A TATTOO addict who had 95 per cent of his body covered in ink looks unrecognisable after undergoing treatment to have them removed.

Leandro de Souza, 36, once known as Brazil 's most tattooed man , is in the process of having a staggering 170 designs painfully lasered off.

Each session lasts up to 40 minutes and is even more painful than getting inked, he said.

On Thursday, tattoo -obsessed Leandro shared a photo on Instagram of his face after his most recent laser session next to a snap of him covered in ink.

He wrote: "'After the fifth session of facial tattoo removal, @helltatto - gratitude, it's about Jesus Christ."

The shocking picture shows Leandro's scarred bare face with a few remnants of the ink still snaking up his neck.

He told O Globo: 'It hurts a lot more th

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