As if she is going to buy a loaf of bread… Melissa Sloan (45) has a new tattoo done about three times a week, including on her face. The other side of the coin is that the British woman is hardly welcome anywhere because she looks too frightening.
For example, she was only allowed to follow her daughter’s school play outside, through a window in her classroom. She eventually refused that proposal because it was too humiliating.
Necessary curses on the street
Sloan estimates that about eight hundred tattoos now ‘adorn’ her body. She finds it a disgrace that she is treated differently because of this. “If the school organizes something – a Christmas party for example – I am not invited. My partner Luke always has to go alone. I’m quite jealous of that, but I have no other choice. I know what the parents and teachers there think of me.”
On the street, Sloan gets to hear the necessary curses. Looking for a job has become impossible and even café owners have made it clear that her presence is not wanted. “They all find it offensive, but I no longer pay attention to it.”
Nevertheless, the woman from Powys (Wales) will now take a short tattoo break. “I’m going to spend some time with the family. My children come first now, I don’t want to be selfish. But as soon as the holidays are over, my boyfriend will be allowed to get new tattoos again. I can’t wait,” concludes Sloan.
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