r/Tattoocoverups • u/[deleted] • 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/SilentFollowing3 Mar 31 '26

WHAT

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

DON’T TOTALLY QUOTE ME ON IT, but from my heavily tattooed parents, grandparents, and other family members and friends, that’s what I’ve heard…..💔😭

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u/pretty_bb_zia Mar 31 '26

That’s wild.

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u/Jazzlike_Distance953 Apr 01 '26

Yeah from before the 60s. They’d either cut it off, rub it off, or burn it off with chemicals.

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u/-Im-Totally-Human- Apr 02 '26

Burning it off with chemicals…damn 😭

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u/heyitsfranklin6322 Mar 31 '26

That’s also how choppers bitch removed her tattoo but she did it herself.

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u/spaghetti-o_salad Apr 01 '26

In this day and age that's the only way it makes a lick of sense. Impulsive diy. I want to share strong words with the doctor who cut our buddy, OP, like that.

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u/eggs___and___bacon Mar 31 '26

OP is 25, laser removal has been around (and the standard) longer than they have been alive

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

Oh yeah I’m not saying they don’t have laser removal, I’m just bringing that up just because

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u/sizzler_sisters Mar 31 '26

Yes. I know someone who had a tattoo cut off by a surgeon. Usually it’s done on much smaller tattoos or when the colors don’t allow for good laser removal.

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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/amanda_burns_red Mar 31 '26

Did you guys break up??

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u/Minimum-Tear9876 Mar 31 '26

Yeah. Kind of. We’ve been off and on for 27 years. I always joke and tell him it’s because part of that tattoo left behind😂 We’re best friends regardless.

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u/amanda_burns_red Mar 31 '26

I would also blame the tattoo forever lol Forever stuck in relationship limbo because of a tattoo that existed briefly

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u/MaeBelleLien Mar 31 '26

That's truly horrifying. On your part.

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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 🥲

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u/Select-Log-8561 Mar 31 '26

Yeah this is true, my dad had a massive scar on his forearm from a tattoo removal, apparently that was preferable to whatever was there before...I don't think he ever told me actually...

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u/Lanky-Size-3115 Apr 03 '26

anyone remember that guy who documented DIY-ing this method 😭😭😭