When you get a tattoo, or piercing, the last thing you expect is your health to suffer as a result of it - but Britain's most tattooed man has opened up about his suffering after a body modification.
Matthew Whelan, also known as 'King Of Inkland King Body Art', has extensive artwork all over his body, and he also has piercings to accompany the inkings. But the 43-year-old's transdermal implant has been causing him issues with his health, and he opened up on social media about it. Matthew, from Birmingham, said to his followers: "I alter my body, that is well established.
"However, not may of you may know that my TRANSDERMAL Implant (not micro dermal skin nip) surgical procedure is and has always been a 24/7 open wound and from time to time can bleed, get inflamed, scab, or seep plasma", he continued. "I don't believe it to be an infection however the body is trying to heal an unwarranted hole punctured in it and a foreign object (titanium disc and body jewellery) so it could just be the body mod version period just that time of the month. Jokes aside ladies I know some of you suffer really bad in those."
He added: "I will be okay and if I'm not I'll go down in history like Jack Daniels, some monarch from many centuries ago, and some other people dying from an unusual circumstance"
Transdermal implants, or dermal piercings, are a form of body modification, and they consist of an object placed partially below and partially above the skin, reports the Daily Star. The skin around it generally heals as if it were a piercing, however, this has not been the case for the body modification fanatic.
In the comments, some said that their piercings do the same thing from time to time, with one writing: "My dermals and normal piercings do the same from time to time", and another added: "My two do the same thing."
As well as his bold tattoos and piercings, 'King Of Inkland King Body Art', which is now his legal name, has dyed the whites of both of his eyes black, removed his nipples to make room for tattoos, carved 'teeth marks' into his ears and split his tongue in half. It's thought he's spent around £25,000 on tattoos.
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