Among all of the great sacrifices parents make for their children, an Australian dad who decided to go for the painful tattoo removal to shed his past for the sake of his daughter is an essential case. His previously chosen ink now fades not for him, but for her. In a way, love means that we allow ourselves to be rewritten by another person.
Notable Changes
Ethan ‘ModBoy’ Bramble, living in the New South Wales area, has burned a total of $40,000 on tattooing his body, even his face, since he changed himself for the first time as an 11-year-old. Initially, the thing with stretched earlobes turned out to be a fascination that transformed him into a real piece of art. Twenty-two-year-old Ethan could be called a human zoo.
More than 40 Modifications
Ethan Bramble, a name which is now associated with artistic skin full of tattoos and multiple body part surgeries, at the age of 22, had approximately 40 different modifications. Among the top complex ones were full-body tattoos, including eye, split tongue (“the most intense”), and without touching the gentle area of the belly button, only the skin resided there. After the procedure was performed at the age of 17, he went through a lot of pain and had to sit up to sleep for days, not to choke.
Unique, if not Bizarre
The next year, Bramble drew attention to himself by posting taunts on social media at the police who were chasing him as he was attempting to evade an arrest warrant for undisclosed charges. He reacted to the scandal by going through more body modifications, such as the surgical implantation of a silicone spider in his hand. “I have always been attracted to the most extraordinary modifications,” he pointed out, “like Aztec nospiercings and then, you discover that you can go wilder and even more intense.”
Decision for the Elimination
Ethan doesn’t feel remorse for having tattoos, but wants to do something to change the others’ perspective of him, as he is afraid of being judged when he takes his child to school. “Facial tattoos will become a liability,” he suggests, “and she does not need to go through that in the meantime.” Reviewing his thoughts, he comments, “If I could have turned back time, I wouldn’t have gone to that extent of covering my whole face.”
Painful Therapy
Ethan tried laser removal since the beginning of last year, using parts of his tattoos and treating these sections in rounds. “Six or seven times in total, my whole face has been through,” he disclosed. To get out of a state of anxiety was the reason he did it, as he confessed, “Having a face full of tattoos affects you psychologically more than you think.”
Planning for His Future
Ethan’s transition has evoked a wide range of responses, with the biggest number of his 125K Instagram followers being solidly behind his choice, regardless of how they are perceived as radical or bizarre. Now, as a father, Ethan’s thoughts and principles are different, and the path he has taken leads him to a complete makeover. “I like the way I am, but in two years, the tattoos on my face will probably be gone,” he mentions. “She’s the reason why I’m cleaning up the blank canvas.
