Man Documents Tattoo Removal After Divorce Led Him to Cover 95 Percent of His Body in Ink: ‘Felt Like a Circus Attraction’

Leandro de Souza was once known as Brazil’s most tattooed man—more than 170 pieces spread across 95% of his body. Now, he’s documenting a reversal: laser by laser, layer by layer.

His before-and-after posts show a face once inked like a mask gradually giving way to new skin, a quiet record of change after years of living as a spectacle.