Kayla was left mortified after she realised her precious pooch's nose seemed to resemble 'male genitalia'.

"He did the outline of her face perfectly, so I was feeling good about it. But then he started doing the eyes and they looked all wrong.

"Then I noticed he wasn't adding any shading or doing anything more to it. But I just thought, well he is the artist and he knows best."

But the artist was done, despite the tattoo appearing only half-done.

"I realised that Penny's nose looked like male genitals, and then my friends all started telling me the same thing.

"They started laughing about it, I can see the funny side of it now but at the time I was crying and panicking.

In a desperate bid to fix the tattoo, Kayla appealed for help online and was pointed in the direction of a different tattoo studio which had lots of good reviews.

And after forking out another NZ$120 Kayla breathed a sigh of relief after her beloved pooch Penny 'actually looked like a dog' and no longer resembled 'male genitalia'.

She said: "I knew I couldn't leave Bali with this tattoo on my arm. It was just hideous."

"I was so relived, and even gave the tattoo artist a big hug when he was finished. My dog is my entire world, so I was so happy to have a tattoo that actually looks like her.

"You really need to do research before getting a tattoo in Bali."

Kayla left Bali seeing the funny side of things and said she knows it will make for a hilarious story when people ask about my tattoo.

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