{"id":67548,"date":"2020-10-29T02:00:58","date_gmt":"2020-10-29T02:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=67548"},"modified":"2020-10-29T02:00:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T02:00:58","slug":"amber-luke-brisbane-australia-600-tattoos-covering-face-body","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/?p=67548","title":{"rendered":"Amber Luke, from Brisbane, Australia has 600 tattoos covering her face and body"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A heavily-tattooed Australian woman is revealing she went through $120,000 worth of body modifications to morph from a blond-haired teen to what she describes on Instagram as a \u201cblue eyes white dragon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Amber Luke, 25, recently shared a selfie on her Instagram Stories under the caption \u201cbody modification is the ultimate form of self-expression.\u201d She also has a section in her\u00a0Instagram account\u00a0dedicated to before and after photos of her surgeries, including breast augmentation and a butt enhancement.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post1\"><\/div>\n<p>Among other things, Luke has a split tongue, lip tattoo, gauged ears, tattoos on nearly every part of her body and has even tattooed the sclera (whites of her eyes) blue.<\/p>\n<div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEf4k4Yjcwb\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CEf4k4Yjcwb\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON (@ambs_luke09)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2020-08-30T03:21:57+00:00\">Aug 29, 2020 at 8:21pm PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Luke has shared photos of herself pre-transformation on Instagram, noting that she was \u201ccatatonically depressed, suicidal and was a walking dead girl.\u201d She added, \u201cI was numb. I hated myself [the] majority of the time &#8211; that hatred ran deep. It tormented me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, Luke wrote, she\u2019s \u201ctotally transformed myself into someone [I\u2019m] proud of being. I\u2019m a strong woman who knows exactly what she wants and who she is.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"box shadow  \"><div class=\"box-inner-block\"><i class=\"fa tie-shortcode-boxicon\"><\/i>\n\t\t\t\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 540px; min-width: 326px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-version=\"12\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CA7h1KZjq8B\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\">\n<div style=\"padding: 16px;\">\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 19% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: block; height: 50px; margin: 0 auto 12px; width: 50px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"padding-top: 8px;\">\n<div style=\"color: #3897f0; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 550; line-height: 18px;\">View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"padding: 12.5% 0;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: row; margin-bottom: 14px; align-items: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; flex-grow: 1; justify-content: center; margin-bottom: 24px;\"><\/div>\n<p style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 0; margin-top: 8px; overflow: hidden; padding: 8px 0 7px; text-align: center; text-overflow: ellipsis; white-space: nowrap;\"><a style=\"color: #c9c8cd; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; line-height: 17px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CA7h1KZjq8B\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">A post shared by BLUE EYES WHITE DRAGON (@ambs_luke09)<\/a> on <time style=\"font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17px;\" datetime=\"2020-06-02T10:56:17+00:00\">Jun 2, 2020 at 3:56am PDT<\/time><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Luke, who declined to comment to Yahoo Life, has 47,500 followers on Instagram, including fans who regularly fill the comments of her posts with fire emojis. \u201cAmazing you\u2019re a work of art!\u201d one wrote in a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CG1R1STjAuQ\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-v9y=\"1\" data-rapid_p=\"24\" data-ylk=\"slk:recent post\">recent post<\/a>. \u201cMega legendary creature,\u201d another said.<\/p>\n<p>Luke shared in a recent Instagram Story post that she\u2019s spent $120,000 on body modifications so far. And, while she hasn\u2019t indicated whether she plans to do more, she regularly updates her posts with photos of new tattoos.<\/p>\n<div class=\"e3lan e3lan-in-post2\"><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong><em>Adv<\/em>.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bagfactory.com.hk\/216\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Sun Winning Ind Co<\/strong><\/span><\/a>: Manufacture of Canvas Bag, Recycle Bad in China<\/li>\r\n \t<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theunitravel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TheUniTravel.com<\/a><\/strong><\/span> : Find the latest\u00a0<em>travel<\/em>\u00a0and tourism\u00a0<em>news<\/em>\u00a0from around the world. Stay informed with\u00a0<em>travel news<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<em>updates<\/em><\/li>\r\n \t\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>But, while body modifications are popular in some circles, experts warn that they can be dangerous to your health.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSurgery is a challenge for the healthiest of patients,\u201d Dr. Edward S. Lee, an associate professor of surgery at the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, tells Yahoo Life. \u201cA larger body contouring operation, like having breasts done\u2026we compare that to running a marathon. You need several months to recover.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Every surgery comes with a risk of complications, including infection, Lee says, and it\u2019s even greater when someone regularly has procedures done. \u201cIf you do something like get a tattoo and then have breast implants put in, and you\u2019re only spacing them out a little, you put yourself at a slightly higher risk of infection,\u201d Lee says.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-67549\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"958\" height=\"639\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121-2.jpg 958w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thefastfashion.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/121-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 958px) 100vw, 958px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0px 0px 0.8em; color: #1d2228; text-transform: none; line-height: 1.8; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Yahoo Sans', YahooSans, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.38em; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; word-spacing: 0px; display: block !important; white-space: normal; orphans: 2; widows: 2; background-color: #ffffff; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-color: initial;\">\n<p>Lee is especially wary of extreme body modifications, like splitting the tongue. Aesthetic and function aside, \u201cthe people who are doing it are usually not licensed practitioners. The materials you are using are questionable in terms of sterility. Also, the tongue does bleed quite a lot,\u201d Lee says.<\/p>\n<p>Even just tattoos come with the risk of communicable diseases, like HIV and hepatitis C, if they\u2019re not done in a sterile environment, Dr. Gary Goldenberg, an assistant clinical professor of dermatology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York City, tells Yahoo Life. \u201cOther concerns are infections, such as staph,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>Tattoos also change, Goldenberg points out. \u201cSome tattoos can fade with time,\u201d he says. \u201cAs the skin ages, it becomes more wrinkly and loose, potentially changing or distorting the way the tattoo looks.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sclera tattoos are especially dangerous, Vivian Shibayama, an optometrist with UCLA Health, tells Yahoo Life. \u201cWhitening the whites of your eyes is extremely dangerous,\u201d she says. \u201cIt involves removing a thin surface of the eye called the conjunctiva, which protects the ocular surface. It could lead to infection, perforation and blindness.\u201d Shibayama\u2019s advice: \u201cDon\u2019t do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lee urges people interested in body modifications \u2014 especially extreme body modifications \u2014 to think hard before diving in. \u201cThese are permanent,\u201d he says. \u201cYou cannot undo a sclera tattoo.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A heavily-tattooed Australian woman is revealing she went through $120,000 worth of body modifications to morph from a blond-haired teen to what she describes on Instagram as a \u201cblue eyes white dragon.\u201d Amber Luke, 25, recently shared a selfie on her Instagram Stories under the caption \u201cbody modification is the ultimate form of self-expression.\u201d She &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67550,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[391],"tags":[402],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.7.1 - 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