Break-ups can be hard enough to deal with but two women were left with permanent reminders of their failed relationships thanks to having their ex-partners' names tattooed on their bodies. Jessica Hardy, 23, from Hereford, was so desperate to remove her former flame's name from her forearm when she met her new man, Ryan, she tried to burn it off with acid. 'I'm desperate to get rid of it, I have bad dreams about it,' she said on Channel 5 show Tattoo Disasters. Scroll down for video . Jessica Hardy was so desperate to remove her former flame's name from her forearm she used acid . The mother-of-one said she couldn't afford laser removal surgery to have the tattoo removed so when she heard about acid peels for the skin, she thought she had an ideal solution. 'I came across a YouTube video about acid peels so I thought that would be the way to get rid of my tattoo. The kit cost £25 online and I thought "bargain".' But instead of removing her tattoo as she hoped, Jessica's dangerous DIY treatment gave her chemical burns. A chemical peel should be applied by a beauty professional as it's designed to damage the skin in a controlled way. The body responds to the damage by healing and rejuvenating the skin - supposedly making it look younger. But Jessica applied the acid without diluting it with water or reading the instructions. As a result, it immediately caused her skin to burn and blister. Jessica's tattoo, left, featuring the name of her ex, and the burns she suffered, right, after applying acid . Six painful applications left Jessica's skin red raw and scabby - and the tattoo remained . She said: 'It felt like someone had poured boiling water on my arm and then got a lighter to it. 'After five minutes it went white and blistered, then started peeling, after three days it went all scabby. 'I didn't want to get it checked in case the nurses thought I was self-harming and I didn't want them to take the acid off me as I still wanted it.' Despite her painful first encounter with the acid, Jessica repeated the treatment another six times. Her skin became red raw, scabby and inflamed - and worst of all, the tattoo was still visible. Realising her DIY treatments were a painful failure, Jessica finally sought the advice of tattoo artist Aaron Mullen. He said: 'I have never seen anything like it before, my first reaction was shock, she shouldn't have taken such a drastic measure to use acid on her skin.' Jess, left, regretted getting her ex-boyfriend's name tattooed on her bikini line, right . He recommended laser removal surgery but said Jessica would have to wait until her skin has healed from the acid burns. Jessica said: 'I regret doing the acid now as I have made process slower. It will be another six to nine months till it will be completely gone.' Another woman keen to get rid of a tattoo featuring the name of an ex is Jess, 23, a dental nurse, from London. She appears on TLC show Extreme Beauty Disasters this week where she reveals her regrets over her tattoo. 'My boyfriend Jack and I got matching tattoos. Then we broke up and I'm left with his name tattooed on me in an awkward position below my bikini line. 'I regret it every single day. It upsets me and I'm constantly reminds me of what happened when I look at it. I definitely shouldn't have done it, it was a really big mistake,' she said. Jess said the tattoo had seemed like a good idea at the time but now she's been dumped by Jack, it's a permanent reminder of the love she's lost. Jess realised the tattoo was a big mistake when Jack dumped her . The dental nurse managed to get the old tattoo covered up with a new one by tattoo artist David Kaffri . Before, left, and after, right, shots reveal how Jess no longer has Jack's name visible on her body . 'I was in love with him and I thought he was in love with me. We got matching tattoos as we thought we could be together forever,' she said. 'A year-and-a-half later he decided he wanted to be single when he went to uni and broke up with me. When he broke up with me, I said "I have your name tattooed on me, what am I going to do?"' Jess sought the advice of skin expert Dr Sam Bunting who told her: 'You have two options - one is to get rid of it altogether and that would involve using laser, which is quite a long, painstaking process and will cause some discomfort. 'The other is to change it so the word Jack isn't distinguishable.' Jess decided on the latter and enlisted the help of tattoo artist David Kaffri, who is no stranger to ridding people of tattoos featuring the name of an ex. He said: 'I like it when people come to me with a tattoo they hate and I can transform it into one they love. 'When I first saw Jess' tattoo, I thought, "Oh My God that's a bad mistake". The "Jack" is quite substantial. 'Names are a common cover-up. In the tattoo world it's believed to be a jinx, if you put someone's name on your body, it will end up bad.' David designed a feminine paisley style tattoo to cover up the name and Jess was delighted with the end result. She said: 'I love it, it looks amazing, Jack is no more, you can't see the old tattoo at all. I feel like a weight is off my shoulders, it has a closed a chapter for me, now I can finally move on. 'Now I can look down and see a nice tattoo instead of bad memories.' A firm of lawyers is offering a free tattoo amendment service to its clients who are filing for divorce and have their ex-partner's name inked on their body. Stephensons Solicitors LLP is giving its clients the opportunity to turn the tattooed name of their former partner into a work of art. It is also offering to 'cover up' the tattoos which were purchased 'during better times'. Stephensons Solicitors LLP is giving its clients the opportunity to turn the tattooed name of their former partner into a work of art after filing for divorce . The firm is working with entertainment television channel truTV to offer the unique service so clients can get over their ex-spouse. It comes after a new series of television show 'Tattoo Nightmares' will air on the channel. The new service will be trialled for customers who file for divorce at the firm's London office from April 20, 2015. Mike Devlin, from Stephensons' family law team, said: 'It's not unusual for us to see clients who have tattoos of their ex-partners' names. 'Acquired during better times, when going through a family breakdown, these are an unnecessary reminder of the past. 'Covering these tattoos helps our clients to focus on moving forward. Divorce and family breakdown is one of the most stressful times in a person's life and we do everything we can to ease that process.'
Jessica Hardy, 23, has tattoo with ex-boyfriend's name on her forearm .
Didn't read kit instructions and applied chemical to skin without diluting .
Caused her skin to blister and burn but still left her with unsightly tattoo .
Mother-of-one's story featured on Tattoo Disasters on Channel 5 .
Tattoo Disasters is on Channel 5's Spike Tuesdays at 9pm .
Extreme Beauty Disasters is on TLC Thursdays at 8pm .
Tattoo Nightmares is on truTV on Mondays at 9pm .