Aaron Carter’s -as-Medusa face tattoo is not going anywhere, according to his girlfriend’s Instagram story which shows the former child star getting the questionable ink “fixed” by a new tattoo artist. Aaron shocked the world last September when  on his left cheek, that is seemingly meant to depict the image Rihanna as the Greek goddess, Medusa, on the cover GQ in 2013. Since then, he’s been , and even revealed that  Now, however, Aaron’s girlfriend, Melanie Martin, revealed on her Instagram story that he was actually considering getting the whole thing removed. He opted to keep the tattoo, though, and decided instead to have some touch-ups done by artist Ceaz Franco.

“He was gonna lazer it f but decided to fix it,” Melanie wrote on a video Ceaz making a home visit on Wednesday night to give Aaron’s tattoo some improvements. It looks like things went well because Aaron ultimately reposted the tattoo artist’s own Instagram story. “Had to the opportunity to tattoo @aaroncarter,” Ceaz wrote on a photo himself and Aaron smiling. “Thanks for the hospitality and for the trust bro see you again soon.”

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Among other , this unexpected tattoo has had fans seriously worried about the state his mental health and  ever since