Woman 'mortified' after tattoo artist makes detrimental mistake on her chest

Trusting your tattoo artist to follow through with the design you've given them is a big deal, especially when there's so much that can go wrong with something that is largely permanent unless you pay good money to have it removed.

So when one woman on TikTok told her tattoo artist that she wanted an inspirational message inked on her chest, she hoped the design was straightforward enough that nothing would go wrong - until it did.

Jennifer McGee, 18, shared a video in which she showed off her chest tattoo, which the Daily Star reports was supposed to include the outline of two butterflies alongside the phrase "with pain comes strength".

However, the tattoo artist made a detrimental spelling error and missed out the "g" in strength - writing it as "strenth".

Jennifer McGee was 'exited' for her tattoo (@jennifer_jalene/TikTok)

She's now getting the ink removed (@jennifer_jalene/TikTok)

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Jennifer, who posts on TikTok under the username @jennifer_jalene, captioned her video: "Me, excited to get another tattoo.

"Guy spells strength, strenth."

The poor woman also confessed she didn't have a chance to correct her tattoo artist when he laid down the stencil because the cursive writing made it difficult for her to see the spelling error until the ink was finished.

When someone in the comments asked if she noticed before she got the tattoo, she said: "No, I didn't see he missed the letter g in the cursive word strength."

Others in the comments asked Jennifer what she plans to do next, as she could either cover it up with a new tattoo or pay to have it removed.

And she told them: "I'm getting it fully removed."

But one commenter was quick to point out that tattoo artists should ask clients to check every detail of the stencil before the ink is applied to eliminate the issue of spelling mistakes - and blamed Jennifer for not being vigilant enough.

They wrote: "Every artist I've ever worked with specifically told me to check each detail and spelling of words and names before starting. This is on you my dear."

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