Whether to immortalize a stage of your life, express a facet of your personality or engrave the name of your loved one, there are a thousand and one reasons to get a tattoo.
But because nothing is forever, there are just as many people wanting to remove a tattoo.
When Iris* walks through the doors of a tattoo removal center located in the heart of Paris this sunny Tuesday in March, she seems a little jaded.
“
It’s no longer relevant ,
”
she said, extending her right hand.
All around the base of her ring finger is the first name of a man, tattooed like a wedding ring.
Like this elegant thirty-year-old, 50 to 60 people flock to the establishment every day to erase the traces of a past that there is no longer any question of displaying.
And knowing that 25% of those under 30 are tattooed in France, the vein is not about to dry up.
“
We see people every day who want to have their ex’s name removed ,
”
notes a young doctor (he wishes to remain anonymous) who works…
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