![]() ![]() He did tell me he was sorry and he could have done things differently and that it's really bad. Sarah said: "He was nice and I don't want any animosity. She also says she declined his initial offer of half her money back, so they settled on a full refund and £300 to cover some laser removal treatment.ĭespite accepting that offer and saying he's 'really nice', she wants to publicise the incident so others don't go through the upset she's endured. The part-time housekeeper planned to make the tribute part of a full sleeve but she'll now need a specific tattoo to cover the huge portrait. Thelma, who Sarah describes as 'more of a mum to her than a nan', died at age 86 in November 2019 of heart failure as a result of complications with a hernia. She says the design looked 'great' so wasn't worried when she left the tattoo parlour, but five weeks later a friend's tattooist said they'd 'never seen anything so shocking in their life'.ĭistraught Sarah has been told she could need around five £70 laser treatments to remove the tattoo, the first of which she had last week, and even then she could still be 'scarred for life'. Tattoo-loving Sarah wanted the portrait inked by her regular tattooist but he was on a break from the profession when she booked it.Ī family recommendation and impressive Facebook photos made her choose Creative Tattoo Warrington where she paid a £160 deposit and £90 on the appointment date. "It's ironic because my grandma hated tattoos, so she definitely wouldn't have liked this one. I think that's a bad reaction to have, I must have known. ![]() "When I went in there I apologised in case I cried because of how much it means to me, but I didn't even cry at that point. ![]() "I asked my friend's tattoo artist and asked if there's any way we can fix it, and he said 'no way. I'm upset that I've been left with this horrible portrait on my arm. "Even my little boy asked if it was his grandad. "I'm not an artist, but I like to draw and when I lost my nan I drew a picture that looked more like her than that tattoo does. I've tried to ignore it more than anything and put it out of my mind. "I've been embarrassed to wear sleeveless tops and at work the bottom of my tattoo sticks out. "I put the Facebook post on because I wanted other people's opinions, but I wish I hadn't really because it just hurt. That's when I realised and that's when it made me cry. "When I showed it to a friend she said her tattoo artist said he'd never seen anything so shocking in his life. I only realised about five weeks afterwards how bad it was. "When you're looking down at it, it looks completely different. I thought the darkness would go down a lot too. "When I first saw it my arm was swollen and it's in a difficult position to see, so it didn't look so bad at first. She's not even got an eye on the left-hand side and she had white hair not black hair. "Her lips, her chin, her eyes, they all look wrong. It's a photo that means a lot to me and it was on her funeral card. "I was looking forward to having that permanent reminder of her, it's the way I express myself. I saw people say it looks like Rod Stewart. Sarah, from Warrington, Cheshire, said: "When people were saying it looks like a man I just sat there crying my eyes out. Sarah says Thelma, who 'hated' tattoos, would have 'gone mad' if she was alive, and the experience could leave her 'scarred for life' as she faces numerous laser removal treatments. It quickly went viral with social media users dubbing it 'absolutely awful' and 'looking like Rod Steward'. ![]() Next to it is the 22cm-long and 13cm-wide tattoo with Thelma's grey hair shaded black and with glasses that she claims 'look like goggles' that stand out from the 'manly' nose and chin. An image Sarah posted to Facebook last Wednesday shows the original picture of smiling Thelma, which was used on her funeral cards and taken on Sarah's wedding day. ![]()
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