What is a Cover Up Tattoo?

This tattoo removal method is used when a person does not want his or her existing tattoo and doesn’t mind replacing it with a new tattoo image.

Instead of completely removing the unwanted tattoo using another form of tattoo removal method such as laser treatments, a tattoo cover up design is placed over the existing tattoo to disguise and conceal the original artwork. 

Cover up artworks are used by many people for a variety of reasons, from a gang tattoo to making a basic tattoo with little detail more interesting or aesthetically pleasing.

The process of getting a cover up tattoo vs. a regular tattoo generally is more expensive as it is much more involved and labor intensive.

Check out this tattoo artists website for before and after images of cover up tattoos.