How to repent from tattooing after learning that it is forbidden

Question:
May Allah reward you with good and do you well. A message was sent from al-Qawaymiyyah by one of our sisters from there. Umm Fahd says: When I was young, I had a tattoo put on my hand while I was ignorant and did not know that it was forbidden. When I grew up, I learned that it is forbidden. Please advise us, may Allah reward you. What is obligatory for me to do? Should I remove it or leave it? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
Doing a tattoo is forbidden, and it is a major sin among the major sins; because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) cursed the one who tattoos and the one who gets tattooed, and this is a change of the creation of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He). But what you did in a state of ignorance, and then it became clear to you that it is forbidden, so you must repent to Allah (Mighty and Majestic) and seek His forgiveness for what happened. If it can be removed without harm, then it is removed. But if it cannot be removed, or if its removal causes harm to you, then it is not removed due to the harm. However, you must repent and seek forgiveness.