What better way to embrace your body than to put a birthmark at the center? It’s not something you can control – but it’s the perfect way of both enhancing and embracing what you’ve been given.

Some people choose to get laser treatment on these bright red birthmarks. But others go a more creative route.

There’s no wrong way to deal with it since it’s your body.

The client even said the artist had to stop a few times to giggle during the ink session.

And when asked if Mr. Potato Head was his first choice, he said: “…at first I was debating between this or a pancake with like melted butter on top. I think this was the better choice.”

So she was honored to be able to help her come out of her shell by giving people something to really stare at in the form of this beautiful rose tattoo.

You can still see all the sides and there’s very little ink over the birthmark.

And the artwork is adorable to boot!

And as people age, they tend to get redder. So why not just go with the flow and have a glass of wine?!

But we’re loving the island vibe they’ve got going on here.

The artist said:

“My clients doctor suggested she do a tattoo over her birthmark since it could not be lightened. She came to me with the idea of a Harry Potter type owl and some magical items. Together we designed this fun cover up. Now people notice her tattoo and not her birthmark.”

We’re pretty sure way more people are going to notice it now, but that’s only because it looks so cool.

Of course, anyone has a right to cover what they don’t want to see, but this tattoo is just so delightful that we’d like to think we’d take the same approach.

It’s a cool piece of artwork too – and no one would ever know there’s a birthmark underneath.

The customer and artist just did it for fun. But it definitely takes a sense of humor to turn your mole into a spider!

It’s an incredible vision and the placements are perfect.

That’s a tattoo artist with an eye for design!

There’s really only one word for this piece of art – badass.

This woman always hated her birthmark, but now loves to see her tattoo.

It just goes to show you that people know what’s best for their own bodies.

We have no doubt it’s an even deeper metaphor to the person sporting it.

Or is it just enhancing it?

It’s hard to tell – but we know that it’s a gorgeous tattoo.

This ruby heart stone was inked on the chest of one daring customer.

They looked like little islands at first, but this person clearly has a different sense of adventure.

And the way it clasps on so delicately makes it look like the scar is part of the art.

We don’t know the story behind it, but it’s curious that they chose not to cover up the whole mark (not that it needs covering at all!).

And as they take flight from their cage, what was there before has disappeared – set free by the colorful artwork.

It’s a dainty and sweet tattoo in a place that once bore just a scar.

He put his supplicants to sleep and they would often dream about a snake (or a dog) touching the part of their body that needed healing.

It’s a pretty amazing coverup job – and we would have never guessed a scar was once there.

And we know beautiful things sometimes arise from the ashes of the past.

And no doubt they’ve learned a thing or two over the years from the travel chronicled here.

The artist said this is still a work in progress.

That’s the beauty of this artwork – it’s a juxtaposition between the need for change and the permanent.

And the fact that she can incorporate a mole into the artwork just shows that she’s inextricably linked to her fuzzy loved ones.

There’s quite a lot going on there, but we’re charmed by the cartoon character of it all.

Instead, the artist and client played around with the placement of it so that it’s something you almost have to stare at to understand better.

And we have so many questions – what is their relationship to carrots now, for example?

This nostalgic tattoo is bound to impress the 80s kids.

But where are Inky, Blinky, Pinky, and Clyde?

Those hip replacement scars are no joke!

And how amazing is this comic-esque tattoo interrupted by the remnants of the surgery?

It’s nice when people don’t take themselves too seriously.

Scars become trees in this savannah scene of a mother and baby elephant.

We’d love to know the story behind the choice of animals in this ink.

If this isn’t proof that a scar can be turned into something beautiful, then we don’t know what is.

Be sure to scroll forward on the photo to see the before and after for yourself.

We wonder if he’s named the countries.

The artist said his client had been wanting to cover her birthmark for a while – and that there was more to come for this turtle!

It’s certainly a conversation starter, like so many of these amazing tattoos.