A mother with more than 800 tattoos claimed her Christmas has been ruined after she was barred from the pub.
The mother-of-seven got her first inking when she was 20-years-old and has since covered most of her face and body with different dyes and symbols, previously telling Femail she does it to cope with the impact of childhood abuse by her brother.
The 45-year-old claims she has called ‘Crayola’ on the school and has started to be uninvited from Christmas parties
‘I want to enjoy myself and go for a drink at the pub, but they won’t even let me in.’I’m covered in tattoos, I’ve got 800 in total. l get tattoos three times a week. I even do my own tattoos at home.
‘Despite multiple infections the ink-fanatic vows to never stop marking her body,’ she said.
She said her skin has fallen off from tattoos that didn’t heal and has been left with scars.Mellissa added: ‘I will never stop having tattoos until the end.’
Although some of her ink was done by professionals, many were also tattooed by her partner Luke, 56.
