Actor Mark Wahlberg has decided to set an example to his children and get his tattoos removed. Despite the fact that his tattoos all have meaning and importance for him, he has come to the conclusion that is he doesn't want his children to get them, he has to get rid of his own.
It took me five years to get all of the tattoos removed. And it's dreadfully painful. '" Indeed, Wahlberg said getting a tattoo removed is "1000%" more painful than getting the tattoo done in the first place, and likened the experience to "hot bacon grease getting flicked on you over and over again."
Mark Wahlberg, Megan Fox and Pete Davidson are a few of the celebrities who've chosen to remove their tattoos over the years — and detailed the painful process.
Mark Wahlberg body art is a combination of religious imagery such as a rosary around his neck, a tribute to reggae icon Bob Marley on his arm and also of his last name and initials.
Perhaps her most well-known art is the image of Marilyn Monroe on her right forearm, which Fox once said was a tribute to the Hollywood icon's sex appeal and timelessness. However, the 25-year-old starlet is now undergoing laser tattoo removal to get rid of it.
After her divorce from the Sling Blade actor in 2003, Jolie removed the tattoo of his name from her left arm. She's since replaced it with the coordinates of her globe-spanning family's birthplaces – a handy metaphor for Jolie's image rehabilitation.
Pharrell began his mission to remove all his tattoos back in 2008, saying how he felt like he'd outgrown his extensive tatt collection. "I got fire on my arms, I'm a grown-ass man", he told British Vogue, while also likening the process to getting a skin graft.
In addition, De Niro has a personal connection to the Black Panther movement, as he grew up in New York City during the height of the Civil Rights Movement. The tattoo has become a powerful symbol for De Niro, representing his commitment to social justice and his connection to the legacy of the Black Panther movement.
"I actually do have a number of tattoos but I try to have them in places where you don't have to do a lot of cover up — they get sort of addictive, after a while," he confessed to Extra in 2016. While Affleck has kept details of their meanings to a minimum, some of them have been glimpsed in his films over the years.
Sylvester Stallone has had to do some creative thinking over the past couple of months to erase any trace of his estranged wife Jennifer Flavin from his extensive collection of tattoos. The actor got a second tattoo to cover up a portrait of his ex after they filed for divorce in August following 25 years of marriage.
Brad Pitt has never met a tat he didn't like. Although he often covers them up on the red carpet, the Hollywood A-lister is the proud owner of an extensive collection of tattoos, ranging from a 13th-century poem to a sketch of a rhinoceros.
Johnny Depp has perhaps one of the most famous tattoo removal/transformations of all time. Back in the late '80s and early '90s, he and Winona Ryder were one of Hollywood's biggest couples.
Whether it be your ex-partners name, an old friends' or even a complete strangers' name, you can guarantee that we have seen it all. On a daily basis we have clients coming into our clinics to remove these names, making names our most common tattoo to remove. More common than others is of course the dreaded ex's name.
Scottie P. is carefree and mostly oblivious, highlighted by his “No Ragrets” tattoo. Jason Sudeikis, playing Casey's father, asks about it, “What's this one?” pointing to the chest tattoo. “Oh this, that's my credo” says Scottie P. Sudeikis, without missing a beat, says, “You have no regrets?
Lopez's tattoo, however, is an infinity sign on her ribs with "Jennifer" and "Ben" inscribed in cursive — a tattoo style artists have previously told Insider is "overdone."
Jennifer Aniston is one of the many famous faces to have several tattoos, choosing to do so for a very sentimental reason. The Friends star has not one, but two tattoos on her body, and one - the more hidden of the two - located on her foot, is especially personal.
Hawn, who turned 60 in November, shares how she spent the start of her sixth decade on a long vacation in Tahiti and even got her first tattoo: a small heart on her foot. Longtime partner Kurt Russell, who turned 55 on St. Patrick's Day, commemorated her birthday occasion with a letter "G" tattooed on his leg.
Damon is no stranger to getting tattoos either. In 2019, he visited celebrity tattoo artist Daniel “Winter Stone” Winter to get the names of his four daughters — Alexia, Isabella, Gia, and Stella — tattooed in cursive on his right arm. The actor also has “Lucy” tattooed on his right arm for Barroso.
Toward the end of her time in Los Angeles, she stopped charging clients for her work when they'd stop in at her High Voltage Tattoo studio. At that point, with her hands in other business ventures, tattooing was less of a moneymaking venture for her and more of a passion for which she was willing to forgo payment.
Actress Drew Barrymore is citing Jewish law as a reason for having her six tattoos removed by laser surgery. Married to Jewish art consultant Will Kopelman, the Charlie's Angels and Whip It star intends to convert, but is worried that tattoos will stop her eventually having a Jewish burial.
Gwen Stefani appears to have revealed a brand new tattoo! The No Doubt singer raised eyebrows this week when she shared a snapshot of an arm inking on her Instagram Stories.
