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Born and raised in Philadelphia, Ron Hoover’s childhood was filled with sports, WWF action figures, and a passion for animals. He spent most of his days playing football, basketball, and wrestling without ever caring about his weight or body image. He was a healthy kid, simply doing what he loved most at the time.
However, young adulthood created a new set of challenges for Ron. The healthy habits he maintained as a child started slipping away, causing him to gain a noticeable amount of weight. Eventually, Ron saw a photo of himself at the beach, and the image served as a huge wake-up call. He wasn’t happy with the man he saw in that picture, and he decided it was time for serious lifestyle changes.
Ron started going to the gym, improving his diet, and rebuilding the healthy habits he once had. His dedication and discipline paid off quickly, resulting in weight loss and newfound comfort in his body.
Despite returning to a healthier weight, Ron kept going to the gym. “I just stayed with it because I fell in love with the gym. [Then], I became this humungous 260-pound 6-foot-5 burly tattooed guy,” he says. Soon, he shifted his focus from losing weight to intentionally building muscle through bodybuilding. He sought guidance from established bodybuilders in his area and hired a nutrition coach to ensure every day was perfectly curated to his fitness goals.
Today, Ron spends approximately five hours training nearly every single day, focusing on supersets and wrestling to maximize muscle growth. He weighs between 255 and 265 pounds while maintaining approximately 8.5%–9% body fat. Through his commitment, Ron completely transformed his body and his relationship with it.
Even though Ron was happy with his physique again, a new insecurity started to develop: the quality of his tattoos. They were old, mismatched, and poor quality. While it might sound like a simple fix, Ron was covered in these tattoos. There was simply no easy escape from his ink, and their presence constantly hindered his newly rebuilt confidence.
One day, Ron got a new tattoo on his forearm. The piece, completed by Chris Kalodimas, changed Ron’s perspective on tattoos entirely. “There are [tattoo artists] that do artwork like this, and I covered my whole entire body already,” he recalls. He was incredibly disappointed that his skin was already covered in tattoos he didn’t like anymore, leaving very little room for artwork he actually enjoyed.
His disappointment was short-lived, thanks to an encounter with Phil from Removery. Looking at his tattoos, the tattoo removal company was confident they could help ease his tattoo regrets.
“My whole journey has been with [Removery]. I had a full-body suit that I removed; it was decades of tattoos.”
Ron Hoover’s tattoo removal journey incorporated both complete removal and tattoo fading. However, most of his tattoos were completely removed to make the design process easier for his tattoo artists. Ron’s new tattoos involved a lot of negative space within each design. Therefore, complete removal was often a more convenient approach to ensure each tattoo turned out exactly as he wanted.
Over the last five years, Ron has experienced tattoo removal on nearly every part of his body, including his armpits, ribcage, and back. It certainly has been a lengthy process for the bodybuilder, but he finds the entire journey incredibly worthwhile.
“Laser removal really helped [rebuild] my confidence and [made] me realize how many more talented artists are out there,” he explains. “It helped me change my life for the better.”
Like bodybuilding, laser tattoo removal is a journey that requires patience, consistency, and a commitment to personal evolution. It can transform how you feel in your skin while removing physical reminders of past decisions.
The removal process gave Ron a fresh start, allowing him to feel truly confident in his skin again with tattoos that perfectly reflect who he is today.
“[Tattoo removal] helped me change my life for the better and [be] more confident,” Ron emphasizes.
Ron’s renewed love for tattoos led him on a seemingly never-ending cycle of traveling and getting tattooed by some of the biggest names in the industry. The lengthy list includes Brian Berg, Luke Pallan, TeeJ Poole, Robby Latos, Josh Russ, Sean Foy, Joe Matisa, Jesse Levitt, and Jackie Jennings. “I went out of this country, across the country; I went everywhere for tattoos,” he says.
His entire tattoo collection now follows one cohesive style: black-and-grey realism. He opted for this specific color palette because of how well it ages compared with colorwork tattoos. “Once I started lasering, I took everything really seriously and only went to the people who fit my style,” Ron says.
“Once I started lasering, I took everything really seriously and only went to the people who fit my style,” Ron says.
Since starting his tattoo redo, Ron has been tattooed nearly everywhere on his body, except for his butt cheeks.
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