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Woman stuck with 'worst tattoo ever' after artist mixes up her request

A woman was left sobbing after she was given 'the worst tattoo ever' because of a mix up.

TikTok user izzy38255 was left in tears after seeing what had been permanently etched on her skin - despite giving instructions to the artist.

Izzy, from Boise in Idaho, was on holiday at a friend's house in Pittsburgh when she went to a parlour to request an illustration of a mobile phone, in homage to Mac Miller's 2011 track Missed Calls.

However, things didn't quite go to plan.

Once Izzy took a closer look at the inking, she discovered the artist had completely misunderstood her instructions.

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In a TikTok shared from her handle @izzy38255, Izzy sobbed: "I just got the worst f***king tattoo. I got my cellphone from Mac Miller and told her I wanted it 2 by 3 size. She tattooed the f**king 2 by 3. How do I fix that?"

A close up shot of the tattoo revealed that the artist had in fact written '2x3' on the screen of the mobile phone, without realising it was a size reference.

Many TikTok users were quick to question how Izzy hadn't noticed the extra writing on the stencil, but in a follow up clip, she explained it was a genuine mistake.

"I know I'm stupid, I know it was my fault but I have 16 tattoos, like I've been through this before. I live in Idaho and I'm in Pittsburgh for the week so I went to the shop that I didn't know," she explained.

WARNING: FOOTAGE CONTAINS STRONG LANGUAGE

"My friend that I'm visiting here has been to that shop before and never had a bad experience so we made the appointment and it was supposed to be fine. The 2 by 3 I didn't see it on the stencil when she first drew it up."

She added: "I wanted the cell phone to say missed calls for Mac Miller 'cos I visited the blue slide park while I'm here," referencing the playground which inspired his debut album.

"So I saw it on the paper before she printed it off. I thought that was for a size reference, I wanted it 2 by 3 size.

"When she was doing the tattoo she had me lay down flat with my arm completely bent sideways weird. When I did look over it was mostly just like her head, I couldn't really see it."

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