30 successful examples of covering up old tattoos (31 photos)

No matter how much you like the tattoo, there is no guarantee that in 10 years you will not want to remove it or cover it up. Times change, ink fades, and our thinking and tastes transform too. The people in this collection decided to cover up their old tattoos - and the results were very cool! Let's take a look at a few such successful examples.





1. High-quality overlap



2. The mistakes of youth were closed



3. Overlapping in progress



4. Updated the “space” sleeve



5. This is definitely better



6. “The process of covering up a tattoo I didn’t like.”



7. Before and after



8. Beauty!



9. “This was only the first overlap session.”



10. “From an impulsive tattoo I got when I was 18 that I didn’t really like, we made one that I’m proud of!”



11. Another beautiful ceiling



12. "Finally covered the strange clouds with beautiful peonies"



13. Here's a remake



14. Elephant upgrade



15. “I’m happy with my new tattoo.”



16. Large-scale work



17. "My chaos wheel was turned into cosmic beauty"



18. “I regretted getting this tattoo for 5 years. I got it covered up.”



19. “And I started covering it back in 2018. It’s finished now.”



20. Cute "after"



21. Anubis needed an update



22. Made flowers from a hieroglyph



23. Bye, compass



24. “They updated my bird in two sessions. It took 10 hours.”



25. A completely different matter



26. The snake was given a second life



27. Cool result



28. Another big job



29. The skull was covered with a wolf



30. “Finally updated my tattoo after 11 years!”