What began as a bid to cover up a
nasty skin condition has resulted into a Guinness World Record for an American
who has been named the most tattooed woman in the world.
53 year old Julia Gnuse - nicknamed the 'illustrated lady' -
has 95 per cent of her body covered in ink, ranging from jungle scenes and
cartoons to her favourite actors.
Miss Gnuse, from California, started getting
tattoos on her legs after developing a skin condition called porphyria, which
causes the skin to blister when exposed to sunlight.
NB:
the tattoos are purely aesthetic and have not in any way helped with the
blistering.
She then
turned her attention to her stomach, arms and back and before long was addicted
to body art.
In an
interview, Miss Gnuse said although the ink did not stop her skin from
blistering, it covered up the scars and allowed her to be exposed to the sun.
'I did
this for the reason of covering scarring from the blisters. They get as deep as
three degree burn,' she said.
'I had a
friend who is a plastic surgeon, who suggested tattooing my skin the same colour
to the scarring that I had, seeing if we can match my just pale-looking skin
that I had.'
'That
didn't work. We tried it. It was very difficult to match that. So I had the
idea of a colourful tattoo, then I got hooked. I got addicted.'
Miss
Gnuse said there was medication available for her condition, but said taking it
could have placed her at risk of blindness 
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