Everyone handles major life changes differently. When Carl McCoid got divorced in 2010, he dealt with it by covering his body with Miley Cyrus tattoos.
Now, several years later, 42 year-old McCoid -- who named one of his kids after the pop singer -- says he will undergo laser tattoo removal, The Mirror reports.
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"There's a dude that holds a record of the most pictures of my face," Cyrus said in an interview in 2013 when she was promoting Bangerz. "He has like 18 pictures of my face and they're really ugly."
McCoid's plan is to start by having the three portrait tattoos removed. That means his knuckle tattoos that bear Cyrus' name and the words "strategic hot mess" ink will stick around for now, as will his Bangerz back tattoo, which he got before the album was released (and his subsequent realization that he wasn't a huge fan of her post-Can't Be Tamed music).
"Right now, I have 29 tattoos done and have spent £2,800," McCoid told The Daily Mail. "I never thought I would regret it."
He hopes that getting the tattoos removed will help him move on with his life and find a girlfriend. The process will be more expensive than getting the tattoos, but McCoid has clearly decided that it's worth the expense.