I’m Removing 9 Tattoos… Here’s Why

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]People say, "Oh, your tattoo looks like shit." Yeah, it does. It does. And that that's basically it. So, I don't I don't care what they look like. People, you know, will talk [ __ ] about them. That's fine. People say, "Oh my god, you're so dumb for getting that." Yeah, I was. Oh my god, you should have listened to X, Y, and Z person. Yeah, I should have, but I didn't. And guess what? That's fine. Here I am now. There are solutions. Yeah. Are they painful and expensive? Yes. I also say like I used to say this at my last job to the older ladies who have children who want tattoos. Please use me as an example.

[00:00:27]Howdy y'all. Welcome back to my channel or welcome if you are new here. My name is Molina and today I am doing the long requested video of my tattoo removal journey. I am currently removing nine Yes, you you heard me correct. Nine tattoos. Mhm. Yeah, I bet you're wondering how how did he get to this point? Why are you removing so many?

[00:00:52]What is the pain like? How much does it cost? How does the process even work?

[00:00:56]I'm going to answer all these questions for you. Over on my Instagram, I added a Q&A to my story and I said, "Ask anything your heart desires in terms of tattoos/ tattoo removal and you guys came through." I also posted on my community tab for my members asking the same question and you guys also pulled through on there. So, I'm going to jump right into this. The reason why I'm half ny is because this outfit is actually the outfit I go to get tattoo removal in. And it happens to be my gym my gym outfit which I will be going to after this. I'm going to show you guys the tattoos as well. Buckle in. Let's uh let's get let's get going. Also, I used to do YouTube videos 10 plus years ago and I stopped thankfully because I had um I had a lot of work to do personally and I'm really glad that version of me is no longer the person that I am now and the person I'm putting forth onto the interwebs. I did a tattoo tour over 10 years ago and a lot of people do ask me now to do a tattoo tour and I I don't think I will ever do that. One thing I will do though is I will be reacting to my tattoo tour video from 10 years ago.

[00:02:10]I have not watched it since it's been uploaded. So, I have no idea. Absolutely no idea what I'm going to say. I don't even know if this is going to work, but we're going to try. We're going to [ __ ] try. This is a disclaimer that if you're watching this video hoping that all my tattoos have such a powerful and moving and touching reasoning and point behind them, not all of them do.

[00:02:31]I'm just tell you that right now, not all of them do. It feels like a very interesting time capsule because that person who I was 10 years ago was I it's not who it's not who I am now. So, I will be recording that and that will be available for my members only. So, if you want to see that video, you can join my channel memberships. It'll be for the Golden Bison tier, which is $2.99 a month. I have some pictures and videos pulled up on my computer so I can reference back and forth for time periods and things like that. So, if you see me glancing over here, that is why.

[00:03:02]I will also be including photos. Yeah, I can just put pictures and stuff right here while I talk about this pictures and videos.

[00:03:10]All right. One of the most common questions I get asked is how is the pain? Does it hurt? Is it painful? What is the pain level? Pain level 1 through 10. Does it hurt? And pain scale 1 to 10, tons and tons and tons. This is probably the number one asked question.

[00:03:25]And yes, it hurts. It hurts very bad.

[00:03:29]And when people ask me, "Oh, what does it feel like?" I say, "Well, imagine what it's like to be hit with a laser."

[00:03:38]Because that is exactly what it feels like.

[00:03:50]Kind of close to your face.

[00:04:18]All right.

[00:04:21]>> Good job.

[00:04:22]>> Me, too. Kind of.

[00:04:23]>> My breath. I didn't even do anything.

[00:04:27]Oh boy.

[00:04:29]>> Yeah.

[00:04:34]>> But another way I do describe it is imagine you have a sunburn. Like you already have a pre-existing sunburn and you are cooking bacon and that bacon grease hits the sunburn. Or let's say you have a really bad sunburn and someone takes a rubber band and snaps you on that sunburn. It hurts. It is I won't say excruciating but it does hurt.

[00:04:56]It hurts worse than the tattoo. It is very very painful. One thing they do before all of our and I go to by the way I go to removery and I will give an asterisk. Removy I I love them as a company because the removery I go to is phenomenal. My laser tech is incredible.

[00:05:14]I always say if she was to move, if she was to move states, I would quite literally fly out there to go get lasered by her because yes, the laser matters. There are different types of lasers and Removery uses the Pico way laser. There's also the Pico Sure. And then there's a few other different types of lasers. And and yes, the type of laser that they use matters, but the technician I think matters even more because you can have the the latest and greatest technology, but if you have a technician that doesn't know what they are doing, you are going to be left burned and scarred potentially. So the first thing that we do when we go into the appointment is we ice the area. We use an ice pack that is wrapped in plastic and we put that on there. put that on the area that we are treating for basically as long as you want. You want it as cold as possible because the colder your skin is, the less it is going to hurt. No, we don't use numbing cream or any type of lidocaine or anything like that. I don't know if it affects the removal process at all. That is just not something that removy does.

[00:06:19]After it is nice and cold to the touch, she will clean it with alcohol. And then she uses the cryo machine, which is basically just really cold air. And then she she gets she gets to blast in. I always say if you go to a tattoo removal place and they do not offer to ice it beforehand, leave. Leave. That is barbaric. It is. So on Reddit there is r/tatto removal and I do post in there occasionally um to update like my progress and some people go to places that don't use ice or even the cryo machines and everyone in there is like what?

[00:07:00]No. I I don't even know what it feels like to get lasered without the that part of your body being cold and with cold air. And I would absolutely refuse.

[00:07:08]It's already extremely painful enough.

[00:07:11]On a scale of 1 to 10, this is hard because I have a very high pain tolerance. So, I would say at the worst the worst treatments probably around a seven.

[00:07:24]>> Good job.

[00:07:25]>> Me, too. Kind of do anything.

[00:07:27]>> I would give it a good seven. And each each part of your body is different. It depends also how much ink you have left.

[00:07:34]So, if you can you can tell. Some people, a lot of people actually messaged me and they're like, "Oh my god, because I posted the before and current and they were like, I've been watching your videos for so long and I never noticed. Like, I would have never known you had a chest piece." Right now, you can you can tell mostly because I just got a treatment 2 days ago. So, I am It is a little bit inflamed. The less ink that is in the tattoo, the less it's going to hurt. So, me getting this laser 2 days ago was a freaking walk in a park walk in the park compared to when I first got it done the first time, which was actually have a video. I'll probably have it playing right here. But the most painful ones I I'll actually go over all of the tattoos that I'm removing as well. The next most commonly asked question is why why am I removing nine tattoos? And the answer is pretty it's pretty simple. the tattoos that I got during a specific time in my life was a time in my life that I should not have been getting tattoos. I use tattoos as a form of therapy. And spoiler alert, that's not how it works. People always say, "Oh, tattoos are my therapy or the gym is my therapy." And my friends, they are not neither of those things are therapy. They're not going to help you and force you to do the work that you need to do within yourself. So, I use tattoos as a form of I can't say the word on YouTube, but I'll put the acronym right here. And yeah, so the tattoos I got back then were impulsive.

[00:09:04]I didn't really care. I just did whatever I wanted. And yeah, they just they simply they simply did not fit me anymore. And they brought back a lot of memories that I did not like. So, the first one, the most obvious one was my chest piece. I got that impulsively at the age of the ripe old age of 18. Mhm.

[00:09:26]Yeah. Being in the military, having no like financial responsibilities because we lived in the barracks, and having money, granted, we didn't get paid well at all in in the military, but being 18 with money, no real responsibilities, and being severely mentally ill, what do you do? What did I do? Not you. What did I do? I got tattoos. I got tattoos. I got a lot of tattoos. So, the chest piece was the biggest one. Um, this one was actually the one I wanted gone the most because it made me feel I won't say ugly, but it it made me feel like it it just was not me. Do I love tattoos? Do I love chest pieces on other people? Yes, absolutely. Maybe like a a smaller one, you know, maybe off to the side. that I probably would have preferred. I'm not going to get this covered, by the way.

[00:10:18]No, no, no. It has brought so much more confidence in me because one, I know people judge. People people judge people no matter what. And walking into a room, depending on the, you know, the context, but walking into a room with a tank top on and then just like this crazy [ __ ] chest piece, it just it it didn't give me I feel like people are judging me off the bat, which that's just what happens.

[00:10:45]and it made me feel like I'm not putting my best foot forward. So, it just wasn't me. It was done impulsively. I didn't want it and it's basically all the way gone. So, about the about the chest piece, people asked why did I keep this little snowflake. So, I actually had two snowflakes and the the second one got covered with the chest piece. So, that one's gone. I will be getting this one fixed because there's like a little tiny You can see right there. There's a little tiny piece that got blasted, which is fine. But I kept it because I like it. I actually got this the two snowflakes in the Marine Corps obviously. And I got it the first time I ever I ever saw snow because I live in the Bay Area. It does not snow out here.

[00:11:27]And when we were I think it was in North was it North or South Carolina when I got it. I don't remember. But I saw snow for the first time and I got two little snowflakes. So yeah. And I I like the little snowflakes. So I wanted I wanted to keep it. So yeah, the the main answer to why is I was in a bad place when I got them. They were done very impulsively and I don't feel like they are a part of me. Hell, I let one of my old friends tattoo her signature on me because she was a new tattoo artist and she just wanted to practice and she got a bunch of her friends to do it and I was one of them. I'm also removing that one. Um, I will show you which ones I am currently removing. So, of course, the chest piece. These two you guys probably I mean not probably but you do see them all the time and people ask like what the hell's go what the [ __ ] is going on with those two tattoos and they are about 3 years in the process of fading.

[00:12:17]So I started my tattoo removal journey technically December I believe it was 29th of 2022. So basically 2023.

[00:12:26]So this is 3 years worth of fading color is going to be the hardest to remove.

[00:12:32]The easiest color to remove is black.

[00:12:34]Second easiest is going to be red.

[00:12:36]Whites are really not removable because it causes the laser the laser hits the white and then it causes it to oxidate which I do have some oxidation in another tattoo. These are just on their fading journey. They are still definitely there, but compared to what they were, they are they are showing good progress. Another question I do get is will I be getting them covered? These ones I will be getting covered. actually do plan to rework this entire arm eventually. Um, another question I do get a lot is, do I plan on getting any other tattoos? And the answer is yes.

[00:13:09]I'm not against tattoos. I love tattoos.

[00:13:11]I've gotten tattoos since. Like, I got this little flower since then. And then I've got one out in Osaka in Japan last month. So yeah, I I do still plan on getting tattoos just at least for these ones. I do want these a lot more faded. So I'm removing those two. I do have or had You can kind of see my own frame. So there was a wolf right here.

[00:13:39]You can still see the outline a little bit. This one I actually chose to remove. Um not because I hated it. I actually really liked it. I didn't like the words. It said lone wolf and so [ __ ] cringy, dude. But I did really like the wolf. It was done really well.

[00:13:54]I just I regretted the placement of it because I got it before obviously before I started going to the gym and when I would watch back my gym videos I'll try to find a video and show you here. It just it looked like a black blob on my back and you couldn't really see like my back muscles and my back is something that I'm very proud of obviously like I'm always I'm always flexing it and stuff and I just wanted my entire back to show. So that that's why I chose to to get that one removed. And then for the next ones, I do have to stand up. So this was actually my very first tattoo and I chose to keep the frame because I do like the frame. However, the dog that was inside of it. The artist was someone that had already done tattoos on other people that I knew and I really liked his dog portraits. Like it looked really good. And yeah, no, mine didn't.

[00:14:48]It ended up looking like a bear, like a crackhead bear. So, I I knew from the beginning I was like, "This this was a this was a mistake." Again, I do like the frame, so I kept the frame. It was a an ode to one of my very first dogs when I was a kid. And you can And then here, you can see the oxidation in her eyes. So, that's probably going to stay there for a while. I actually I'm getting another treatment on this in in a few weeks. So yeah, you can see a little tiny bit of the mouth. This was all shaded here, which is why some of this is blurred out. So then you can see her nose. But yeah, I'm just going to keep the frame. And yeah, I'm just going to keep the frame and just leave it as is. I just say it's a mirror. Now, these ones are probably So I just got treatment on my chest and then my two bows. And by two bows, by two bows, you're going to understand what I mean.

[00:15:46]It's actually hard to show them with this angle. And so I'll just show pictures of what they are. They are ridiculous. Re probably the stupidest tattoo that tattoos technically that I've got. And they happen to be the most painful ones to remove even now. Like they are very very faded. But the black, oh my god, the black hurts so freaking bad. And it's just a very sensitive area. I got these because I was a stupid 18-year-old. That That's all That's all I'll say about that. I I made a lot of very poor decisions around that time period. Which one did I regret the most? So, definitely my chest and the bows. But if I had to choose, I would definitely say the chest. How long is each session? It does go by very fast. That is the only upside to tattoo removal is that it does not take very long. For the smaller tattoos, it is just a few seconds. And then for the larger ones, so like for my chest, I believe total time was probably around 3 minutes, which with that pain, it is it is pretty bad, but I mean it it really is what it is. Curious about the cost.

[00:16:53]So the the cost is another question I get a lot and it is very expensive. It is very very very expensive. When I first started a go in late 2022, early 2023, I chose to get the unlimited removal package and that was my chest.

[00:17:09]these two, my two bows, the dog and then the wolf. And that was a total of $3,200, but that is with an $800 military discount. So, if I didn't have that discount, it would have been $4,000 for unlimited treatments, which it's not like super super bad because it is unlimited, but it is still a very big chunk of change. Now, a few months ago, I did ask them for a estimate to remove a couple more and they quoted me like I think it was around the same price and I was like, "Ah, no. I'm not I'm not going to pay that." However, I did reach out to Removery and I partnered with them.

[00:17:47]Again, like I said, I paid for the first ones. For these other ones I am removing, it is done via a partnership.

[00:17:54]So, I give them content, they give me the removal for those tattoos. And so it is this atrocious atrocious rib cage piece which that one it really it really shows where I was mentally. I love the quote. I I mean once it's gone I will happily re get the quote again. It's for my dad.

[00:18:17]And when I got the tattoo done I told the guy like this is the quote I want. I want it in like a nice script. And he went back and like drew it out himself.

[00:18:26]Took like over an hour. He came out and showed me and I hated it. I hated it.

[00:18:31]But I did not have the confidence back then. I did not have the guts to stand up for myself and I let him tattoo it on me.

[00:18:40]Yeah. Um, again, very bad time in my life. I am not the person who I was back then. Now, I mean, as you guys know, you guys are wa you watch me and you you understand my personality to a certain extent. That is something that would absolutely never happen again. But, you know, you got to learn your lesson, I guess. And, um, I've learned I learned a lot. I've I have learned a lot of lessons when it comes to tattoos and bodily autonomy and standing up for myself. So, that one probably hurts the most mentally because it was again, it was just a really a really shitty time in my life. Oh, and then I'm removing the one on my ankle that I let my friend tattoo her her signature on. Does it hurt in the shower while washing them?

[00:19:22]So, yes, after you get it done, it feels like a sunburn. And they do suggest you do not exercise. So you don't work out, you don't take hot showers, and you don't do anything that will raise your body temperature because that can cause blistering. Is it easier to remove older tattoos or newer tattoos? Removal is very dependent on a lot a lot of different factors. It it normally is easier to remove older ones because the older it is, the more chance that the sun has gotten to fade it. For example, my chest tattoo was over 10 years old by the time I started getting it. Yeah, by the time I started getting it removed, it was already 10 years old. Thankfully, the artist used a very light hand, so it's been very easy to remove. The way that tattoo removal works is so when you see the actual videos and you see it turn white, cloudy appearance on the skin immediately after a laser tattoo removal is known as frosting. It is temporary normal reaction that occurs when the laser energy breaks down ink particles and it releases tiny harmless gas bubbles under the skin's surface which reflect white light. So, a lot of people will think like they'll see the like removery or whatever video and they blast it over and it turns white. People think that, oh, it's gone. No, no, it is not gone. Tattoo removal is a very very very very long process. it is going to take many sessions spanning over many years. Another common misconception is doing it in quick secession. So let's say getting one a session today and then going in in like 3 weeks getting another one. That is not how it works because what the laser does is it hits the ink.

[00:21:05]It breaks the ink down into smaller particles that gets filtered out through your lymphatic system. So the laser isn't actually removing it. It is your body that is removing it. Which brings me to another great point. Your lifestyle matters. The things that you do in your everyday day-to-day life are going to affect the way that your body removes the ink. My technician says that she I have the most movement on all of my tattoos out of everyone she sees. And she attributes that to my lifestyle. I'm very healthy. I drink a lot of water. I exercise on a consist on a consistent basis. I eat primarily whole foods. I treat myself really well. And that is indicative in the fading process, in the fading timeline of my tattoos. If you don't drink a lot of water, if you are a smoker, if you don't exercise, it will still work, but it's going to take much, much much longer than it has to. So, a lot of people actually on the subreddit, the tattoo removal subreddit, end up changing their lifestyles to help speed up the process, which I think is pretty cool. There is a lot that goes into removal. It's not just, oh, you just blast it and, you know, that's it. Your skin color matters. The color of the ink matters. How old the tattoo is or how new the tattoo is matters. And thinking about this off top of my head. And also the the ingredients inside of the ink matters. If your tattoo artist likes to mix in, and a lot of them do, if they like to mix white into other colors, that's going to be problematic because again, white oxidizes. So, if you're blasting the white, even though it's mixed in with color, you potentially will have some issues. I believe I might have some issues with that. And what were the blue flowers up here, I do think the artist might have mixed in some white, but where I'm at with my chest, I'm completely happy with. I even said if this was the final out outcome, I I'm okay with that. Like, I am totally I'm totally fine with that. Is the recovery between sessions the same every time or does it get better and worse? It gets better. It gets way way better. The original first treatments are going to be horrific. They are going to be horrific. Um I used to feel like I got hit by a bus after because it's just it is very I feel like it's very hard on the body and as time goes on it is it is totally fine. this most recent one like yeah I was even they're still bruised right now but they're still bruised and raised like I can I can feel where she did it and they're not painful but yesterday it was painful and now it's it's totally fine will they be completely removed to your eyes so that again it just it depends it depends on the color I basically everything that I said previously that's how that's that is what determines whether it will be 100% removed a lot of times tattoo removal places will say that 100% removal is not guaranteed. And again, it just depends on a multitude of different factors. So, you cannot go into tattoo removal thinking one, this is going to be quick. Nope, it's going to take many years. And two, you cannot go in with the expectation that it will be gone 100%. Because that is simply just not the case. The only time people can kind of say that is if it is only just straight black ink because again black is the easiest color to remove. The other colors are going to be a lot harder. Is there anything you do for afterare? So they used to say ice it afterwards to prevent blisters but they no longer can say that because people were being extremely stupid and icing themselves to the point of giving themselves like ice burns. So what I do is I have an ice pack. I wrap it in like a tea towel and I do put that on there.

[00:24:46]So now they just I don't I don't even know what they say to do now. But that's just what I have done and what I will continue to do. How many more sessions will this take? So for my chest I imagine probably two more. The session I just got I'm pretty sure that was my ninth my ninth session in 3 years. I take breaks. This was also a question. I don't know where it's at but people ask you have to stay out of the sun and the answer is yes. You cannot get your tattoos, you cannot, you should not be tanning at all because the tanner you are, the more difficult it is to remove tattoos because the laser it targets pigment and if you are darker, it has a harder time differentiating between the ink and the melanin in your skin. This is actually a very good point to add. If you are someone who has a darker complexion, tattoo removal is still a possibility, especially with black ink.

[00:25:39]Colors can be a lot more difficult. This is where it is imperative you find a technician who knows what they're doing.

[00:25:46]Otherwise, you can end up with hypo or hyperpigmentation.

[00:25:51]If you do have a darker complexion and you go to a consultation, I would 100% ask your technician to see a portfolio or proof that they have worked on darker complexions to see if they actually know what they're talking about. Because time after time on the r/tatto removal subreddit, people will go to technicians who say, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know how to work on darker skin." And spoiler alert, they don't. and then they end up scarring them and you can't get rid of that. So, if I go there and I'm tan, she's going to be like, "Girl, no." Um, I've never done that because I skip entire summers. Every single summer that has happened since I've been getting removal. I um I don't I don't go in the summer because I am a sun baby. I love being in the sun safely, of course, but I'm always outside. I'm always doing stuff. And if you do want to go in the sun, you just cover it with uh what is it like? KT tape. I believe that's what it's called. Cover it with the tape and and you'll be fine. But that's just not something I want to do after removal.

[00:27:00]Also, you do want to stay out of the sun because you just got blasted with a laser and you basically have a sunburn.

[00:27:06]So, I do stay out of the sun for days or a week or I I'll still go in the sun, but I'll just put on like a jacket or something like that. Um how much does it cost per session? So I again I did the unlimited treatment um per session is also going to be very expensive. What do you think is the best way to avoid having to get a removal? Don't get tattoos.

[00:27:28]Don't get tattoos or if you do get them just make sure it is something you are dead set on. If you do want something perhaps put it on a t-shirt first and see how you feel in a year.

[00:27:40]How do you feel when you got it 10 years ago? How long did you want to remove it?

[00:27:44]So, I had gotten it in 2013. So, this is this is 13 years ago now. And when I got it, I loved it. And as time went on and as I embarked on my healing journey, that's when I wanted to remove it. It was always like a fleeting thought in my mind because a part of me always knew like this isn't this isn't me. And the reason why I got it was just it was ridiculous. And yeah, and in 2022, I finally went to removery.

[00:28:12]>> Come with me to go get tattoo removal and removery. I am no stranger to tattoo removal. I'm actually removing seven tattoos with them. But this time, I am removing two other ones and we are starting that journey today. So, I figured I would take you guys along on this new journey. I've been coming to the Walnut Creek Bay Area Removery for the last 3 years, and I always feel welcome and taken care of here. I simply would not be going anywhere else. Here she is sanitizing the area before she starts to laser it. The way that tattoo removal works is it targets the ink in your skin. The laser breaks it up into smaller pieces and your lymphatic system removes them. The white that you see as she is lasering is called laser frosting and it is totally normal. What it is is the laser hitting the ink and then rapidly heating the area. That heat turns moisture in the skin into tiny gas bubbles just under the surface and those bubbles scatter light which is why the skin looks white or chalky. Again, completely normal and this goes away.

[00:29:25]People ask if tattoo removal hurts, and yes, it does. It hurts more than getting the tattoo itself, but it does go by very quickly. The pain is worth it to remove past mistakes. All of the tattoos that I have been getting removed were all done in a point in my life that was not great. I am just very grateful that services like Removery do exist. And just remember that a lot of people are getting tattoos removed, so you don't need to feel ashamed about it. It is what it is. That is right immediately after. Very spicy. If you have been thinking about getting tattoo removal, let this be your sign to do it. Go ahead, bite the bullet. The consultations are free. The time is going to pass regardless and you deserve to be in a body that you are happy with.

[00:30:16]Ask what the meanings are behind my other tattoos. Again, I probably won't be going over that. I just the ones that I the ones that I do still have and I am keeping um most of them do have meaning besides like my salt shaker. I'm actually I've never seen anyone ask about the salt shaker. And that was just a Friday the 13th tattoo. that along with, let me see it. Yeah, my my noose right here. I always laugh because if I was to go to prison or jail, I feel like they would put me in like the gang ward because it has the number 13 here and then it has three blood drops. And I'm like, "Oh my god, I'm not in a gang. It was just Friday a Friday the 13th tattoo that I that I really like." People always ask me about this one, too. Um, I do really like it, but it was done pretty shittily, as were like most of them. I'm like, let's be [ __ ] honest here. Like, I can I can readily accept that. But it says, "Rats get fat while brave men die." And this is a anti-government tattoo. Yes. Yes. The elites are getting fat while normal people in society and like people in the military are dying for them when they are actual scum of the earth. So, that's what that one is.

[00:31:25]I do love it. I do want to get it reworked. This actually used to be orange. This used to be orange. And if you look it up, um I'll try to find a picture of it, but if you look up people asking about orange ink, a lot of the times your body will just get rid of it.

[00:31:40]So this whole thing used to be orange and my body got rid of it. So that artist actually did this one, too. And I really do like this one. This one was done really well, but he did do them on the same day. So perhaps he just got a little little sleepy. He actually did the wolf one, too. So maybe maybe he was just sleepy by the time he got to that one. But yeah, I I love this one. I love this one as well. This one was probably the most painful, but okay. Anyway, does it smell weird? No, that was the first time I got that question. It does not smell weird. If you get laser hair removal and you forget to remove that, like to shave that hair and then they blast it. That smells worse than tattoo removal. Tattoo removal doesn't it doesn't really smell like anything. Is there any downtime away from training? In particular, contact sports. Yes, you do. you cannot work out for the next like one to twoish days because you don't want it to have excess heat. And then also if you're doing contact sports, it it it will hurt. It hurts to the touch after you you get it done. So you probably want to take a few days break from that. How many did I have? How many am I removing?

[00:32:42]How many did I have? Oh god, good lord.

[00:32:44]Okay, I haven't actually sat down and thought about this in a long time. So let's see. One flex two and I'll count that just as one. So 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15. This is actually cover up. 16 17 18 19ish 19ish. I'm removing nine. And again, I do plan on on getting more tattoos in the future. And then how old were how old was I when I got them? All the ones I'm removing, I was around 18 to 20.

[00:33:11]Yeah, if you knew me back then, uh that was a that was a very rough time. I've had a lot of rough times, actually. I say I say that all the time. I'm like this is such like a bad time. This is such a bad time. This is a horrible time. I've had a lot of horrible times.

[00:33:25]I'm finally in the the era I think starting from 2023 maybe where I'm finally in like a really good place and I I am doing well like in all aspects of my life especially now.

[00:33:39]Now it's definitely peak. This is my peak life right now and it's only going to get better. But yeah, I've I've had a lot of rough times my friends. So yeah, that is basically everything. I hope that covered any questions that you have. If you have any other questions I didn't answer, please do leave them down below. But to give a TLDDR, yes, it hurts. Yes, it's expensive. Yes, it takes a lot of time. I'm removing them because I got them done in a very bad place in my life and I just simply don't like how they look anymore. If you are someone who is considering tattoo removal, I say go get a consultation.

[00:34:14]Get a consultation from multiple places.

[00:34:16]If you need to look up their reviews, don't be afraid to go. Don't feel bad.

[00:34:21]Don't feel shameful. There is a lot of shame that comes with tattoo removal because people feel embarrassed, I guess. And I mean, I guess I guess it's embarrassing. But for me, it's like a lot of people also don't like to show their fading tattoos because I mean, yeah, they look they look crazy. And for those people, I just say, you got to live your life. No one no one cares. And what's the worst that's going to happen?

[00:34:43]People say, "Oh, your tattoo looks like shit." Yeah, it does. It does. And that that's basically it. So, I don't I don't care what they look like. People, you know, will talk [ __ ] about them. That's fine. People say, "Oh my god, you're so dumb for getting that." Yeah, I was. Oh my god, you should have listened to X, Y, and Z person. Yeah, I should have, but I didn't. And guess what? That's fine. Here I am now. There are solutions. Are they painful and expensive? Yes. I also say like I used to say this at my last job to the older ladies who have children who want tattoos. Please use me as an example.

[00:35:15]Please do. Yes.

[00:35:17]Show them, look, this lady, this woman decided to make a series of unfortunate decisions when she was a young or a late teen, early early 20s. And this is what she's doing now. So, it is what it is.

[00:35:34]That's fine. That's life.

[00:35:36]But yeah, again, let me know if you have any other questions. I'll answer them down below. Thank you for watching.

[00:35:41]Thank you for being here. I will be posting a reaction to my tattoo tour on my channel membership. So, go ahead and check that out. And until next time, goodbye.

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