Sarah Hyland Is Getting a Butt Tattoo Removed and It Looks Pretty Painful

Sarah Hyland has several tattoos, most of which are delicate, black symbols or lettering on areas like her ribcage and spine. One, however, arguably stands out from the rest: a cartoonish, purple tyrannosaurus rex on her right butt cheek. And while she first showed it to fans only two years ago, it appears she may already be tired of it.

Hyland, who has frequently been very candid on her Instagram Stories, used the platform to share that she was visiting registered nurse Jamie Sherrill, known as Nurse Jamie, at her Los Angeles medspa. "Actual reaction to some laser tattoo removal @nursejamiela 😂," she wrote. In the brief front-facing video, we get a closeup of Hyland's face, partially covered by black safety goggles. But even though her eyes are covered we can see from her furrowed brow and her mouth just how uncomfortable the process can be.

You can hear a little beep just before the camera shakes when the Modern Family actor is startled by the pain of the laser. "Oof! That hurts," Hyland says. Sherrill asks, "Spicy?" And Hyland confirms in a pained but good-spirited voice, "Spicy!"

Although we can't confirm that it's Hyland's dinosaur tattoo being removed, it seems the most likely target based upon where Sherrill is aiming the laser. And, unfortunately for Hyland, Sherrill will very likely have to aim the laser there again because it can take several sessions to fully break up and remove the pigment. "The focus of the laser treatment is to disintegrate the ink particles of the tattoo," dermatologist Paul Jarrod Frank has previously told Allure. "A high-intensity light beam is targeted at the pigmentation, causing it to break apart, become absorbed into the body, and be excreted through the body's natural immune system."

Hopefully, Hyland will consider sharing the results of her removal with fans — and invite us along for any additional documentation of the process.

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