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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Jellybelly3002 on 2025-10-25 09:02:26+00:00.
I’m a tattoo apprentice and today I accidentally misspelled a word while tattooing. The stencil was fading and I tattooed some lines to keep track of where to tattoo. This is where I accidentally made NI like IN. It was just one line, but it was there. I told the guy I fucked up and he was super cool about it, but I still was feeling so messed up about it. I’m very afraid to tell my mentor.
I decided to put white ink over the line and it looked okay when I was done, but I know that it will heal a bit different than what it looked like now. He has to walk around with my mistake for the rest of his life.
I felt so bad cause he put his trust in me to do a good tattoo, and I misspell something. It was truly so humbling, cause I was convinced it wouldn’t happen to me.
I’m very grateful he was so cool about it but I don’t know if I can forgive myself for this permanent mistake.
TL;DR: Misspelled mid tattoo cause the stencil was fading. Client was cool about.