We all make decisions in life and sometimes, those decisions may come back to haunt us in different ways. Sometimes, they can even change us for a lifetime, which is what one woman from Florida experienced.
Taylor White was tattooed against her will, and the results were going to change her life from that point forward. It all started when she was dating a man when she was only 21 years old, and the relationship escalated until he was both physically and verbally abusive.
When the woman went out for her 21st birthday, the man seemed to have some plans set up ahead of time. He ensured that Taylor was intoxicated and along with a few of his friends, they enticed her to go to a motel.
When Taylor woke up, she was in unbelievable pain. She doesn’t have any memories of what happened the previous evening but she does have a foggy notion that she was abused.
After getting up and looking in the mirror, she saw that tattoos had been given to her all over her face. These weren’t tattoos anyone would want to have, as they depicted ‘really horrible things.’
At first, she tried to cover up the tattoos with concealer as she was getting over the stress of what had happened. She thought that she had done okay, but a supervisor had noticed them from underneath the makeup.
The supervisor was a kind person and he knew that she couldn’t live like that. He offered to cover the tattoos in blackout ink so that she could go on with a ‘normal life.’
That was in 2008 and over the years, Taylor had many job rejections as a result of the blackout ink. That was about to change, after a TikTok user, TheDadBot accidentally found her live stream.
The creator of that TikTok channel, was moved by her storyKarridy Askenasy and he had a strong desire to do something about it. He said: “The trouble she was facing obviously had a personal effect on her. It was preventing her from doing the most good possible.”
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The kind man even offered to pay for tattoo removal and a number of hospitals were contacted. He wanted to provide assistance for the laser treatment so they could move forward.
That is where a company called Removery stepped up to the plate. They use lasers to remove tattoos and they offered to conduct the procedure at no cost, even though it typically would’ve cost several thousand dollars.
It might take as long as two years for Taylor to be completely tattoo-free. According to the president of clinical operations at Removery, Taylor smiled through the entire first session.
Taylor, who is 37 years old, had a positive view of it. She said: “I’m not having it removed purely for cosmetic reasons.”
“This is really removing a part of me that I no longer represent or live in.”
