I'm 22 years old and got a tattoo for the first time yesterday. I saw a pic of a girl online and really loved her placement and tattoo design . I decided to actually do it the same day i found it. (Dumbest decision ever) I went to a couple tattoo shops, after the first time I was just about ready to say maybe this is a sign that I shouldn't do it. My sister took me to another shop in the area which wasn't nice at all. Thinking back on it I know people really dont have your best interest at heart because I know my sister should have talked me out of it ... Instead she kept pushing me to do it. I felt so much pressure by the time I got to the second tattoo shop , my sister kept saying I should do it and the tattoo artist who wasn't very experienced kept telling me how great it was going to be. She came up with this design that I knew I wasn't in love with. But me being the sweet and easy going person i am, I went through with it. I instantly regretted it. I hate it so much! I'm a very shy , not daring person at all. So it just doesn't even fit my personality at all. I feel like people will look at it and can instantly tell it wasn't well thought out. While I love some peoples tattoos, I feel you just have to have the overall persona to pull it off and I don't! I loved my bare skin but now I feel disgusting. I've also been so depressed from struggling to find my identity after ending a really emotionally attached relationship. It was My first time experiencing real love and having that taken away completely change me. I know I'm young and becoming an adult and will go through ups and downs which help to shape who I am. I just wish I had someone to offer me some type of guidance to help me through this difficult time I'm In. This tattoo represents a confused person who wants desperately to be someone or something she's not. I lost my one true friend who really would have had my best interest at heart and find myself befriending people whom I have nothing in common with. I feel so unlucky in love , life, and friendship. I'm saying all this because the realization of all of this came crashing down on me the day I decided to get a tattoo. I was not myself at all and I'm really hating myself for this dumb decision. it's not visible. I'm hoping it will grow in Me. If not I will definitely be going through with tattoo removal . Just the thought of having to explain it to my future partners is what kills me bc it's indicative of a really bad time I'm going through. My advice for anyone is to know that bare skin is so beautiful. Don't mess your skin up with ink that will be with you forever. It's really dumb to get a tattoo with no meaning. I got mine and am already thinking of dumb meanings for it. just please love yourselves enough To not put yourself through a painful process of getting a tattoo and regretting it later on. Trust me I don't feel attractive at all anymore. I feel this is karma for something I must've done in the past but I am definitely learning my lesson from this!