Reformed racist has **** tattoos removed in world first operation

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/weird-world/2011/11/01/reformed-racist-has-****-tattoos-removed-in-world-first-operation-115875-23528864/

Theres hope for everyone

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Good for him.

I must say he's much handsomer without the tattoos.

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Man Has Race Hate Tattoos Burned Off His Face
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Bryon Widner had 25 operations over 16 months to remove his facial tattoos
6:03pm UK, Monday October 31, 2011

A former white supremacist gang leader has undergone months of painful laser treatment to erase hate-filled tattoos from his face.
Bryon Widner, for years an "enforcer" for some of America's most notorious racist groups, shunned his beliefs after marrying but struggled to get a job due to his appearance.

He was so desperate to hide his tattoos he even contemplated using acid to disfigure himself but eventually found a sponsor for expensive laser treatment.

The process, which cost $32,400 (£20,233), was so painful that he had to be put under general anaesthetic each time and it took 25 operations over 16 months before it was complete.



Mr Widner was an 'enforcer' for some of America's most notorious racist groups

Now his face is completely clear and scar-free and his hair has grown back.

His arms and torso are still extensively tattooed but he is inking over the "political" designs such as **** lightning bolts.

The former racist, a founder of the Vinlanders gang of skinheads in Ohio, used to have swastikas branded on his scalp as well as HATE stamped across his knuckles, "Blood & Honour" on his neck and "Thug Reich" on his stomach.

A black arrow, pointing upwards, was also etched onto his forehead as a symbol of his willingness to die for his race.

He and his wife Julie, a former member of the National Alliance, started to question their beliefs after they married in 2006 and were raising Mrs Widner's three children and a baby of their own.

Mr Widner sent his "patch" back to his skinhead group and threw all his other belongings denoting his former life onto a bonfire but the couple struggled to find a solution for his facial tattoos.

They scoured the internet but the surgery was so complicated and expensive that they started to investigate homemade possibilities.

He said: "I was totally prepared to douse my face in acid."



Mr Widner had considered using acid to hide his extensive tattoos

Eventually, they were put in touch with the Southern Poverty Law Centre who became convinced the couple were genuine and found a sponsor to pay for the treatment.

The donor said: "For him to have any chance in life and do good, I knew those tattoos had to come off."

Dr Bruce Shack, of the Department of Plastic Surgery at Vanderbilt University Medical Centre in Nashville, used a laser pen to trace the tattoos and burned them off Mr Widner's face.

After a couple of sessions, he realised his patient was in too much pain and that he would have to be given a general anaesthetic each time.

Mr Widner now suffers frequent migraines and has to stay out the sun because of the treatment but he says: "It's a small price to pay for being human again








He looks so much happier!



Please Bob, post the stories!

Well that is much better and there is always hope that they see the light!

David wrote:Well that is much better and there is always hope that they see the light!

He does look so much better!

Nems Again wrote:

He does look so much better!

He really should wash his hair though.

eddie wrote:

He really should wash his hair though.

Thought that was his brylcreem!

Nems Again wrote:

Thought that was his brylcreem!

Whatever it is, someone needs to tell him Elvis is dead.

eddie wrote:

Whatever it is, someone needs to tell him Elvis is dead.

He is? I thought he was down the chip shop!

eddie wrote:

Whatever it is, someone needs to tell him Elvis is dead.

When I was little I used to sit on the lid of the loo and watch my dad put his brylcreem on and of course I had to have a go. So I
locked myself in the loo and put the whole pot on my head.

Then I got locked in the loo and my dad had to climb in through the window.
My mum near passed out cause she thought I had had my head down the loo.

The had to use fairy liqued to try and get it out my hair

Nems Again wrote:

When I was little I used to sit on the lid of the loo and watch my dad put his brylcreem on and of course I had to have a go. So I
locked myself in the loo and put the whole pot on my head.

Then I got locked in the loo and my dad had to climb in through the window.
My mum near passed out cause she thought I had had my head down the loo.

The had to use fairy liqued to try and get it out my hair

Your poor mum and dad. Even then, you were trouble.

eddie wrote:

Your poor mum and dad. Even then, you were trouble.

But I was cute.
I found a photo the other day of me in a deckchair aged about three with a big sunhat and some cool shades .
It was taken in my mums friend Marguertia's garden, or Marfy Rita as I used to call her

Nems Again wrote:

But I was cute.
I found a photo the other day of me in a deckchair aged about three with a big sunhat and some cool shades .
It was taken in my mums friend Marguertia's garden, or Marfy Rita as I used to call her

Was the sunhat to disguise the brylcreem?