The world’s most tattooed people are unrecognizable in throwback snaps before they got inked – can you guess who’s who?
THESE are the most tattooed people in the world, almost unrecognizable compared to throwback photos of themselves before they were inked.
Forms of body art can be traced back to the Bronze Age, but these merciful suitors are taking tattooing to a whole new level.
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King of Ink Land King Body Art The Extreme Ink-Ite
Known as Britain’s most tattooed man, the 42-year-old from Birmingham has spent a staggering 1,000 hours in a tattoo chair since he was 16.
King Body Art, formerly known as Matthew Whelan, has more than 90 percent of his body covered in tattoos.
He was inspired after a family vacation in New Zealand, where he was fascinated by the Maori and their tattoo art.
However, King Body Art said being a walking work of art was linked to his falls.
He claimed he was treated differently from his colleagues during his employment, as he was the only person removed from the office when managers came to visit.
The Brit has plans for more modifications, but his current mission is to undergo a blackout tattoo.
This is when much of the tattooed area is completely filled in with solid black ink.
When it came to his favorite tattoos, he said: “I would say my eyeballs are inked on my arm, although I really like mine sclerally stained, which is a more dangerous surgical procedure.
“Even my skulls on my upper left arm, because underneath we’re all the same, no matter what we look like.”
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Wolfgang Kirsch
Wolfgang Kirsch, 73, has 98 percent of his body covered with tattoos, leaving only the soles of his feet unpainted.
The German, also known as Magneto, is the most tattooed man in the country.
The tattoo artist found his passion for ink after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989.
The man said he had to wait for Germany’s reunification to get his first body ink.
He has now completed 86 tattoos over the past two decades and also has 17 implants under his skin.
In total, he spent 720 hours at the chair.
He told Bild: “I didn’t get my first tattoo until I was 46, a teardrop under my eye.”
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Dee Dee Villegas
DeeDee Villegas first went to a tattoo parlor when she was 18 and became addicted from there.
The 30-year-old from Cebu, Philippines, claimed she got her first tattoos due to peer pressure during her undergraduate studies at the University of San Carlos.
DeeDee told The Mirror, “I got my first tattoo during my emo goth college phase, mostly due to peer pressure.”
More than 70 per cent of her body is inked, which cost her £20,000.
In addition to her ink, which took over 200 hours to complete, DeeDee has 12 facial piercings.
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Lucky Diamond Rich
Lucky Diamond Rich holds the world record for the most tattooed person.
The New Zealander born Greg Paul McLaren is believed to have covered every inch of his body in ink.
Fearing his mother would reject it, his first tattoo at 16 was a small juggling club hidden on his hip.
Two years later he wanted to get as much tattooed as possible and the rest is history.
He said, “Just one tattoo at a time I guess, that’s how everyone does it.”
Lucky, now 52, has spent more than 1,000 hours having his body modified by tattoo artists.
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Becky Holt
At 34, Becky Holt claims she’s the most tattooed woman in the UK.
With 95 per cent of her skin covered in tattoos, the Cheshire woman has estimated she spent £35,000 on body art.
Her first tattoo was her boyfriend’s name on her crotch when she was 15.
All of her body art was hidden until she became more confident with her ink at 22.
More than a decade later, the model-turned-interior-designer has hundreds of tattoos.
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Sylvain Helaine
Parisian Sylvain Helaine has tattooed his body, genitals and even gums.
He got his first ink when he was 27 and living in London.
Six years later, Sylvain has embraced his new obsession and won’t stop until he’s tattooed in black all over.
Sylvain said: “I will never stop getting tattoos because I’m passionate about it.
“One day I will be completely covered in black ink.
“When I first started getting tattoos, I wanted a mix of old school rock and the other half of my body in Japanese drawings.”
The 33-year-old works as a teacher and was also a martial arts trainer.
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Tobias Mueller
Zoo keeper Tobias Müller started his tattoo journey about 15 years ago and has more than 300 extreme tattoos.
The Dortmund-born 33-year-old also has many body modifications including a forked tongue, four subdermal silicone implants, permanent branding and an implanted magnet and chip.
He told Mail Online: “When I was a kid I was fascinated by images of extremely inked and modified people.
“If you really want a tattoo, get it, it’s your body, your choice and your life, don’t let others make that decision for you.
“I really love my tattooed eye and one of my favorite regular tattoos is my ‘Destroy Everything’ above my eye.”
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Matt gone
Matt Gone holds the world record for most squares tattooed on a body with a whopping 848 total.
His fascination with squares started at an early age when he realized as a child that they could be found everywhere.
Matt said: “It was an original idea and in tattooing that’s the hardest part.
“I’m asymmetrical, I have birth defects on one side of my body, so I like the symmetry of the plaid that camouflages the asymmetry on my body.”
The squares are spread all over the US man’s body, with 201 squares on his head, 190 on his shoulders, 251 on his torso and arms, 180 on his legs and 26 on his genitals.
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Anthony Loffredo
Anthony Leffredo became a social media sensation after documenting his dramatic physical changes.
The 33-year-old from France has more than a million Instagram followers.
The Frenchman has his entire body, including his eyeballs, covered in ink.
He also has his upper lip and nose removed to look like a “black alien”.
Though he’s had multiple surgeries, he admitted he’s only 44 percent done with what he wants to achieve with his body.
Loffredo said he wanted to make further changes to his face before concentrating on amputation of his leg.
The man used to work as a security guard.
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