Amber Luke has been getting inked since she was a teenager. And after braving her first design aged just 16, her love for tattoos exploded. The 30-year-old is now known as ‘Australia’s most tattooed woman’ because she has so many intricate inkings.
An impressive 98% of her body is covered in artwork – from calligraphy to portraits and symbols. But how much did the transformation actually cost her? While some artists have offered to ink Amber for free, the body modification fan revealed she’s spent a jaw-dropping sum on her tatts.
Speaking to Alex Milovanov on Instagram, Amber revealed the cost of her alternative look totals to a whopping £177,000.
As well as spending almost £200,000 on tattoos, the Brisbane bombshell has forked out for plastic surgery and body mods. She’s split her tongue, got dermal piercings and implanted horns into her head.
However, her most extreme op was getting her eyes inked blue. She “went blind for three weeks” following the first procedure – but this didn’t stop her from going back for more.
While the edgy look isn’t everyone’s cup of tea, Amber rises above the hate. She said: “Some days I’m stronger than others mentally but all around I think you need to remember everyone has their own ideas of what beauty is.”
She urged others to follow their passions despite what others think. Amber added: “The biggest piece of information that I would take from the whole experience is to do it for you.
“If you feel like you’re living up to society’s standards of trend setting, you’re doing it wrong.”
Commenting on the Instagram video, one supporter said: “Doesn’t matter what Ambs does to her body, she’ll always have a heart of gold.”
Another user added: “It’s really nice to see these interviews / videos, no not everyone might agree with it but exactly what was said beauty can come in lots of different ways! Normalising all kinds of beauty is so important.”
A third user commented: “I got my head bit off by a bloke once with heaps of tattoos and body mods for staring at him but I was genuinely looking because I was interested and I wanted to look at what more was done. Not all stares are judging.”
Meanwhile, a fourth wrote: “The idea of tongue forking or eyeball tattooing terrifies me but if it’s what someone wants to do, if it makes them happy, then more power to them.
“That’s not my body, so it’s not up to me. They probably didn’t do it in order to get people to stare, they probably did it cos they like it, so I wouldn’t stare.”
