A man has been banned from teaching children under the age of six because they find him 'terrifying' - as he is covered in extreme ink and body modifications.
Sylvain Helaine has worked as a teacher for over ten years, even though he's covered in £52,000 worth of tattoos, as the Daily Star reports.
Due to his extreme inkings, he's been dubbed the 'world's most terrifying teacher', and its no surprise as his entire face, tongue, and even his eyes, are a different colour.
It has now been decided that Sylvain, who works in London and France, is too scary to teach young children and has been banned from some classrooms.
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Despite being proud of his bizarre look, Sylvain was told he could no longer work with nursery age kids after a three-year-old suffered a nightmare due to his appearance.
He told BFM TV: "He complained to his parents and they wrote a letter to my hierarchy saying that I was a radicalised man."
Now, Sylvain is only able to educate children over six, but thinks it does kids good to be educated by someone with his look.
He added: "Children who see me learn tolerance of others.
"When they are adults, they may be less likely to be racist or homophobic, and they will not look at disabled people as if they were something from a circus."
The teacher, who believes he’s spent 460 hours under the needle, went to Switzerland for the dangerous procedure on his eyes which made him go blind for days afterwards.
The eye tattoos – known as scleral ink – is extremely risky and has been known to cause people long term health issues.
Speaking on This Morning in 2020, he said: "You've got one guy holding you down and the other coming with a syringe and putting it straight into your eyes.
"It's like torture. I won't recommend it to anyone because it's painful – you can't see a thing for a couple of days after.
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"You pretty much feel you will lose your sight - and actually a lot of people have lost their sight. So don't do it."
Sylvain is a primary school teacher, but also has a huge following of over 91,000 on Instagram.
He operates under the name “Freaky Hoody” and shares photos of his extreme body art.
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