Getting a tattoo removed is notoriously painful. Often even worse than getting the tattoo itself, apparently. Which is why a lot of people who’ve made unfortunate tattoo decisions opt to get the whole thing… redesigned, rather than taken off completely.

Remember when Johnny Depp turned ‘Winona Forever’ changed to ‘Wino Forever’? Kind of like that.

Basically, if you can come up with a clever redesign to avoid getting the whole thing removed, that’s ideal.

And that’s exactly what this awesome guy did.

Here’s the original:

And here’s the updated version:

#NailedIt