Im just looking for advice on how to deal with a shop I received a botched tattoo from and what I should expect.
Just over a month ago I got a simple tattoo on my foot that says “so it goes.”. It is along the outside of my right foot. The artist did it in about 10 minutes and put the bandage on right away, I didn’t even see it. Upon removing the bandage in the morning it looked like there was a halo around the “es” in goes. Now I have looked up tonnes of pictures of blowouts and it looks like nothing Ive seen. The line is perfectly crisp and the letter is clearly defined, it just has a grey halo around it. It really takes away from the look of the tattoo. The first “o” is also very sloppy and the bottom of it is thinner than the rest of the tattoo and isnt rounded.
I live about four hours away from the shop where I got the tattoo. I called right away after it healed and they told me to email them pictures, so I did. The response was telling me that it is my fault and that I should have been and probably was warned that foot tattoos dont take well. Now I would be ok with this response IF it looks like a normal blowout or if the bleeding of the ink occurred over time! But it was immediate and looks very unusual! After several more emails I found out that my artist is in Costa Rica until March of next year. The shop seems unwilling to do anything.
My question is what do I do? It looks terrible and the shop is not cooperating. I paid $90 for it and I now need to pay even more should I get it fixed.