CHICAGO (WLS) -- October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and a Lakeview tattoo artist is helping survivors rewrite their stories.

Ben Wahhh says he spends hours, sometimes days carefully imagining a new design to cover old tattoos and in some cases old scars for survivors of domestic violence. With each drop of ink, he says there's a reclaiming of freedom.

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"It seemed like one pain led to another pain. It was like a spiral," survivor Angela Potts said. "I thought I would die in pain."

Potts was left with scars after her relationship became violent.

"Looking in the mirror, a constant reminder of the abuse," Potts said.

With one tattoo pen, that painful reminder is transforming into power.

"It's like a puzzle. You have to m

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