivvies.
"I finally pointed it out and she went 'That's just a freckle', I just said: 'My point exactly. Adam doesn't have a freckle there. So that's how daycare can tell them apart'".
But while the small mark has the potential to save the child's life, she said her mother-in-law is "still p***ed and ranting".
"Once I explain to others and they fail to find it they understand, but they still think I went too far in tattooing my child and altering their body," she writes.
"I believe I took the necessary precautions recommended by the doctor and the tattoo will fade with sun exposure and as he grows."
The post received a lot of attention on the forum, with the majority of users firmly agreeing that, with context, the mother was not an a**hole.
"NTA [not the a**hole] at all, it’s literally a fake freckle. It’s not like you gave him a full sleeve of pin up girls and muscle cars. Also, it’s to make it harder to accidentally kill him or his brother. You made the right call," one person replied.
Another agreed, writing: "NTA. You took the recommendation from a medical professional and made the decision with your spouse for the safety of your child. Absolutely nothing wrong with that, especially for something so small."
What do you think? Was this mom right to tattoo one of her twins?
