Thirty-six-year-old Leandro de Souza, once Brazil’s most tattooed man, is awing followers with a new look after several ink-removal sessions.
His life took a sharp turn when a divorce years ago cratered his sense of self, and he slipped into hedonism.
De Souza eventually ended up in a homeless shelter, where he met a woman whom he claimed “evangelized” him.
He has since removed most of the tattoos on his face using lasers and posted the swollen, raw, and painful-looking results to his Instagram account.
Leandro de Souza had 170 tattoos over 95 percent of his body
“In 2023, I won the award for most tattooed man in Brazil at the Santa Rosa International Tattoo Expo,” he told Brazil’s O Globo.
“I lived off the flesh, had a life of s*x, d**gs, and rock ‘n roll,” recalled the now 36-year-