Mark Cropp probably wasn't expecting to be a household name after posting an innocent Facebook status claiming that he couldn't get work. But it wasn't his lack of qualifications or experience holding him back, it was a huge tattoo spread across his face that he picked up in prison.
But he's since decided to parts ways with the ink, which he admitted was going to be a difficult process because it 'means something' to him.
Check out the most likely painful process here:
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The procedure is probably going to be one of many, in order to have the tattoo fully removed from his face.
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The 19-year-old former inmate went viral after posting a message to his Facebook friends, asking for help to get a job.
It read: "Hey im keen as to work but have one thing that is stoping me and thats my tattoo on my face i dont have a cv as of yet but have worked at nz brick distrabuters b4 also a scrap metal yard im 19 years of age and have my lerners license.
"Keen as on job or work place that will take me on. I have a cpit qualification in painting and decorateing.
"Also chainsaw an fencing nzqa throw aggrabusiness. Any questions please ask me. [sic]"
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Mark revealed that since leaving the big house, it was tough to get a job to support his young family because, well, he had a massive tattoo sprawled across his face. He claims that employers would turn him away immediately or even laugh in his inked-up face.
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He got the now-infamous tattoo one night in prison after drinking homebrew made from fermented apples, sugar and bread. His brother apparently came up with the idea, but it was supposed to be much smaller and just along his jawline.
Mark says they 'got carried away' and he ended up with 'Devast8' across his face, which is the 19-year-old's nickname, because, according to him, he devastates everything he comes into contact with.
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The inmates managed to fashion a tattoo gun out of a cassette player and a spring found inside a pen. They made the ink from burning plastic knives and forks and mixing the black powder with water and toothpaste.
After his Facebook post went viral, he told Daily Mail Australia he had job offers coming in from left, right and centre. But, despite getting more than 45 propositions, he turned them all down because he was waiting for the 'right one'.
He admitted that getting rid of the 'Devast8' tattoo was a hard decision but added: "It is the best thing for my future - and I want to be a person my family can look to for support."
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