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Okay. you wouldn't want a lot of that, though. >> that really hurt. >> i'm going to give you a numbing medicine. this part will sting for a few seconds, but then it will get numb. >> unfortunately for something like this, with these randomly-placed tattoos it's hard to do a single shot and get it done. you've got so much. it's not the little needle sticks that hurt so much. this local anesthetic has a ph that's a little bit aacidic so it stings when it goes in. it's not a pleasant process. >> take deep breaths. in and out. >> nice and easy. >> brian receives approximately 30 injections on just...

Part of my life that i left behind. brian widener grew up in albuquerque, new mexico. >> when i was about three years old i moved in with my grandparents along with my little sister. my grandmother was a severe alcoholic. i was told that i was pretty well worthless, i wouldn't ever amount to anything. this or that. by the age of 13, 14rks i just started running away all the time. i became a chronic runaway at that point. just started living on the streets. >> at the age of 18, brian joined his first white power skinhead group. the soldiers of the new reich. >> when i was a teenager i didn't ...

Center offered to cover the cost of brian's tattoo removal procedures. >> if i could prevent one other kid from making the same mistakes i did, if i can prevent one other family from having to go through the same -- the same crap that i put my family through, maybe i can redeem myself and maybe it will be worth it. >> the difficulty with brian is the number of them. i mean, it's just -- he's got so many. so the biggest challenge with him will be just the very large area of the surface of skin that we're going to have to treat. >> dr. bruce shack elects to treat brian's tattoos in a staged fash...

>> hey! good morning! now what about your hands? >> what about them? >> do you want him to get this? >> yeah. absolutely. >> we'll do that today. >> okay. >> this is the first tattoo i got. i got no use for it anymore. >> look at the response we get with this. >> if i'm going this far to get all those taken off, getting the hands would be the next logical step. that way i could actually wear a long sleeve and blend in to the best of my ability. >> are you cold? >> it hurts. >> it hurts? >> it hurts. >> his hand are bothering him. >> your hands? >> okay, brian, it's count of

That the black and minorities were like a cockroach. they were like second-class citizens. >> at age 29, julie joined the national alliance. >> the national alliance is a neonazi movement. and this particular organization is not the kind that goes around wearing swastikas and brown shirts. they were looking for a more subtle member. because they felt like if their members were in the system they could make more changes. >> after 16 years in the movement, brian, along with his wife julie, became disillusioned. despite repeated death threats, they got out. >> you have to understand, this is a cu...