Getting a tattoo is always a nerve-wracking experience. One of the scariest things about it is the fear that your permanent body art could wind up looking pretty horrible. This happens rarely, since most artists are skilled, trained professionals. However, there are a few who definitely aren't, and they've managed to slip through the cracks into a career of ruining people's lives. We feel awful for the customers who showed up at tattoo shops and left with these; either they didn't do enough research, or they were just brutally betrayed by their artist.

Now, they get to walk around with the worst tattoos anyone's ever seen, and they'll never be viewed the same way again thanks to their unpleasant body art. That's what happened to these 20 very unfortunate people, and whether it was their own fault or the artist's, they can't undo it. These are the most awkward recent tattoo fails.