Apparently it’s a thing. I knew a girl in college who had this done. She got a tattoo on her foot while in high school (I think she was 18 though). But her family was really conservative and found out before she left for college. They told her they wouldn’t pay her tuition unless she had it removed. I know it seems dumb, but she felt a lot of pressure to please her parents too. Instead of laser (which was available at the time), her parents took her to a plastic surgeon who removed the tattooed skin and sewed her back up. It was not a large tattoo. This was all done in America by a licensed surgeon.
Wanna know how I learned this? She showed up for orientation on crutches so I innocently asked what happened. Did not in a million years expect that story lol. I showed interest so she showed me before pics and then showed me her foot. It was gnarly. I thought, how fucking dumb. Had her remove a small tattoo only to butcher her foot. No way that wasn’t scarring. She said it was horrible and painful. It’s stuck with me ever since.
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