Tattoo addict is willing to give up the ink for baby number eight

Powys, UK - Melissa Sloan has more than 800 tattoos and adds new ones almost every week. Now she has a bigger wish: she dreams of becoming a mother again, and even wants to give up her ink hobby to make it a reality.

Tattoo lover Melissa Sloan wants to become a mother again.
Tattoo lover Melissa Sloan wants to become a mother again.  © Collage: Screenshot/Facebook/Melissa Sloan

Sloan from Wales has become famous thanks to her extraordinary look. She has dished on how her affinity for body art has gotten her banned from school concerts, tattoo studios, and TikTok, and even made getting a driver's license a challenge.

The 46-year-old has more than 800 tattoos all over her body, many of them on her face. She doesn't know exactly how many, as about three new tattoos are added each week.

Now, Melissa has revealed to the Daily Star: "I want another baby soon."

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"I haven’t had sex for three years but my kids keep asking for a brother or sister... It’s baby number eight now."

The mom of seven, who lives with two of her kids while the other five are estranged, said she's trying for another baby.

"We're working on it," she said of her and her partner, Luke.

But the mom is willing to make a big sacrifice for her baby dream.

Melissa wants a third child with her partner Luke.
Melissa wants a third child with her partner Luke.  © Collage: Screenshot/Facebook/Melissa Sloan

Melissa Sloan worries her tattoos may harm her baby

Melissa Sloan said she won't get tattoos for nine months if she becomes pregnant again.
Melissa Sloan said she won't get tattoos for nine months if she becomes pregnant again.  © Collage: Screenshot/Facebook/Melissa Sloan

The tattoo enthusiast knows she's facing a high-risk pregnancy, so she wants to cut back a little and not get a tattoo when she's expecting.

Despite saying in that past she'll never give up ink, Melissa told the Daily Star that if she gets pregnant, she won't get any new art "for about nine months."

"I just worry that it would harm the child, the baby that will be inside me," she said. "I’ll give up the smoking as well."

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Until that time comes, Melissa said it's important for her to think "positively."

"If I do get pregnant, I can wear fancy clothes and show off my belly," she added.

"The baby will never see my face but it will get used to it when it’s growing up," Melissa said of her body art. "This is who I am."

Cover photo: Collage: Screenshot/Facebook/Melissa Sloan

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