Tattoo Regrets In Los Angeles
True story: As a fourth-year medical student I spent a summer working with a dermatologist in Los Angeles. In addition to all the skin cancer removal, sun damage, and Mohs surgery patients, my preceptor had a thriving laser tattoo removal business.
One day a rock band electric guitarist came into the office requesting help for an incident he’d had the night before. Apparently he’d gotten terribly drunk (+/- stoned) and made an impulsive tattoo decision that he regretted deeply in the light of morning.
The gaunt, long-haired gentleman entered the dermatology suite with his head hung low. He sat down in the exam chair and explained that he was there for a tattoo removal consultation. “Man, I can’t believe I did this to myself,” he muttered as he unbuttoned his shirt.
I wondered what on earth could be so terrible…
And then I saw it.
It was an 8 inch by 4 inch, bright yellow and black tattoo…
On the left side of his neck…
An exact replica of…
The periodic table of the elements.
Oh… how funny. Thanks for the laugh.
Very funny! Did he regret getting a tattoo or just the one of the periodic table?
that must have cost him money to remove that tattoo….you should not really get a tattoo on an impulse more so when you're drunk or stoned….
that must have cost him money to remove that tattoo….you should not really get a tattoo on an impulse more so when you're drunk or stoned….