We already published an article about tattoos covering up birthmarks and another one about inking over scars so we figured why not do a piece that combines the two together. After all, millions of people have blemishes on their skin that they’re not excited about and there are plenty of ways to transform them into works of art.
This list by Bored Panda is full of beautiful, funny, and simply genius designs that ‘healed’ old body wounds and marks. And maybe a few mental bruises that came with them as well. So scroll down to check them out for yourself, upvote your favorites, you know how it goes.
#1 Check Out This Amazing Before And After Photo By Our Artist, Gustavo
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#2 Make The Most Of What You’ve Got
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#3 Scar Tattoo
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#4 I Have No Words To Describe How Much I Was Looking Forward To Doing This Work And All That Are To Come
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#5 Lily On A Rock. Design Is Based On The Client’s Birthmark
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#6 Sometimes It Is Enough To Cleverly Integrate A Scar Instead Of Covering It
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#7 My Nephew Finally Had His Burning Scars Covered With A Tattoo. I Am So Proud Of My Boy! Made Me Smile And Also Made Me Cry Of Happiness
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#8 This Is Genius
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#9 This Is A 40-Year-Old Scar And We Covered It With Some Cherry Blossoms And Butterflies
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#10 Got To Do This Rad Wine Glass To Work With A Birthmark Today
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#11 Turning Scar To Fishbone
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#12 Finally Done Something With My Scar
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#13 This Was Fun
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#14 Scar Cover-Up
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#15 Hooked
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#16 My Dog Running Across My Scar
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#17 Scars Are Tattoos With Better Stories
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#18 After 6 Years, Many Laser Scar Removal Treatments, Scar Strips And So, I Decided To Get A Tattoo Over My Scars And Loving The Result
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#19 We Continued A Project That I Really Enjoyed And Was Excited To Do. A Sleeve Of Snowflakes Between Birthmarks That Have Become Clouds
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#20 Paw Print Tattoo Around A Birthmark
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#21 One Way To Work Around A Scar
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#22 Birth Mark Tattoo
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#23 Scar Cover-Up Tattoo
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#24 Little Scar Cover From 2013
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#25 Birthmark Transformed Into A Cherry
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#26 Scar Butterfly
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#27 Scar Cover-Up
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#28 First Session Of A Scar Cover-Up Completed, Still Need To Add Cherry Blossoms And Background
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#29 Within 1 Hour A Birthmark Turns Into A Moustache. Oh My God, We Had So Much Fun
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#30 I Had The Opportunity To Work On And Especially With This Pretty Scar Which Served As A Bench For Monsieur Le Baron
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#31 No Scars Are Impossible, They Just Need The Right Solution
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#32 Scar Tattoo Cover-Up
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#33 Thanks To My Client For Coming In To Get This Floral Scar Distraction Piece
We went with something a little simplistic and instead of trying to hide the scars just tried to incorporate them into the design. The take away is that the blood we have spilled in sadness can water a beautiful garden of joy if you only allow room for growth. Let’s be thankful for this day of life.
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#34 Scar’s Cover
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#35 Without A Doubt The Most Fun I’ve Ever Done
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