Real people with really bad tattoos, ranging from hilarious to downright disturbing, seek the help of three of the best coverup artists in the business to fix them – Tommy Helm, Big Gus and Jasmine Rodriguez. The stakes are high as the regretful clients go under the tattoo gun once more to see whether the artists at Tattoo Nightmares can work a miracle and turn their disasterpieces into masterpieces. Re-enactments allow us to see how the bad ink was born.