{"id":87829,"date":"2023-11-17T13:21:26","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T13:21:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/?p=87829"},"modified":"2023-11-17T13:21:26","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T13:21:26","slug":"i-have-800-tattoos-and-get-three-new-inkings-a-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/lifestyle\/i-have-800-tattoos-and-get-three-new-inkings-a-week\/","title":{"rendered":"I have 800 tattoos and get three new inkings a week"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>I have 800 tattoos and get three new inkings a week &#8211; but I&#8217;m weaning myself off so I can get pregnant for the eighth time<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Melissa Sloan, 36, from Powys, Wales, usually gets inked three times a week<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0I can&#8217;t get a job because of my 800 tattoos<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A mother &#8216;addicted to ink&#8217; with more than 800 tattoos has vowed to stop going under the needle in order to get pregnant again &#8211; because she&#8217;s worried it could harm the baby.<\/p>\n<p>Melissa Sloan, 46, from Powys, South Wales, has become known for her unique look &#8211; she claims to get new designs three times a week and even tattoos herself with her \u00a3120 ink gun she bought from Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>However, as the mother-of-seven wants to try for baby number eight with her partner Luke, 56, she&#8217;s promised to put a stop to the obsession for now.<\/p>\n<p>She told the Daily Star: &#8216;I won\u2019t be having tattoos for about nine months. Well, you can have tattoos but I won\u2019t be doing that. I just worry that it would harm the child, the baby that will be inside me. I\u2019ll give up the smoking as well and I don\u2019t drink.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Although there is no clear answer on whether you should get a tattoo while pregnant, it&#8217;s generally advised against.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/10\/65380575-12761479-In_May_the_mum_revealed_that_her_tattoos_were_a_way_of_coping_wi-a-3_1700216748142.jpg\" height=\"842\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Melissa Sloan (pictured), 46, from Powys, South Wales, has become known for her unique look &#8211; she claims to get new designs three times a week and even tattoos herself with her \u00a3120 ink gun she bought from Amazon\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the American Pregnancy Association, the main concern is the risk of contracting an infection, such as Hepatitis B and HIV.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a small risk but some tattoo ink contains heavy metals like mercury, arsenic, and lead which can pose a threat to a developing baby.<\/p>\n<p>Melissa has previously claimed that she would never stop getting inked, despite health issues &#8211; however, this has all changed at the prospect of another child.<\/p>\n<p>The tattoo fanatic admitted that prior to deciding to get pregnant again, she didn&#8217;t have sex for three years.<\/p>\n<p>However, it&#8217;s now back on the agenda because her children kept pestering her for another sibling.<\/p>\n<p>A pregnancy at 46 would involve health risks, but Melissa is optimistic that she won&#8217;t experience complications.<\/p>\n<p>However, the tattoos have made her\u00a0social life much more difficult\u00a0and she has also struggled to find work.<\/p>\n<p>She admitted: &#8216;I want to enjoy myself and go for a drink at the pub, but they won&#8217;t even let me in. I&#8217;m covered in tattoos, l get tattoos three times a week. I even do my own tattoos at home.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/10\/58256955-12761479-Melissa_Sloan_45_pictured_from_Powys_South_Wales_has_covered_her-a-9_1700218735388.jpg\" height=\"1135\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>However, as the mother-of-seven wants to try for baby number eight with her partner Luke, 56, she&#8217;s promised to put a stop to the obsession for now\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/12\/65380563-12761479-Melissa_has_previously_claimed_that_she_would_never_stop_getting-m-43_1700224241099.jpg\" height=\"841\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Melissa has previously claimed that she would never stop getting inked, despite health issues &#8211; however, this has all changed at the prospect of another child\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/17\/10\/65380569-12761479-The_45_year_old_s_claims_she_has_called_Crayola_on_the_school_be-a-8_1700218118017.jpg\" height=\"845\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Pictured: The mother-of-seven before she began getting tattoos three times a week<\/p>\n<p>Melissa recently attempted to start driving lessons, however she could not find an instructor who would take her on because they are so horrified by the mass of tattoos covering her face.<\/p>\n<p>She claims one instructor was visibly shaking when she sat in his car and could barely look at her face.<\/p>\n<p>Another couldn\u2019t wait to get her out of his car he was so shocked at the sight of her heavily tattooed face.<\/p>\n<p>Despite being called &#8216;Crayola&#8217; on the school run and being uninvited from parties, Melissa is proud to be one of Britain&#8217;s most tattooed women.<\/p>\n<p>She said her skin has already fallen off from tattoos that didn&#8217;t heal and has been left with scars. Until recently she vowed she would\u00a0&#8216;never stop having tattoos until the end.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12761479\/I-800-tattoos-three-new-inkings-week-Im-weaning-pregnant-eighth-time.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have 800 tattoos and get three new inkings a week &#8211; but I&#8217;m weaning myself off so I can get pregnant for the eighth time Melissa Sloan, 36, from Powys, Wales, usually gets inked three times a week READ MORE:\u00a0I can&#8217;t get a job because of my 800 tattoos A mother &#8216;addicted to ink&#8217; with more than 800 tattoos<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":87828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I have 800 tattoos and get three new inkings a week - Celebrity Tidings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/celebritytidings.com\/lifestyle\/i-have-800-tattoos-and-get-three-new-inkings-a-week\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I have 800 tattoos and get three new inkings a week - Celebrity Tidings\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I have 800 tattoos and get three new inkings a week &#8211; 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