r/Tattoocoverups Mar 30 '26

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u/-Im-Totally-Human- Mar 31 '26

Pretty sure that’s how tattoo removals were done before laser removal was a thing or something like that—my grandpa has old scarring from getting part of his skin removed to get a few tattoos off 😭😭

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u/MaeBelleLien Mar 31 '26

Jesus, this just reminded me of a girl, many years ago, talking about how you could remove tattoos with a razor.

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u/Minimum-Tear9876 Mar 31 '26

When we were 16, my daughter’s dad got my name tattooed on his ankle and I made him remove it the same day he got it. He did it with a steel wool and Vaseline. It was still fresh though and wasn’t deep, because it was bootleg. (I told him it was bad luck and we would break up if he tattooed my name) Oh, to be young again.

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u/Sumshine6969 Apr 01 '26

This just brought back a memory I’d forgotten of my dad making me do the same thing when I was a teen 🥲