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MOM of three Michelle, from South Florida can’t put a number on her tattoos but guesses 90% of her body is covered in ink. The 34-year-old got all of her tattoos in the last eight years; she even got her eyeballs tattooed pink a couple of years ago. With her own tattoo shop, much of Michelle’s life revolves around her love of tattoos so how will she feel when she covers them up for the day?
Follow Michelle: https://www.instagram.com/mikkimodified/
Videographer: Carlos de Varona
Producers: Nathalie Bonney, Ruby Coote
Editor: Helen Mckee
MOM of three Michelle, from South Florida can’t put a number on her tattoos but guesses 90% of her body is covered in ink. The 34-year-old got all of her tattoos in the last eight years; she even got her eyeballs tattooed pink a couple of years ago. With her own tattoo shop, much of Michelle’s life revolves around her love of tattoos so how will she feel when she covers them up for the day?
Follow Michelle: https://www.instagram.com/mikkimodified/
Videographer: Carlos de Varona
Producers: Nathalie Bonney, Ruby Coote
Editor: Helen Mckee
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00:0090% of my body is covered in tattoos, but for one day, we're going to cover them all up.
00:05How do I feel about seeing myself with no tattoos?
00:08I really have no idea what to expect.
00:12Okay, Michelle, are you ready?
00:14You are going to freak out when you see yourself.
00:17Oh, my God.
00:19That is so weird.
00:21I think my family is going to be shocked.
00:23Let's see how they react.
00:25Whoa, that's crazy.
00:28This doll up here, I got her because I thought she looked like me.
00:32So we're here at Alt City Tattoo in Boca.
00:35This is my studio.
00:37The back is the piercing section.
00:40This is pretty much all my area.
00:43I would describe myself as not only a tattoo addict, but just an addict for everything that I like.
00:50Every single thing that I like, I overdo it, and I just get completely addicted.
00:55This is the part I took out of the iguana myself.
00:58My name is Michelle Pitanato.
01:00I have probably over 90% of my body covered in tattoos, and today we're going to be covering them up.
01:08The last time I saw myself with no tattoos was probably around 10 years ago.
01:14It's hard for me to see myself the way other people see me because I see myself every day.
01:20I was just never normal.
01:24You are who you are.
01:25I just do what I like, and I just happen to, I guess, not be the norm for everybody.
01:32Covering up all my tattoos today, I have no idea what to expect.
01:37Michelle?
01:38Hi!
01:39How are you? I'm Jill.
01:40I'm ready to get started.
01:42So, what do you think? Are you nervous?
01:45I'm a bit nervous.
01:47How do you feel? What are you thinking in your head about the process?
01:51I'm really excited to see it.
01:53I can always wash off the makeup, so I'm just like, I have no idea what to expect at all.
02:00The technique I'm going to be using today is going to be with an airbrush.
02:03I'm going to pour makeup into the machine and spray it on.
02:08The thing that gets the most reaction is my eyes, of course.
02:12Once I got my eyes done, nobody even noticed anything else.
02:16It's all they talk about.
02:17Okay, Michelle, are you ready?
02:19I'm ready!
02:23I feel like I'm going to like it, just because it reminds me of when I was 20.
02:33I was really happy right around the time I was having my kids from 18 to 22.
02:43I was really content, and I didn't have tattoos, and I just was normal.
02:51We're going to be white like her.
02:54Yeah, absolutely. So I think we're almost done here.
02:57I cannot wait to see myself.
03:00Oh my God, you are going to freak out when you see yourself.
03:04You look completely transformed.
03:06Yeah.
03:07Okay, Michelle, you ready for the big reveal in front of the mirror?
03:10I am ready.
03:11Here we go.
03:13Keeping me wait.
03:14Here we go.
03:16Oh my God.
03:19That is so weird.
03:28That is so weird.
03:31Wow.
03:33I definitely miss my tattoos.
03:37But I like it, though.
03:39Because, like I said, it's like I went back in time.
03:44I think I look fatter.
03:48You did such a good job, dude.
03:51Wow, it's like I'm younger and older at the same time.
03:55I can't wait to show my sister.
03:59She's going to freak.
04:02My daughter is just going to probably laugh.
04:05I actually really love it, and I don't know what I was thinking.
04:12But I love the tattoos, too.
04:14It's like I just like both of them.
04:16When I first met her, she had about three or four tattoos.
04:19I'm a little nervous to see her without the tattoos again.
04:22It's been a while.
04:23I can't really imagine what she'd look like, honestly.
04:28All right, they're outside.
04:30I've been waiting for this all day.
04:32So let's see how they react.
04:38That's crazy.
04:41I was nervous.
04:43It's so weird.
04:45You're so pale.
04:46I know, I look like I stepped out of Twilight, right?
04:48Oh, my gosh, yes, you look like that vampire.
04:52And look, you can see my leg muscles.
04:56I'd rather the tattoos.
04:57I'd rather the tattoos, too.
04:59I would rather the tattoos, yeah.
05:01You just look like milk that was expired.
05:03It's expired.
05:05I'm surprised that they like the tattoos better.
05:10It made me feel really good and, like, loved, you know?
05:14I love my family.
05:16This experience has made me understand that I don't need my tattoos to make me feel better.
05:24Appearances don't matter.
05:26It's who you are on the inside, and it doesn't matter what people think of you.
05:30All right, time to wash this off.
05:33Get back to the real me.
05:35Get rid of this expired milk look.