‘Most tattooed woman in world’ with 99.8 percent of body covered says one hurt more than the rest
The new holder of the Guinness World Record for being the world's most tattooed woman has discussed pretty much everything to do with her body ink.
American woman Esperance Fuerzina has got 99.8 percent of her body tattooed and gone through 89 body modifications throughout her life.
The 36-year-old is inked from head to toe, and even has patterns on the soles of her feet as well.
She's blown previous record holder Charlotte Guttenberg, who had tattoos on 98.75 percent of her body, out of the water and realised when she looked up the record to beat that she'd already surpassed it.
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Her first body modification was a split tongue, which she got in 2014, and since then her record of 89 far surpassed the previous record of 49 set in 2012 by Maria José Cristerna.
"To be the most tattooed woman and to have the most body modifications feels a little crazy, I am grateful and excited for the future – and of course I am not done," she said of obtaining the Guinness World Records.
Getting tattoos and body modifications is not without pain, though Esperance has said she's learned to use meditation to deal with the hurt that comes with the ink.
The world record holder said receiving pain with a tattoo was 'a small moment in time for something I can keep for life'.
She said: "One of the riskiest mods I have is the sclera tattooing - that was a pretty intense modification.
"I've also done ink staining on my tongue and my gums as well as splitting my tongue."
Esperance isn't the only tattoo afficionado who's had the sclera process done, a woman who went in for the process twice said the first time around was the 'most excruciating pain I've ever gone through', but there was 'absolutely no pain during the second procedure.
The Guinness World Record holder has tattoos not just on her eyeballs but also on her eyelids, gums and tongue as well.
Other body modifications she had besides getting her tongue split include piercings, facial implants and having part of her ears removed.
She said she uses the tattoos to record memories, explaining: "I have had a pretty nomadic life, and not much room in my (army) pack, I felt I could take this with me wherever I go."
The 36-year-old believes they help her 'turn dark times into light', and said she is 'not done' with getting more tattoos and boy modifications.
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Joe Harker