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I Covered Up A Tattoo That Reminded Me Of My Ex

Who needs a visual reminder of the heartbreak?
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Senior Lifestyle Reporter, HuffPost

When you’re in a relationship, getting tattoos to symbolize your love makes a lot of sense. But if the relationship ends, you’re left with a visual reminder of your heartbreak, which often makes moving on even more difficult.

In the BuzzFeed video above, a woman named Brittany decides to cover up a tattoo she got for her ex during their five-year emotionally abusive relationship. 

“It’s been a long time coming,” she said. “I’ve been working really hard just to move forward and not feel a certain way about my life anymore and the things I’ve gone through.” 

The new tattoo, she said, will “give [her] the freedom to just be and live and be worry free.” 

Watch the clip to see how the tattoo is transformed by Los Angeles-based tattoo artist Miryam Lumpini. 

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History of Tattoos Past Photos
"Your skin tells people if you're healthy, how old you are, whether you're embarrassed, nervous or sick. That's the language of skin."(01 of14)
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(credit:P. 312 – image 3, Marquesan tattoos illustrated by Karl von den Steinen, 1925, credit: photo Anna Felicity Friedman)
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(credit:P. 254 – Neolithic Japanese dogu figurine from the Jomon period, credit: The Art Archive/Alamy)
"When a tattoo artist makes marks on skin, he or she joins a conversation in progress. When you choose a tattoo, you reveal something about yourself that is already there, even if it's only a hope."(03 of14)
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(credit:P.104 – image 5, Tupinambá warrior from Claude d’Abbeville, 1614, credit: Anna Felicity Friedman)
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(credit:P. 102 – image 3, Nazca anthropomorphic vessel with tattooed arms, 180 BCE-500 CE, credit: Art Institute of Chicago, photo Anna Felicity Friedman)
"Like tattoos, sky charts respond to faint clues on a silent surface, finding figures and patterns where nature has not spelled things out."(05 of14)
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(credit:Horimono in a late 19th Century Lithograph by Wilhelm Joest, credit: Anna Felicity Friedman)
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(credit:P. 135 – image 8, Tattooed inmate from Cesare Lombroso, 1876, credit: Anna Felicity Friedman)
"Writing on a sheet of paper is different than writing on the skin because the skin is also writing its own story."(07 of14)
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(credit:P. 132 – image 6, Pilgrimage tattoos on German diplomat Heinrich Wilhelm Ludolf in an anonymous early 18th-century portrait, credit: akg-images)
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(credit:P.107 – image 10, Contemporary El Salvador gang tattoos, credit: Jan Sochor/Alamy)
"Another difference between writing and tattoing is that the tattoo speaks in two different directions: it speaks to the people who see it, as well as to the person who wears it."(09 of14)
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(credit:P.214 – image 2, Egyptian 'Bride of the Dead' figurine from the Middle Kingdom, c. 2033-1710 BCE, credit: The Art Archive/Alamy)
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(credit:P. 313 – image 4, Samoan pe’a as illustrated in the Wilkes expedition narrative, 1845, credit: Anna Felicity Friedman)
"A tattoo signals to people who see it, telling them about you, but it also writes back, telling you about yourself."(11 of14)
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(credit:P. 316 – image 7, Tattoo patterns from Borneo recorded by Charles Hose and R. Shelford, 1906, credit: photo Anna Felicity Friedman)
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(credit:P. 138 – image 12, Tattoos by Sutherland Macdonald, 1890s, credit: Anna Felicity Friedman)
"A full tattoo is like a deep conversation: your tattoo tells me about you and it tells you about yourself."(13 of14)
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(credit:P.130 – image 2, Prehistoric Cucuteni-Tripolye figurine with possible tattoos, 4th-5th century BCE, credit: The Art Archive/Alamy)
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(credit:P. 215 – image 3, Libyan men with tattoos from the Tomb of Seti I, as drawn by Carl Richard Lepsius, 1842-45, credit: Razzouk Family)

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