A woman with 800 tattoos is looking for a job and says no one wants to hire her

Tattoos have long been a source of disagreement, especially between generations, but as time goes by people are becoming more open to body art.

Oliver Thansan
Oliver Thansan
10 September 2023 Sunday 16:25
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A woman with 800 tattoos is looking for a job and says no one wants to hire her

Tattoos have long been a source of disagreement, especially between generations, but as time goes by people are becoming more open to body art. Increasingly, the art of tattooing is understood as an expression of self in the form of permanent ink.

Although one mother from the UK found it quite difficult to convince employers to give her a chance as she has over 800 tattoos covering her from head to toe. Melissa Sloan, a 46-year-old woman who recognizes herself as “addicted to tattoos,” experiences a drama: she cannot get a job because of her physical condition. She says that companies don't hire her for her looks.

Over the years, she's spent countless hours under the needle and even started going through her old designs as she ran out of space, but while others might give up at this point, Melissa isn't done yet.

She says that she gets looked at strangely on the street and that people can be mean, but that doesn't stop her either and she will soon get another tattoo, this time of a crucifix, which will be just below her right eye.

And weeks ago he shared an image of what he looked like before he covered his face in tattoos. In addition, she insisted on getting new tattoos.

"I go with the flow, what I like I put on my face. I go with inspiration, I have space left and I put it on. It's free, I do it myself, or my boyfriend does it, which was trained to do it, has been doing it for years.