Man removes tattoo by grating it off
Before you get a tattoo, we advise that you think about it carefully, because it's something you will have for the rest of your life.
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Thankfully, we have the technology to help remove those unwanted tattoos, but it can be quite costly. For one individual, he posted the agonising pain of removing his tattoo with a grater!
According to LAD Bible, he goes by the name Matias Costa on social media and is from Mendoza, Argentina. He decided he didn't like his tattoo a week after getting it done.
He said: "I had the tattoo done and a week later I wanted to join the airport police. Although among the requirements on the website it is not mentioned, I was told that I could not work there with visible tattoos.
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"This happened in August 2017, I was 19 years old at the time. The other reason I did that to myself was aesthetic. I am very keen on details and I did not really like how the tattoo was left. I searched on YouTube for ways to remove it."
He first tried a pumice stone, but it did not work. He then continued to grate it, which led to him bleeding. A week later he went to hospital and had a tetanus shot.
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Matias says he wouldn't advise anyone to follow in his footsteps if they're looking to get rid of an unwanted tattoo.
Since posting the pictures on Twitter, they have been retweeted more than 16,000 times and received more than 77,000 likes, as well as more than 2,100 comments.