Why I removed my tattoos after having kids
Putting on the plastic glasses, I sit down in the white lounge chair and place my left arm, palm up, on the pillow resting on my lap. I clench my jaw in preparation of the pain. I think, I?ve given birth to two children. I can handle this.
The technician takes the laser and holds it above my wrist. ?I?m going to do a practice spot, and then we?ll start.?
Zapping the tips of the antlers on my semi-faded tattoo of a deer feels like a lightning bolt crashing into my body.
?Are you OK"? she asks.
I nod. I just want to get this over with.
?I?m going to start now. Let me know if you need a break.?
As she traces the outline of the deer?s head it makes a crackling sound, kind of like bacon frying. I shut my eyes and grind my teeth trying not to think of the discomfort. When she?s done, I look down at what was once a three-inch portrait of a white-tailed deer, now a patch of red and inflamed skin still throbbing from the heat of the laser. Though I?m in pain, I feel as though I?ve been through a strange cleanse. Photo: courtesy of Deana Morton
?Which one would you like to do next"? she asks.
I pull up the sleeve of my T-shirt and point to a large picture of a Native American woman with a colourful headdress on my inner bicep and brace myself for the discomfort.
I have several tattoos and I?m currently in the process of removing three of them. I grew up during the grunge period. Women who had tattoos represented rebellion. Tattoos went against contemporary beauty standards....
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