{"id":534426,"date":"2023-01-03T17:20:42","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T14:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/alyssa-zebrasky-from-viral-mugshots-removes-face-tattoos\/"},"modified":"2023-01-03T17:20:42","modified_gmt":"2023-01-03T14:20:42","slug":"alyssa-zebrasky-from-viral-mugshots-removes-face-tattoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/alyssa-zebrasky-from-viral-mugshots-removes-face-tattoos\/","title":{"rendered":"#Alyssa Zebrasky from viral mugshots removes face tattoos"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a232990ef94f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg 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photo showed her forehead covered with a spider web tattoo, along with Day of the Dead-inspired skull design around her eyes, cheeks, nose and lips.<\/p>\n<p>In April. 2019, Zebrasky and her macabre ink were back in the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> after she was picked by the police again.<\/p>\n<p>But now, more than three years later, Zebrasky has turned her life around after completing a drug court program and rehabilitation. <\/p>\n<p>As part of her recovery process, she has decided to get rid of all her face tattoos in a bid to forget about an ex-boyfriend.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-90.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"Alyssa Zebrasky is pictured after undergoing multiple sessions to laser off her macabre face tattoos, some of which are still visible. \" class=\"wp-image-25217416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-90.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-90.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1152 1152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-90.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=768 768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-90.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=384 384w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-90.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"\/><figcaption>Alyssa Zebrasky is pictured after undergoing multiple sessions to laser off her macabre face tattoos, some of which are still visible. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kennedy News and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Media<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"769\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-87.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Zebrasky's mugshot from Dec. 2018\" class=\"wp-image-25217426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-87.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-87.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-87.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Zebrasky\u2019s mugshot from Dec. 2018 went viral following her arrest on shoplifting and drug charges. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kennedy News \/ Mahoing County Sh<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zebrasky said that she had agreed to acquire the grim body art more than four years ago while in a toxic relationship with her then-partner, who at the time was in a gang that she wanted to join. To become part of the group, the boyfriend told her she needed to get face tattoos.<\/p>\n<p>The woman went under the needle during two arduous sessions in June 2018, from which she emerged looking like the stuff of nightmares, reported Kennedy News.<\/p>\n<p>Zebrasky found herself in police custody three times in six months, including one incident with her ex that resulted in short police chase, which they blamed on him \u201cneeding the bathroom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After undergoing rehabilitation, Zebrasky became desperate to permanently get rid of the tattoos, so she turned to a Texas-based charity called INK-nitiatve, which helps people remove undesired body art to get a fresh start free of stigma.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-95.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"Zebrasky with full face tattoos\" class=\"wp-image-25217434\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-95.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-95.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1152 1152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-95.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=768 768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-95.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=384 384w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-95.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"\/><figcaption>Zebrasky said her ex-boyfriend, who was in a gang, had encouraged her to get the tattoos in 2018 \u2014 and even picked out the Day of the Dead design. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kennedy News and Media<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With support from her family and her new partner, with whom she is in \u201cthe healthiest relationship\u201d she\u2019s ever been in, Zebrasky has been documenting her ink removal journey on social media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLooking back at those pictures, I just feel dis<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ointed in myself,\u201d she said of her viral mugshots. \u201cBut I have to remember that I hadn\u2019t worked on myself or tried to learn how to love myself like I have now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo then I feel proud because change is possible and healing and learning new things are possible. I like being able to look back and see my personal growth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Despite sporting tattoos all over her body, heavy machinery worker Zebrasky only wants to remove the ones on her face and hands due to the association of them with her ex, which she said had pushed her to get the inkings \u2013 and even picked out the Dead of the Dead design.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cInitially I said no and then he just kept talking about it. [Now I believe it was] so nobody else would want me,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Ohio woman added that while she was in jail, her then-boyfriend visited her only twice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to think about that every time I look in the mirror,\u201d she said. \u201cI started healing mentally from all the stuff I went through with him.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-99-1.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"Zebrasky with full face tattoos\" class=\"wp-image-25217443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-99-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-99-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1152 1152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-99-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=768 768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-99-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=384 384w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-99-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"\/><figcaption>The 31-year-old machine worker says people stare at her wherever she goes, which makes her feel uncomfortable.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Kennedy News and Media<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zebrasky started the grueling de-inking process in October 2019 at the Pittsburgh Removery as part of her quest to feel \u201cnormal\u201d \u2014 and be regarded as such by those around.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI go into a store, and people stare at me. It makes me uncomfortable,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/removery.com\/blog\/face-tattoo-removal\/\">she said in a testimonial shared on the tattoo removal clinic\u2019s website<\/a>. \u201cI want to be looked at like a normal person. I live my life just like everybody else.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Zebrasky was told she\u2019d need a dozen 20-minute sessions to clear up her face.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I first started going, they did my cheeks, forehead, and hands because like a tattoo your body can only heal so much at once,\u201d she explained. \u201cNow the cheeks are gone but we haven\u2019t started around the mouth yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-facebook-3-1.jpg?w=768\" alt=\"Zebrasky\" class=\"wp-image-25217446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-facebook-3-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1536 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-facebook-3-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1152 1152w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-facebook-3-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=768 768w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-facebook-3-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=384 384w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/01\/Alyssa-Zebrasky-facebook-3-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\"\/><figcaption>Zebrasky will require a dozen 20-minute sessions to remove all the ink from her face.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Zebrasky said the process of removing the ink from the nose has been especially painful.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe initial pain from the laser I would relate to having a rubber band snapping against your skin, that\u2019s what the laser feels like and then like afterwards it\u2019s sore for 30 minutes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt welts up afterwards and there\u2019s some pain almost like if you spilt oil from the stove on your hand, that\u2019s the closest I can compare to what it feels like on my hands,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>Becca, a Removery technician who has been working with Zebrasky, stated on the business\u2019s website that initially she was \u201cintimidated\u201d by her client\u2019s appearance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never seen so many tattoos on someone\u2019s face,\u201d she said. \u201cWe didn\u2019t know what her background was; why she went to jail.\u201d But Becca said she soon discovered that the 31-year-old was \u201csweet\u201d and \u201cfunny.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the tattoos get blasted off her skin, Zebrasky said she\u2019s now \u201caccepted\u201d her face and hopes that by being honest about her experiences she will help others in a similar situation. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a very long time, I felt like I wasn\u2019t free. Like I had to live a certain way because of things that were going on in my life with addiction and self-harm,\u201d Zebrasky said in her testimonial. \u201cAnd now, I feel like I don\u2019t have to live like that anymore. I can just live my life \u2014 I\u2019m finally free.\u201d\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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