When Lewis Flint from England was 16, he thought it was hilarious getting Henry the Hoover tattooed just above his junk. Now that he’s older and ready to seriously date, he’s second guessing his choice.

Lewis recently told his story on Channel 4’s Bodyshockers in the UK. He said:

When I first got it done aged 16 I couldn’t stop getting it out, I got loads of attention and I was a bit of a local hero, I loved it. But I was with a girl recently and I liked her, things were going well until we got naked. When she saw it she said ‘what’s that? I am off!’ I was gutted, I never thought I would regret my tattoo when I got it done.

Part of the show is for the people to get their embarrassing body art or cosmetic surgery reversed, so of course Lewis wanted to get the tattoo removed, which wraps around and continues on his right ass-cheek.

When I think about that night the girl walked out it does haunt me and puts me off showing it to other women in the future. I know laser removal is painful but never getting laid again would be more painful.

It wasn’t very long before the laser removal proved to be too much for poor Lewis, and he asked the technician to quit. He’s now going to keep the ugly tat.

The thought of that going round near my balls is unbearable. I don’t know how people put up with 20 minutes of it. Laser is too painful for me to get rid of this tattoo, I am going to have to put up with it.

(via thegailygrind.com)