{"id":6572,"date":"2025-05-22T08:23:25","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T07:23:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=6572"},"modified":"2025-05-22T08:23:25","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T07:23:25","slug":"24-year-old-dad-whose-body-is-completely-covered-with-more-than-200-tattoos-removed-them-for-the-sake-of-his-baby-daughter-better-sit-down-before-seeing-him-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/?p=6572","title":{"rendered":"24-year-old dad, whose body is completely covered with more than 200 tattoos, removed them for the sake of his baby daughter, Better sit down before seeing him today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethan \u201cModBoy\u201d Bramble, an Australian body modification enthusiast, has captured public attention with over 200 tattoos and a journey that began when he was just 11 years old. From stretched ears to a split tongue and even the removal of his belly button, Ethan has spent around $39,000 USD transforming himself into a living canvas.<\/p>\n<p>But despite once embracing his radical appearance, he now admits to feeling deep regret\u2014especially over his facial tattoos. In a candid interview, Ethan shared how his look, particularly the ink on his face, has impacted not just his own life, but also how others perceive him, including concerns about how it might affect his young daughter. What started as self-expression eventually became a source of anxiety and public judgment.<\/p>\n<p>Now, Ethan is on a mission to \u201cclear the canvas\u201d through laser tattoo removal\u2014a long and painful process he hopes will help him feel more at ease in everyday life. Over the past year, he\u2019s undergone multiple sessions in hopes of reducing the intensity of his ink and reclaiming a new version of himself.<\/p>\n<p>While he doesn\u2019t completely regret who he\u2019s become, he recognizes the value in change and self-reflection. Ethan\u2019s story is a powerful reminder that we all evolve, and no matter how permanent our past may seem, there\u2019s always room to reshape our identity and future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethan \u201cModBoy\u201d Bramble, an Australian body modification enthusiast, has captured public attention with over 200 tattoos and a journey that began when he was just 11 years old. From stretched ears to a split tongue and even the removal of his belly button, Ethan has spent around $39,000 USD transforming himself into a living canvas. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2721,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-random-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6573,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6572\/revisions\/6573"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/buzzfeednews.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}