Tattoos

3 on my upper right arm that I had done years ago, an octopus a radiolarian and a starfish. Even if they were really well done in the first place, which they weren't, they fade massively over 20 years and end up becoming pale shadows of what they were, metaphorically and literally.

I had the choice of getting a cover-up done by an artist that I really rated (and waited ages for due to an immense waiting list) but she recommended I get zapped a couple of times to lighten them a bit more for the cover-up.

Once I saw the effect of lazer and realised tattoos were no longer permanent (they were when I had them done - short of a skin graft) I decided to get them wiped completely as they had no sentimental meaning for me and whatever cover-up I got done would also fade considerably in another decade or two.

Props for ditching the idea altogether. Incidentally, were they done in a Ernst Haeckel style?