{"id":243162,"date":"2023-12-07T15:09:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=243162"},"modified":"2023-12-07T15:09:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-07T15:09:54","slug":"im-fed-up-with-people-calling-me-a-bad-girl-because-of-my-tattoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/im-fed-up-with-people-calling-me-a-bad-girl-because-of-my-tattoos\/","title":{"rendered":"I&apos;m fed up with people calling me a bad girl because of my tattoos"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1> I&#8217;m fed up with people calling me a bad girl because of my tattoos &#8211; so I&#8217;m getting them removed<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><span>Lauren Burnside, 30, from Australia spoke\u00a0of her plight as a tattooed woman<\/span><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: I have tattoos everywhere &#8211; trolls dislike my ink, but I don&#8217;t care<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A woman who was &#8216;addicted&#8217; to getting tattoos reveals why she is now getting them removed \u2013 with people constantly assuming she&#8217;s a &#8216;bad girl&#8217; because of her extensive ink.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren Burnside, 30, from Australia got her first piece \u2013 a set of roses on her stomach &#8211; done when she was just 18 years old, after becoming inspired by\u00a0Lady Gaga&#8217;s floral back tattoo.<\/p>\n<p>In the years following, she added more ink to her collection \u2013 getting 18 more, setting her back around $20,000.<\/p>\n<p>But despite initially enjoying the art, the now 30-year-old has begun to &#8216;hate&#8217; her tattoos and is getting them removed one by one \u2013 having already lasered off nine, and is in the process of removing a further six.<\/p>\n<p>She<span>\u00a0initially got the tats as a &#8216;coping mechanism&#8217; while struggling with <\/span>depression\u00a0but &#8216;regretted every single one&#8217; and is removing them as she is fed up of public scrutiny.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/13\/78689885-12837247-Pictured_is_the_stunning_Lauren_with_a_glossy_lip_wearing_her_sh-a-16_1701954927603.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pictured is the stunning Lauren, with a glossy lip, wearing her shiny black locks down. She is in the process of removing her tattoos as she is fed up of the scrutiny<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/14\/78689883-12837247-Half_clothed_you_can_see_how_the_extent_of_Lauren_s_inking_almos-a-22_1701957827911.jpg\" height=\"849\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Half-clothed you can see how the extent of Lauren&#8217;s inking &#8211; almost from head to toe<\/p>\n<p>She was &#8216;essentially covered&#8217; by 25,when the appeal wore off, and the heavy inking attracted comments in public and criticism from her family members.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;I feel like they are the first thing anyone sees when I&#8217;m wearing shorts or a dress and it makes me feel incredibly insecure.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;People make assumptions about me and my personality based on how I look \u2013 especially the older generation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve heard whispers of snarly remarks and been looked up and down in public, and it hurts.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;ve found that because of my tattoos, men interact with me differently. They immediately assume I&#8217;m a &#8216;bad girl&#8217; or a &#8216;biker girl&#8217;, which isn&#8217;t the case.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;They also assume I&#8217;m promiscuous and often over-sexualise me because of the way I look.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I also come from a family of &#8216;clean skins&#8217; \u2013 neither of my parents have a single tattoo so you can imagine their shock when I started getting heavily tattooed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;My mum warned me [and] she knows me better than I know myself.\u00a0She knew I would regret them but at the time I couldn&#8217;t be reasoned with.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/14\/78690229-12837247-A_close_up_of_one_of_her_tats_Lauren_is_getting_them_removed_one-a-23_1701957827913.jpg\" height=\"480\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>A close up of one of her tats. Lauren is getting them removed one by one \u2013 having already lasered off nine, and is in the process of removing a further six<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/12\/07\/14\/78690231-12837247-Although_her_mother_warned_her_in_her_youth_she_decided_to_swap_-a-24_1701957827914.jpg\" height=\"851\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Although her mother warned her, in her youth she decided to swap her &#8216;clean skin&#8217; for ink<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I was in my rebellious era. In hindsight, I wish I had listened&#8217;.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, she plans to have &#8216;completely clean skin&#8217; within the next few years, with the removal process costing her an estimated double what she originally spent.<\/p>\n<p>Lauren added: &#8216;I&#8217;ve been in the process of removing these tattoos my entire adult life so it&#8217;s become really defeating.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I don&#8217;t expect I will have completely clean skin until I&#8217;m until I&#8217;m in my mid-30s, and that makes me really upset that I wasted my 20s in a body I didn&#8217;t feel comfortable in&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12837247\/Woman-tattoos-removed-bad-girl.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m fed up with people calling me a bad girl because of my tattoos &#8211; so I&#8217;m getting them removed Lauren Burnside, 30, from Australia spoke\u00a0of her plight as a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":243161,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I&amp;apos;m fed up with people calling me a bad girl because of my tattoos - lovemainstream.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/im-fed-up-with-people-calling-me-a-bad-girl-because-of-my-tattoos\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I&amp;apos;m fed up with people calling me a bad girl because of my tattoos - lovemainstream.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I&#8217;m fed up with people calling me a bad girl because of my tattoos &#8211; 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