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This tattoo addict had to face the music.

A woman completely covered in tattoos said she’s no longer welcomed at ink parlors.

Melissa Sloan, 46, got her first tattoo when she was 20 years old and became addicted to the body art. She now has about 800 tattoos creating three layers of tattoos covering most of her skin.

Sloan’s face is filled with tattoos drawn upon tattoos as is much of her neck, arms and hands.

But despite being a loyal customer, the Welsh woman has been banned from tattoo parlors who refuse to add to her covered canvas.

“I’m banned from tattoo parlors because my face is full of tattoos,” Sloan told the Daily Star. “They don’t do them on faces. Some tattoo places don’t do them on faces.”

She’s now resorted to doing them herself to continue with her addiction. Sloan has purchased her own tattooing kit and relies on the help of her partner Luke to inscribe her skin “prison-style.”

But being refused by tattoo parlors is just one of the many issues the mother of two has encountered because of her ink.

Sloan struggles to find gainful employment because bosses cast judgment on her inked-up appearance. She previously had a job cleaning toilets but admitted that she hasn’t worked in 20 years.

“If someone offered me a job tomorrow, I would go and work – I would take that offer,” Sloan insisted.

Despite her struggles with employment, the Welshwoman told the Mirror that she still gets as many as three new inkings each week.

“I’ve got three layers on my face. I probably have the most tattoos in the world, and if not then at the rate I’m going on I probably will have in the end — I keep going over and over them,” she enthused.

The tattoo enthusiast would like to be recognized by the Guinness Book of Records for all her ink but admitted that she doesn’t remember exactly how many tattoos she has.

“People don’t like me with my tattoos, my face, because they just look at you like you’re worthless, you’re nothing. They don’t want people like us with tattoos on their face. They don’t understand us, do they?” Sloan said.

“We’re just exactly the same as anyone else. We breathe the same, we live the same – but they just don’t want to know.”