Posted on 05/13/2019 3:38:14 PM PDT by SMGFan
Mauricio Arias wears his past on his face: 11 tattoos cover his skin from his eyelids to his cheeks, down to his neck.
Images like a bloodied knife and brass knuckles tell the story of a five-year period of his life plagued by depression and drug addiction — not exactly the first thing he wants prospective employers to see.
“As soon as I walk in for a job interview, they’re gonna think, ‘Who’s this guy trying to get a job looking like that?’ ” says the Queens resident, 30. “I feel trapped.”
So, between getting his degree, working full time in construction, and going to church several days a week, Arias, who is now five years sober, is in the middle of getting his face, neck and hand tattoos removed with lasers. The painful procedures, which will span six sessions (he’s already undergone two), will eventually get him to a point where the first thing people see isn’t a reminder of his dark history.
“You don’t know how much I think about that day,” Arias says. “I’m gonna cry like a baby.”
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Amazing all tattoos , extreme body modifications, etc are legal.
Epidemic of acquired mental illness is sweeping the country....
I’ve bleached my eye’s many times....seeing things...that I never want to see again..........
“I feel trapped.”
“No regerts!”
You shall not make any cuttings in your flesh for the dead, nor tattoo any marks on you: I am the Lord.
We all fall short, but tattoos IMHO are really thumbing your nose at God in front of the world. I am a tattooless former US Marine Sgt.
My wife suggested I consider opening a tattoo removal service. Nice cash business no messing with insurance companies etc. Just need to buy the laser.
“As soon as I walk in for a job interview, they’re gonna think, ‘Who’s this guy trying to get a job looking like that?’ ”
Alert, alert, all low IQ Democrats (but I repeat myself): time for “Tattoo rights legislation”.
That employer must be tattoo phobic.
“Remember, kids, if you can’t
be a prisoner, look like one.”
Well, they ARE orphans...
Never heard of makeup?
A tattoo is a permanent reminder of temporary insanity.
That face has a future in day care.
C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate?
They have a waiting period on gun purchases to cool hot-headed behavior that one could regret later;
so why not a waiting period on getting tattoos, since they can cause a LOT of regret later? Especially for the young & naive who can’t think ahead
How long until the liberals want tattoo removal as part of free healthcare?
Anyone wonder what health issues will arise decades after getting all that ink put into one’s body??
and the 2nd, 3rd, 4th , 5th etc.....?
can’t have just one.
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