An ex-lover's name, foreign misspellings and dolphins: The top 10 most removed tattoo designs... and the celebrities that had them inked on their bodies

  • Premier Laser Clinic has compiled list of 10 most removed tattoo designs
  • Name of a former lover comes out on top, like Johnny Depp's tattoo
  • Second top most removed is a dolphin, like Samantha Cameron 

Bad tattoos can be a painful reminder of failed relationships, tacky trends and ignorant mistakes.

But even the biggest and most blundersome inkings are no longer as permanent as they once were with scores of removal services on the rise.

Premier Laser Clinic has now compiled a list of the top 10 most-removed designs over the last five years - with the name of an ex-lover ranking as the most popular regret.

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Premier Laser Clinic has now compiled a list of the top 10 most-removed designs over the last five years, with foreign misspellings as one of them
David Beckham's misspelled tattoo is a massive taboo

Premier Laser Clinic has now compiled a list of the top 10 most-removed designs over the last five years, with foreign misspellings as one of them, exhibited by David Beckham 

David Beckham had a Sanskrit tribute to his wife Victoria tattooed on his arm, which is spelled incorrectly

David Beckham had a Sanskrit tribute to his wife Victoria tattooed on his arm, which is spelled incorrectly

Even our celebrity counterparts fall victim to the tattoo taboos. 

Having an estranged lover's name inked on to your body has been made famous by the likes of Katie Price, 37, and Johnny Depp, 52.

Price has a tattoo of ex-husband's name 'Pete' tattooed on her wrist, which she has since had crossed out, and Johnny Depp had his famous 'Winona Forever' tattoo on his arm as a tribute to 43-year-old actress Winona Ryder changed to 'Wino Forever'.

This mistake topped the study of the top ten tattoo designs which are most commonly removed. 

Samantha Cameron, 41, has a colourful dolphin tattoo etched on her foot, which she had done when she was younger

Samantha Cameron, 41, has a colourful dolphin tattoo etched on her foot, which she had done when she was younger

The dolphin tattoo is Britain's second most removed design, behind  an ex-lover's name

The dolphin tattoo is Britain's second most removed design, behind an ex-lover's name

Johnny Depp has since had his 'Winona Forever' tattoo changed to 'Wino Forever'
Johnny Depp's famous 'Winona Forever' tattoo, for his estranged former Winona Ryder

Johnny Depp's famous 'Winona Forever' inking - a tattoo for his estranged lover Winona Ryder - has been ranked as the biggest regret of many tattooed individuals

The second most regrettable tattoo is the dolphin - which Prime Minister David Cameron's wife Samantha, 44, has on her foot. 

The third most likely to be removed is a quote misspelled from a different language, like 40-year-old David Beckham's Sanskrit tribute to his wife Victoria, 41.

But rather than reading as 'Victoria', the tattoo translates to 'Vhictoria'. 

And the fourth most unpopular tattoo is barbed wire around the arm, a design popularised by 48-year-old former Baywatch star Pamela Anderson in the 1990s and more recently adopted by 32-year-old Cheryl Fernandez-Versini. 

Glamour model Katie Price, 37, has former husband Peter Andre's nickname, Pete, tattooed on her wrist
She has since had this tattoo crossed out

Glamour model Katie Price, 37, had former husband Peter Andre's nickname, Pete, tattooed on her wrist - which she has since had crossed out

Singer Rihanna, 27, has quite a few tattoo blunders on her body

Singer Rihanna, 27, has quite a few tattoo blunders on her body

The singer has stars tattooed on her body
The star also has a zodiac sign behind her ear

The singer has stars as well as a zodiac sign, on the back of her neck and ear respectively 

Stars were the fifth least popular tattoo - showcased by 27-year-old songstress Rihanna, who has a sprinkling of stars on her back as well as her ear.

The sixth biggest tattoo taboo is the butterfly - both Vanessa Hudgens, 26, and Mariah Carey, 45, have one. 

Seventh on the list is Chinese symbol tattoos, which can often be mistaken for something else. 

Singer Britney Spears, 33, has such a symbol on her hip - it is supposed to say 'mysterious' but actually says 'strange.' 

The singer's tattoo ranks highly on the list for the most regretted
Adam Levine has a Celtic tattoo

Adam Levine has a Celtic tattoo, which also ranks highly on the list for the most regretted tattoos

Singer Mariah Carey has a butterfly tattoo located on her lower back

Singer Mariah Carey has a butterfly tattoo located on her lower back

Butterfly tattoos rank as the sixth most regretted inking by Brits

Butterfly tattoos rank as the sixth most regretted inking by Brits

Celtic designs came eighth - David Beckham and Maroon 5 singer Adam Levine, 36, are both fans of these designs but their popularity has faded. 

Ninth was signs of the Zodiac designs made famous by Rihanna and the American actress Hayden Panettiere, 25. 

A fairy tattoo is the tenth most likely to be removed - both Britney Spears and US star Denise Richards, 44, have one. 

Studies show that more than half of people with three or more tattoos regret at least one of their designs. 

Yet only one in 20 tattoo fans have had their designs either erased or changed, despite technology making removals far easier. 

Premier Laser Clinic has seen a 25% rise in removals over the last two years due to the boom in tattoos.

Britney Spears' tattoo of chinese symbols ranks ranks as the seventh most removed type of tattoo
Pop star Britney Spears has Chinese symbols inked by her hip bone

Pop star Britney Spears has Chinese symbols inked by her hip bone, which ranks as the seventh most removed type of tattoo

 A Premier Laser Clinic spokesperson said: 'When your personal life is a volatile as Katie Price's, it is perhaps not the wisest move to have your husband's name tattooed on your arm. 

TOP TEN MOST REMOVED TATTOOS 

  1. Name of ex-lover
  2. Dolphin 
  3. Misspelt foreign quote
  4. Barbed wire
  5. Star
  6. Butterfly
  7. Chinese symbols
  8. Celtic designs
  9. Signs of the Zodiac
  10. Fairy 

'We have had celebrities in our London clinics quietly erasing tattoos of former lovers made in haste. 

'Without a doubt, the most common tattoo that we remove at Premier Laser Clinic is an ex-partner's name - we would advise people to think long and carefully before inking their lover's name onto their skin.  

Around 20 per cent of people in Britain have tattoos and there has been 25 per cent increase new people having them in the last five years. 

Technicians can remove a tattoo for as little as £250 depending on the depth and number of colours in the design.

Denise Richards has a tattoo that is one of the most removed types in Britain
Actress Denise Richards has a colourful fairy tattoo etched into her ankle

Actress Denise Richards has a colourful fairy tattoo etched into her ankle, which is another of the most removed type of tattoo in Britain 

 

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