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Explore the life of the world’s most tattooed woman, with 99.98% of her body covered in ink. Discover her journey, body modifications, and what drives her passion.
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The percentage of my body covered in tattoos is 99.98%
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Probably one of the riskiest mods I have is the sclera tattooing
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That was a pretty intense modification. I've also done ink staining in my tongue and my gums
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as well as splitting my tongue, obviously. And then I have the five implants in my face
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that were done over three sessions in Phoenix, Arizona. And then I've had my ears
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three different pieces of my ears removed over the years, as well as multiple piercings in both ears
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and punches in my tragus. I sort of liked body art being this collection
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of memories that I could take with me anywhere. I've been pretty nomadic in my life
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and didn't add any extra space to my pack. And I felt like I could have this art with me
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wherever I went. Initially, I didn't plan on having so many, but life being an evolution, I ended up being this way
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I would say body modification in some ways is more intense in terms of some of the risks
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I really like seeing what the human body is capable of, and that's drawn me both to be heavily tattooed
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and heavily modified. The deeper meanings of my body art and look
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tends to be about evolving through life and kind of the process of converting darkness to light
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so to speak, in terms of experiences. I think my experiences are deeply personal
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So in terms of the art, it's not so much to tell other people
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about those experiences, but as a reminder to myself of what I've lived through
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I do feel I'm in a happy place. It hasn't always been the case through my journey
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but I do feel that now. I'm very grateful. Friends and family, it tends to be mixed
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Some friends in the past made me promise not to get more, but I didn't listen
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So the people I have in my life now tend to be accepting of what I'm doing
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So the feet definitely still need some work, but I started to get some of the really tough areas
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like the webbing and the bottoms of my feet. Those have stayed several years
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A lot of people think it's not possible to get it in there, but it can be done
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It just takes some persistence. I think pretty much everything with tattoos or body modification can be painful
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A lot of it for me is sort of having a meditative practice during it to kind of get through it
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And then of course the healing can be intense as well, but it's a small moment in time
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in terms of something I can keep for my whole life. I don't know, my most exciting new tattoo for me
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is my face right now. I just had full color added to all of my face
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I'm really in love with how it pops and how everything has come together
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and it's inspired another layer to my body suit. So that's gonna keep going
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And the oldest tattoo I have that I haven't covered up is the one on this whole side
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And that one will probably always stay. So I guess in terms of some of my tattoos
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a lot of the black work I added in England several years ago
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I did like 10 sessions in five weeks. So that included pieces here
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and then later I had my arms done in Spain and my hand most recently in Connecticut
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as well as my face. So it's continuing evolution. My next steps are I'm gonna continue
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on another layer of my body suit. And I don't really have any plans
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to be done with body modifications either, but it's an evolving process
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I think there is still a way to go in terms of accepting people and just allowing people to look how they want
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and maybe not discriminating or judging them for those choices that they've made
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To be the most tattooed woman in the world feels incredibly exciting. I never thought I'd have this honor
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and I'm very grateful and excited for the future. And of course I'm not done
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Sweet
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