Megan Fox's Tattoo Removal Is So Painful She Has To Wear A Mouthguard, Sources Say

As we already knew, Megan Fox is having her famous Marilyn Monroe tattoo removed from her forearm via laser.

But apparently it's not as easy as it sounds: Star magazine has a source claiming that Megan can barely stand the pain of the laser.

"After the first session Megan was freaking out over how badly it hurt," the actress' pal tells Star. "Her friend suggested a mouth guard to bite down on to help deal with the pain and protect her teeth."

The actress then reportedly sent husband Brian Austin Green to a sporting goods store where he scored a mouthguard, presumably designed for playing sports.

Ouch! Does tattoo removal really hurt that badly? This site claims it feels like a "rubber band snap" on the skin. Another comparison: like "getting hot specks of bacon grease on your skin."

Of course, most people opt for laser tattoo removal to eradicate the etched name of an ex, like Angelina Jolie, who covered up a dragon bearing the name of now ex-hubby Billy Bob Thornton with geographical coordinates of her children's birthplaces, and Johnny Depp's famous "Wino Forever" tattoo, a laser amendment from "Winona Forever" in honor of his ex Winona Ryder. Megan, apparently, was just "over" her Marilyn ink.

Maybe some of you with laser tattoo removal experience can weigh in: how badly does it really hurt?

Read more at Star Magazine/Radar Online.

Comments

[Yean Bell]

11:54 PM on 07/14/2012

The more treatments you have, the more the laser can penetrate to destroy the ink. But, the more treatments you have, the more damage you do to your skin, causing painful blisters and scabs that can eventually lead to scarring.

[JA Daw]

02:05 PM on 02/28/2012

I have now gone through 3 treatments to remove a tattoo from around my ankle and it is definitely not as bad as Megan is claiming. Like anything it all depends on what product you use. My Derm uses the Alma Lasers Harmony system with a specific hand piece he called a q switch. There are 2 tips he uses, depending on the color of ink he needs to remove and in about 10-15 minutes I am on my way. In the beginning he told me it could take up to 10 treatments, but after the 3 he feels another 2-3 will do the trick. I am very happy with the progress and say the pain to get it was worse than having it removed!

[tiaras]

11:51 PM on 01/06/2012

Having tattoos removed with a laser HURTS! A LOT! And it takes a very long time! You can only go once a month or so because of blistering, scabs, burning skin and possible scarring. It is WORSE than a rubber band spanning your skin over and over. You are having a laser burn the layers of your skin off, in order for new skin to grow. Your layers of skin that are being burned off have the ink in them. The new skin that grows eventually will not have the ink in it.

[Koreboomer]

11:02 PM on 01/05/2012

Sorry, but IMHO, tattoos are just so stupid.

Pretty ugly too, especially with age.

[SharonDoc]

03:32 PM on 01/01/2012

Laser tattoo removal HURTS a lot! Exactly like a rubberband snapping on your skin over and over on the same spot!

[CTracyIII]

10:15 AM on 01/01/2012

Tattoos are supposed to be permanent, if you dont like the pain of removal either dont get one in first place or think before you get one. Just saying...

[R Hale]

06:07 PM on 12/03/2012

The statement "If you don't like the pain of removal either, don't get one in the first place" is irrelevant in this response because how would someone who hasn't had one removed know the pain?? Who gets a tattoo and thinks "someday this will be painful to remove!". How does your statement make any sense, again, "if you don't like the paid of removal don't get one in the first place". Huh? How would I know the pain of removal if I've never had one removed in the first place? You get them because you want it forever, removal isn't a thought at that time. Removal usually comes later in life when there is a good reason to do it. Everyone saying it is painful isn't regretting having it removed, or done in the first place!

I am getting a tattoo removed that I got when I was 18. I loved it for years. Then I hit 29, grew up and my taste changed, and now want it removed. I'm not the same person as I was then. So your statement is not accurate in anyway. People make mistakes. When you're young it seems ok and when people tell you you'll regret it you think they are wrong. It's a hard lesson learned, not something as easily said and done as you say. It is an ignorant comment, so yeah...

[WEDO]

08:47 AM on 01/01/2012

Even if she didn't want to ditch Brian....I'd console her.
She is just about as close to perfection as you can get....well minus the stupid tattoo.

[Highball]

03:33 PM on 12/31/2011

I haven't had it done personally, but I know people who have, and they described it as extremely painful. So, I don't doubt Megan's having some trouble with it.

Poor girl. If she ever wants to ditch Brian, I'd be more than happy to console her. :)

[observeyor]

12:17 PM on 12/31/2011

she is fine without them

[ebanks84]

12:10 PM on 12/31/2011

Why anyone would want something embedded in their skin forever is beyond me. I would get sick of looking at anything that much.

[savyan]

11:18 AM on 12/31/2011

A tattoo is a reminder of temporary insanity! and when did she become a man!?

[lowbeam]

11:15 AM on 12/31/2011

Our Obama removal is going to be enjoyable. The pain will actually go away.

[samuelwilliams]

11:10 AM on 12/31/2011

As the Word Of God says we r giving reverences to the dead I posted some helpful items before but since it is spiritually related the posting was stripped but if it's like all these posting I'm reading in the natural it is all good Well let it serve as a lesson, r tatoos really worth it.

[bushitbrain]

11:05 AM on 12/31/2011

No Sympathy for this goddess, OR Anyone who desecrates their flesh w/tatoos or piercings. Poking a 1-inch hole thru your earlobes or a bone thru your nose or cheek ?? And later, if a fickle impulse to join the masses of asses who think they can `customize' their flesh backfires, either thru infection or dislike, Then Open Up yer wallet mate, for the laser, pain pills, & side-effex to follow.

[bkudeviz]

11:01 AM on 12/31/2011

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