Inked-up mum with many face tattoos 'banned' from parlour as she's 'gone too far'

A mum who is 'addicted' to tattoos and gets new 'prison style' inkings each week has been banned from her local parlour - because they think she's 'gone too far'.

Melissa Sloan, 46, has crosses all over her face and flowers covering her scalp, but her extensive inking doesn't stop there as almost every inch of her skin is covered several times over.

She keeps a tattoo gun with her at all times in case inspiration strikes, and to keep money down she gets her partner, Luke, to do most of the work, as the Daily Star reports.

Melissa has been banned from restaurants and pubs due to her extreme appearance, and now she's been asked to leave her local tattoo parlour as they said they can't help her with any more designs.

Melissa has a lot of tattoos (Melissa Sloan)

Some people think she's taken her designs 'too far' (Melissa Sloan)

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Melissa said: "Tattoo shops shut the door on me – tattooists won't let me in.

"When I had this done [my face], there's one about five miles up the road and they won't do it.

"They won't do it because I'm beyond – beyond help because I've gone too far."

Melissa will now have to refrain from getting larger more intricate pieces done, like the homage to the Kray Twins she has on her calf.

But that has not dulled the mum's spirits.

She gets three new inkings each week (Melissa Sloan)

She recently covered up her face tattoos, to see how she'd look without them (Melissa Sloan)

And after airing her grievances on TikTok, she claimed a tattoo artist reached out to her and offered her a free session in the chair.

"I'm shocked that the tattoo artist is accepting me for who I am because they don't see behind me [the tattoos] but he's offered me to go," she shared.

"I'm very surprised."

As Melissa tries to secure her appointment in a tattoo shop, she has wasted no time fulfilling her three-a-week quota at home in the meantime.

She added: "I've [now] got three layers on the face, I'm doing another line across my nose and then the nose is gone and I'm going to get a 'moustache'," she shared.

"I got 'RIP' for my mum as I needed a space covered up [on my hand].

"I've got one on my head as well - a unicorn.

"I'm getting another as I just like unicorns because it's not threatening, is it?"

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