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While any number of us may have indulged a little too deeply into the good times while on vacation in Las Vegas or Mexico, it may be safe to say that very few of us have decided to actually memorialize the event by getting what proves to be an unwanted tattoo. If you did get home from your vacation with the name of a fling or "what goes on the road stays on the road" emblazoned proudly across your chest (ladies, tsk tsk) you may have good reason to want to have it removed.

From the cursory examination of removal options I made on the Internet moments prior to writing this informative article, I can tell you that there are basically four options: laser treatments, Intense Pulsed Light therapy, abrasive friction or do-it-yourself creams. I don't recommend any of these treatments in particular but can tell you that after carefully weighing the options, I think that I want to keep my baby. Yes, papa.

Sorry to wreck yet another family gathering with my gaily coloured ink proclaiming "viva Mexico" but it can’t be helped. Maybe you guys can all pitch in and get me a bandana I can wear to hide my shame. Looking like Rambo is a small price to pay for domestic conviviality, even if it does carry with it the perceived threat of grotesque annihilation. Sly Stallone still had to go home to visit his mom didn’t he?

Yes, I am proud to say that as a fully realized and functional adult and member of society I can live most bodaciously with the consequences of my actions. Maybe my judgement was clouded by Mescal, maybe it was a particularly warm day in Cabo when this all went down but I'm here as a testament to living through poor taste: struggling through life’s difficulties to triumph in a different way. I am a triumph of spirit and a lasting denial of the practise of eugenics in the modern world.

When I settle down at night in my ninth floor walk up sandwiched between the fire exit and the laundry room I have time to reflect on my choices and what they have made of me and my life. I prefer to see it all as a fine victory instead of a miserable failure.

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