Melissa Sloan, the mom with over 800 tattoos, has covered up her ink and looks unrecognizable.
Youโve heard of Australiaโs most tatted model, the infamous โBlack Alienโ, and โBritainโs most inked womanโ, but you may not have seen the British mom who has over 800 inkings โ many of them on her face.
Melissa Sloan is a self-proclaimed tattoo addict.
But sheโs covered up her facial tattoos for a viral photograph, and she looks totally differentโฆ
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Sloan claims sheโs spent around 10 years working on her extreme look, as per the Daily Star.
She says she gets around three inkings a week, either at home or in her van.
This is even though five of her seven children reportedly no longer have contact with her as a result of her obsessive body modification.
However, her youngest children who still live with her are huge fans of her look.
But Sloanโs extreme look has come at a price, and sheโs previously revealed sheโs struggling to find a job.
As reported by the Daily Star, the 46-year-old explains: โI canโt get a job. They wonโt have me. I applied for a job cleaning toilets where I live and they wonโt have me because of my tattoos.
โThe first job I had was cleaning ages ago, cleaning toilets. People have said I have never had a job in my life, I have had one once and it didnโt last long. But, if someone offered me a job tomorrow I would go and work โ I would take that offer.โ
She also tells the Daily Star: โNo Christmas parties and when I go to my childโs school I donโt get invited. They said once for me to go to the back garden and look through the glass window.โ
Sloan covered up her tattoos for a photograph, and her children and dogs were not happy with her new look.
In her first escapade into tattoo covering, she explained in an interview with the Daily Star: โIt took me ages. I bought one [foundation] for ยฃ3 and thought Iโd try it that way.
โI put it on for about half an hour and when I went downstairs the kids freaked out because they didnโt like it.
โAnd my partner looked twice he said โNo, it doesnโt suit you. Get your tattoos back, it looks weirdโ. They burst out crying and even my dog looked twice.
โShe didnโt like me that way, my youngest wanted me back as I was. It scared her.โ
Sloan claims she wanted a challenge, but her lack of tattoos actually ended up โscaringโ her kids! She also claims it took โ24 hoursโ to remove the long-lasting and thick foundation.
She adds: โThese trolls say to me my kids are scared but they are scared of me with my foundation on. People donโt realise that they are small-minded.โ
In spite of the negative reactions to her initial transformation, Sloan decided to try out the look again โ but this time, she kept her kids at bay to avoid frightening them.
โThey said โGo back to your craziness momโ, none of them spoke to me. It didnโt go well. It wasnโt the same, itโs like they were looking at a different person, a stranger,โ she tells theย Daily Starย in a new interview.
Sloan explains: โWhen it came off again, they were back to normal โ it should have been the other way round.โ
โIโve got proper tattoo foundation now. I had to put it on thick, I used half a tub. It was like thick cement, really thick.โ
Sloanโs more natural look went down well with viewers, who โsaid I look better with makeupโ.
However, the mom wonโt be convinced.
โItโs my life at the end of the day, I can just swap and change,โ she says. โPeople said I looked beautiful the way I was before โ but I like it crazy.โ
