I got the world's UGLIEST tattoo - I try not to cry when I look at it

A woman has been left devastated after getting 'the world's ugliest tattoo' on her finger - claiming it's so bad, she has to try not to cry when looking at it.

Marie Armstrong, who's currently living in Florida, made a video about her terrible experience and posted it under her handle @marieaarm on TikTok.

The clip has already been seen by more than 150,000 people, who flocked to the comments to give their verdict.

She told viewers: 'I've never instantly regretted getting a tattoo until this one I got yesterday.

'I have a bunch of tattoos, most of them are on my hands, my fingers, I have a bunch of little critters, whatever.

A woman has been left devastated after getting 'the world's ugliest tattoo' on her finger - claiming it's so bad, she has to try not to cry when looking at it

'Anyway so about a year ago I got a tattoo of a banana and it completely faded. I got it on the side of my index finger. It completely faded which is pretty normal.

'I have a bunch of them so I know how they are - I had to get this one done four times, this one done three times in order for them to stay at least a little bit.

'They're still pretty faded but at least they're there. You can see them so I expected this.

'But this one faded like completely and you could not tell what it was. 'I didn't even count it as a tattoo I had.'

She continued: 'So, when my boyfriend told me he had a tattoo appointment and that he was getting a tattoo done by this artist who's really good and he's done a bunch of his other tattoos - they all look super good.

'I was like I'll go with you, I'll get my banana redone. So we get to the tattoo shop, no one speaks English. Everyone was speaking in Spanish, my boyfriend included.

'I did not know what was going on and then I soon realised that the guy who was tattooing him was not the same guy who was tattooing me.

'So there's this other guy and I don't know what's going on. This guy does not speak any English at all. So, it's pretty simple, it's a banana.'

Marie had shown the tattoo parlour her original banana design (LEFT) for reference, but ended up with ink that left her reduced to tears (RIGHT)

Marie explains that she shows the tattoo artist a picture of the original banana tattoo when she first got it done and he starts free-handing, 'adding on the rest of the banana to what he can already see and sketching it'.

The TikToker reasoned: 'I didn't really expect him to print a stencil because you'd have to size it perfectly, so I'm like freehand, fine, you're an artist and this is what you do, you know what you're doing.

'Then we get to the tattooing part and they're like, 'this hurts a lot,' that's what my boyfriend said to me.

'I was like it's not that bad, I've gotten a bunch of finger tattoos, I can handle it, it's only for a minute and they're small anyways.

'Then they spray some lidocaine spray on me to numb it, which first off did nothing and second off I'm offended, I didn't want that, I can handle the pain, I'm not a b****.'

However, the real issue came when the ink was finished and Marie caught a glimpse of her new finger tatt. 

She recalls: 'Anyway, tattoo is done, I look at it and I'm trying not to cry. I know these are stupid, silly little goofy tattoos and maybe to you it doesn't matter how the f*** they look but I actually care.

'I actually liked my original banana and I thought it was adorable and you just put the ugliest piece of s*** ever on my body that I have to live with.

Viewers flocked to the comments to give their verdict on the controversial inking

'I mean, hopefully it's gonna fade as much as it did the first time. I'm not taking care of it at all. I'm washing my hands a million times a day and once it starts to scab I will be peeling the scab off.

'So I'm hoping it just stays as much as it did the first time, but I was p*****. So this is what I was expecting, do you wanna see what I got?'

Holding her index finger up to camera, she reveals the 'ugly' tattoo to her 34,000 followers. 

'I can't even make this up. This is a joke. First off, you can't even tell it's a banana.

'It is literally the ugliest thing I've ever seen in my life. How do you go from that picture to this? How do you do this and walk away proud?

'My boyfriend got his tattoos and they look incredible, they're absolutely amazing form a different artist who is also the shop owner.'

The content creator concluded: 'So after we left, he DM'ed the shop owner and sent him the pictures because he never even saw the finished result and he was like 'you know what, let it heal. 

'Once it starts to scab peel the scab off and then hopefully it won't stay and then come back in and I'll fix it for you'.

'So I don't know if I'm gonna go back and let him fix it for me or if I'm just gonna go back to my original artist, who I should have never cheated on in the first place.

'But yeah, I have the world's ugliest banana tattoo on my finger.'

Viewers flocked to the comments to give their verdict on the controversial inking.

One wrote, 'I see a sock puppet with ears,' with a second penning: 'looks like a flying dog! add eyeballs'.

A third joked: 'It kind of looks like the thumbs from spy kids lol' and a fourth added, 'I legit screamed'.

Someone with a similar experience admitted: 'Girl! My first tattoo at 18 was a dolphin and yet it looks exactly like yours! I’m so thankful it’s on my hip and not seen by the public! I feel your pain!'

Meanwhile, one commenter quipped: 'If you didn’t tell us it was a banana I would have no idea, I am so sorry omg' and another dubbed the ink as 'criminal'.

However, some people didn't think the finger tatt was as ugly as Marie made out, with one arguing: 'It’s honestly not that bad, I was expecting something awful!'

Another agreed: 'I don’t think it’s that bad! Obviously the left side is off and thats what makes it look a bit different but I feel like a single line added to it could fix it'.