woman whose mugshot went viral because of face tattoos, shows after removal process begins

Alyssa began the grueling process of going under the laser in October 2019 so she could feel more 'normal' compared to those around her.

Speaking to Removery, the tattoo removal clinic she is undergoing surgery at, Alyssa said: 'I go into a store, and people stare at me. It makes me uncomfortable.

'I want to be looked at like a normal person. I live my life just like everybody else.'

Alyssa was told she would need around a dozen sessions, all 20 minutes each, to get rid of her tattoos.

'When I first started going, they did my cheeks, forehead, and hands because like a tattoo your body can only heal so much at once.'

'Now the cheeks are gone but we haven’t started around the mouth yet,' she explained.

The 31-year-old has been open and honest about the painful process and has compared the pain to the feeling of a 'rubber band snapping against your skin.'

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Five years ago Alyssa Zebrasky, 31, got a ‘Day of the Dead’ tattoo on her face while in a ‘toxic’ relationship with her ex-partner.

Alyssa, from Cleveland in Ohio, said: ‘We [my ex and I] were having a conversation one day and he said “you should get your face tattooed”

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‘Initially I said no and then he just kept talking about it. [Now I believe it was] so nobody else would want me.

‘He picked it [the tattoo design] out. It was a Day of the Dead sugar skull, it was my whole face.

‘He was covered from the top of his head to his feet [in tattoos], I’m guessing he wanted us to match.’

She ended up in police custody three times in six months – resulting in her unusual mugshot going viral.