Fatherly love or fake tattoo? A picture shows a man and a boy who appear to have the same scar on their heads. They show these into the camera. According to the description of the picture, this is supposed to be a father with his son.
“This father had his cancer-stricken son's surgical scar tattooed to boost his self-confidence! Thumbs up for @josh.j.marshall” is the caption on “ The Fathers Page ” on Facebook. The question from several users at this point is: is the tattoo real?
We can answer:
The tattoo is NOT FAKE!
The man is Josh Marshall. To the right is his son Gabriel Marshall, who was diagnosed with a brain tumor in March 2015. This tumor was surgically removed, but this scar remained.
to ABC News[ 1 ] by saying that he wanted to get the scar as a tattoo so that the boy would not be alone when people stared at him. A tattoo as an act of solidarity and fatherly love:
In August 2015, Marshall decided to get a tattoo mimicking his son's scar. “I said, 'You know what, I'll get your scar tattooed. That way, if people want to stare at you, then they can stare at both of us.'”
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On Josh Marshall's Facebook account you can find various pictures in which the tattoo can be seen, as well as a picture on August 26, 2015 that was taken during the tattooing [2].
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With this tattoo and the statement behind it, Josh Marshall took part in the #BestBaldDad competition and took first place.
“I never intended for it to be this big,” he said of the attention his photo has received. “It was just a friendly competition between fellow cancer dads and people showing support for their loved ones who have fought cancer.”
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