The Meaning Behind Dove Cameron's 11 Tattoos

Dove Cameron's Gun With A Rose Tattoo

After Cameron's close friend Cameron Boyce passed away in July 2019, she got a tattoo of a revolver shooting out a single rose in December 2019. The image is a symbol of peace and represents both of their views on gun control.

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Dove Cameron's Snake Tattoo

On her middle finger, Cameron has a snake that extends from her knuckle. She was inspired to get the tattoo because of how femininity is usually compared to the reptile in a negative way. With the ink, she decided to "take back the snake."

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Dove Cameron's "À Naître" Tattoo

On her 23 birthday, Cameron got the phase "À Naître" tattooed in all caps on the inside of her left wrist. It means "to be born" and goes with the saying tattooed on the inside of her other wrist.

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Dove Cameron's "Immortal" Tattoo

"Immortal" on Cameron's right wrist goes in tandem with the one of her left. It means "to never die."

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Dove Cameron's "X" Tattoo

On Cameron's 21 birthday in Las Vegas, she got a matching tattoo with her best friend Kiersey Clemons. Cameron got the X on her pinky and Clemons got the O.

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Dove Cameron's "Candy Is Dandy" Tattoo

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Cameron opened up about her father passing away when she was 15 and said that the phrase "candy is dandy" is her first tattoo in memory of him. It's located on her inner elbow of her left arm.

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Dove Cameron's "Do It For Aphrodite" Tattoo

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Aphrodite was an Olympian goddess of love, beauty, and sexuality. Cameron told Refinery29 she got it because, "to do something for the raw, sexual, female natural energy of the world — and do it on behalf of that, instead of doing it from a diminished, demure P.O.V. — is both powerful and what we need right now."

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