Gen Z brides with tattoo regret flock to laser treatment clinics to remove unsightly ink before weddings

(NEW YORK POST) – Shania Addington was 18 when she got her first tattoo. A decade later, the Gen Z bride-to-be wants out of the relationship. The 28-year-old had formerly meaningful quotes inked on both her forearm and back — a decision she now seriously regrets, saying they made her “feel like a book.”

So much so, the Arizonan has already initiated the lengthy removal process — with less than a year until her wedding. “I want to be able to wear a dress that I’m comfortable in where I’m not having to hide my tattoos,” Addington told The Post, calling the ink “embarrassing.”

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“I wish I’d thought about it back then,” she confessed, saying that the idea of taking photos for her upcoming wedding helped her make her decision.