A tattooed model has shared what it's like to live with obvious inkings - saying that she faces discrimination and is 'hissed' at in the street.
Amber Luke sometimes feels like an 'alien' when she goes out in public as people will stop and stare, because the 26-year-old has ink on her face, arms, legs, and pretty much everywhere else.
As the Daily Star reports, she sometimes gets positive comments but she will also get people who are nasty, and will cough at her or hiss when she walks past.
Now she's taken to Instagram to share what it's like to walk in her shoes, and added: "Human's are weird, man."
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Amber, from Brisbane, Australia, said: "Today I was walking through a shopping centre and usually when I’m in a crowd of people you get mixed reactions.
"You get people who look at you, glance at you and smile. You get people who comment nice things to your face – they’re the best ones.
"You get people who scoff, you get people who cough, you get people who hiss when they walk past.
"I think today it just hit different, it felt different. Today I was an alien to society…
"Not even exaggerating when I say this, every person and their dog was saying negative things either to me, behind my back or as I walked past.
"I don’t know where we went wrong, where our manners went out the door and when our respect for fellow humans went out the door.
"There’s so much hatred in society that I can’t even fathom why and how you have the audacity to project hatred towards an individual that is a stranger towards you."
Amber urged people to stop being "toxic" about how others look.
She argued that it’s "twisted" to make people feel "inadequate" and "not welcome" because of their tattoos.
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The model’s post garnered more than 1,500 views and many agreed with her message.
One commenter said: "Super proud of you right now! You keep that head high, there’s nothing you can’t do Amber."
And another agreed: "You really don’t deserve this. No one who expresses themselves through looks should deal with this. You are amazing and so strong."
And a third added: "Be you, you’re amazing. Sending love your way."
Amber, who first went under the needle as a teenager, has covered 98 per cent of her body in ink over the last decade.
She has more than 600 tattoos – including geometric designs all over her chest, portraits on her thighs and bold eyeball ink.
The influencer also has body modifications like dermal piercings, stretched ears and a split tongue.
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