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Dutchwoman Joke winces as lasers crackle over her skin, removing one of the 250 tattoos her abusive partner scrawled all over her body and face, anywhere he believed another man had touched her.
The 53-year-old is one of hundreds helped by Rotterdam-based foundation Spijt van Tattoo (“Tattoo Regret”), which offers victims free laser treatment and is poised to expand internationally.
Joke (pronounced Yo-Ke) suffered years of abuse, locked in caravans and sheds, and forcibly tattooed at home with a tattoo gun until virtually no area of her body was ink-free.
Joke, a woman who suffered years of abuse and forcibly tattooed, sits as a doctor erases her tattoos with a laser at a specialized clinic in Rotterdam, on July 13, 2026. Photo: NICOLAS TUCAT / AFP
He daubed his name on her face more than a dozen times, on her forehead, nose, cheeks, chin, even her eyelids.
Even when…
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