Why Is Everyone Getting Their Tattoos Removed?

Why Is Everyone Getting Their Tattoos Removed?

For decades, Americans were covering their bodies with more and more tattoos. Now, they’re getting them removed as fast as they can. We speak with the patients going under the laser, the tattoo-removal technicians whose business is booming, and the tattoo artists whose work is being erased to understand how something so permanent became so ephemeral.

Why is everyone getting their tattoos removed?

For decades, Americans were covering their bodies with more and more tattoos. Now, they’re getting them removed as fast as they can. We speak with the patients going under the laser, the tattoo-removal technicians whose business is booming, and the tattoo artists whose work is being erased to understand how something so permanent became so ephemeral

Although tattoos are becoming increasingly popular, a large group of people regret having them. - I got my first tattoo myself when I was 17. I currently have 18. To tell the truth, I regret ever getting tattooed. I'm in the process of getting them removed - says Joanna in an interview with us. There are more people in Poland who regret not just one, but several, and sometimes even all of their tattoos.