Rodrigo Fernando dos Santos, 39, of Sao Paul, Brazil, recently had his eyeballs tattooed.
Mexican Maria Jose Cristerna "The Vampire Woman" poses during the Expotattoo Venezuela 2013, in Caracas, on January 25, 2013. The event will be held in Caracas several days. (Juan Barreto, AFP / Getty Images)
US Matt Gone gestures as he poses before the opening of the Expotattoo Venezuela 2013 in Caracas, on January 24, 2013. The event will be held in Caracas five more days. (Juan Barreto, AFP / Getty Images)
British Isobel Varley displays her tattoos proudly at the Tattoo International Convention in Madrid 16 June 2001. Isabel Varley claims to be the most tattooed woman in the world. (Marc Alex, AFP / Getty Images)
A tattooed panther is seen on the back of the head of a man during the 15th Annual Tattooing Convention in Manhattan in New York, May 19, 2012. (Miladen Antonov, AFP / Getty Images)
A woman poses with her tattoos at the 19th International Tattoo Convention in the central German city of Frankfurt am Main on April 16, 2011. Tattoo artists from the whole world present the newest techniques, designs and colour creations over the weekend. (Boris Roessler, AFP / Getty Images)
Jeremy Renfro shows off his "Buddha" tattoo at the "Inkin'' Lincoln Tattoo Jamboree" in Rosemont, Illinois, March 5, 2000. (Tim Boyle, Getty Images)
Czech composer and painter Vladimir Franz attends a press conference on August 28, 2012 in Prague, Czech Republic. Franz announced he is planning to run for President in the Czech Republic's 2013 presidental election. (Martin Divisek, isifa / Getty Images)
Mike Connor watches a performance at the annual New York Tattoo Convention on May 17, 2003 in New York City. The three-day event features dozens of booths with tattoo and piercing artists from around the world. Tattoos, once relegated to the fringe of American society, have become mainstream in recent years with everyone from mothers to high school students receiving the indelible designs on their skin. (Spencer Platt, Getty Images)
Retired teacher Geoff Ostling displays his tattooed skin at a portrait session at his home in Petersham on May 11, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. The 65-year old has pledged to donate his skin to the National Gallery in Canberra after his death. Ostling, who did not get his first tattoo until he was in his forties, is now covered in the artwork by artist eX de Merci from neck to ankle with the theme 'all the flowers of a Sydney garden'. (Lisa Maree Williams, Getty Images)
A man's back tattooed with cherubs and dancing girls. (General Photographic Agency / Getty Images)
Retired teacher Geoff Ostling displays his tattooed skin at a portrait session at his home in Petersham on May 11, 2009 in Sydney, Australia. The 65-year old has pledged to donate his skin to the National Gallery in Canberra after his death. Ostling, who did not get his first tattoo until he was in his forties, is now covered in the artwork by artist eX de Merci from neck to ankle with the theme 'all the flowers of a Sydney garden'. (Lisa Maree Williams, Getty Images)
Tattooist Les Skuse at work on champion tattoo lady Pam Nash who has a large Japanese scene across her back April 1960. (John Pratt, Keystone Features / Getty Images)
Tattooist Les Skuse at work on champion tattoo lady Pam Nash who has a large Japanese scene across her back April 1960. (John Pratt, Keystone Features / Getty Images)
Mary Jose Cristerna, known as The Vampire Woman, from Mexico, poses for a portrait as she attends Venezuela Expo Tattoo 2012 in Caracas, Venezuela, Saturday Jan. 28, 2012. (Ariana Cubillos, AP)
Married couple Ivor and Marianne Collier are covered in tattoos. Ivor's chest displays a work in progress version of Frans Hals' 'The Laughing Cavalier' circa 1970. (Keystone / Getty Images)
Belgian Kimberley Vlaeminck, 18, gives a call at her home in Kortrijk on June 17, 2009. Vlaeminck said she had gone to the tattoo parlor in the western town of Courtrai and asked tattoo artist Rouslan Toumaniantz for three small stars on her face. Vlaeminck fell asleep and woke up sporting 56 black stars of various sizes on the left side of her face, from nose to ear and brow to chin. She said on June 16 she would sue the parlor which she said covered half her face with stars while she was asleep. (Peter Deconinck, AFP / Getty Images)
Guinness World Record-holder Julia Gnuse, the "most tattooed woman" in the world, poses at BookExpo America at the Javits Center May 26, 2010 in New York City. Gnuse has tattoos covering 95 percent of her body and has used the same artist for every design. Guinness World Records 2011 edition will be available September 15. (Mario Tama, Getty Images)
A 'Libere', one of hundreds of criminals living as free men in French colony of Guiana, after the dissolution of the penal colony at Devil's Island circa 1938. (De Long, Three Lions / Getty Images)
This individual is sporting tattoos across their entire back circa 1970. (Hulton Archive / Getty Images)
Tattooed music fan attends Day 1 of the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival 2011 held at the Empire Polo Club on April 15, 2011 in Indio, California. (Frazer Harrison, Getty Images)
An Ainu woman from northern Japan with tattooed lips. The upper lip is slashed during childhood and ashes are rubbed in to leave a scar circa 1960. (Three Lions / Getty Images)
A tattooist places some final touches to a man whose back consists almost entirely of tattoos circa 1955. (Juliette Lasserre, BIPs / Getty Images)
A woman displays his tattoo during the third Sydney Tattoo and Body Art Expo on March 11, 2011. The expo, billed as the largest tattoo convention in the Southern Hemisphere, has over 320 tattoo artists including 110 internationals and over 60 retail vendors. (Greg Wood, AFP / Getty Images)
In spite of a ban since 1880, the ancient art of tattooing is still widely practiced amongst all classes in Japan circa 1958. (Keystone Features / Getty Images)
Mexican tattoo artist and trained lawyer Maria Jose Cristerna, known as "Vampire Woman", attends the Fifth International Tattoo Convention in Bogota, Colombia, on June 4, 2011. (Eitan Abramovich, AFP / Getty Images)
Larry Happ, 68, raises his arms to show his tattoos as he competes for the senior man largest tattoo during the Los Angeles Tattoo Convention held at the Los Angeles Marriott Airport Hotel 13 March. The convention runs through 15 March. (Mathilde de L'Ecotais, AFP / Getty Images)
Tattoo artist Su-a-Sulu-Ape Freewind smiles at the Body Art Expo at the Cow Palace on August 27, 2005 in San Francisco, California. Several hundred thousand tattoo and body art enthusiasts are expected to attended the threr day event. (David Paul Morris, Getty Images)
A heavily tattooed man poses for a portrait at the International Tattoo Convention at the Truman Brewary on October 6, 2007 in London, England. (Chris Jackson, Getty Images)
Tattoo artist George Burchett working on a client's thigh. (General Photographic Agency / Getty Images)
A man shows off his tattooed head on the opening day of the fifth London Tattoo Convention held at Tobacco Dock in the east end on September 25, 2009 in London, England. The three day, annual convention for all aspects of body art is one of the main events in the European tattoo circuit and was attended by 20,000 visitors last year. (Oli Scarff, Getty Images)
A woman displays her tattoos at the London International Tattoo Convention in east London, on September 26, 2009. Now in it's fifth year, the organizers attempted to break the record for "Most people in one place getting a new tattoo". (Leon Neal, AFP / Getty Images)
An enthusiast displays his tattoo art and piercings at the London International Tattoo Convention in east London, on September 26, 2009. Now in it's fifth year, the organisers attempted to break the record for "Most people in one place getting a new tattoo". (Leon Neal, AFP / Getty Images)
Volkswagen enthusiast, Chris Redford, shows his VW themed tattoos at the Final Fling VW Show on October 24, 2009 in Woolacombe, England. The small gathering of Volkswagen enthusiasts at a campsite in North Devon is generally seen as the last event of the year in the annual calendar of shows that celebrate all VW's including the iconic campervan. (Matt Cardy, Getty Images)
A Maori warrior performs the "Powhiri", a ceremony to welcome visitors, at a giant rugby ball pavilion placed beside the Tokyo Tower on October 28, 2009. The New Zealand tourism office has built the giant pavilion to promote the 2011 Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, as well as New Zealand cultures. (Toshifumi Kitamura, AFP / Getty Images)
Devotees of the Chinese Bank Neow Shrine take part in a procession through the streets to mark the annual Vegetarian Festival in southern Thailand's town of Phuket on October 13, 2010. The festival begins on the first evening of the ninth lunar month and lasts for nine days, with many religious devotees slashing themselves with swords, piercing their cheeks with sharp objects and committing other painful acts to purify themselves, taking on the sins of the community. (Nicolas Asfouri, AFP / Getty Images)
A man with a completely tattooed face attends the Berlin Tattoo Convention at Tempelhof Airport on December 4, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. The Tattoo Convention takes place for the 20th time and the organizers expect over the three days over 15,000 visitors. There are artists from Japan, China, Taiwan, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Samoa, and from all European countries as guests, who come up with the latest technics, designs and color creations. (Carsten Koall, Getty Images)
A man with a tattooed face attends the Berlin Tattoo Convention at Tempelhof Airport on December 4, 2010 in Berlin, Germany. The Tattoo Convention takes place for the 20th time and the organizers expect over the three days over 15,000 visitors. There are artists from Japan, China, Taiwan, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Tahiti, Samoa, and from all European countries as guests, who come up with the latest technics, designs and color creations. (Carsten Koall, Getty Images)
Edyta from London poses for a photo showing her tattoos at the 18th International tattoo convention in the central German city of Frankfurt am Main on March 5, 2010. (Thomas Lohnes, AFP / Getty Images)
Michelle "Bombshell" McGee tattoos at the Celebrity Wrestling 1 Press Conference at South Philly Bar and Grill on May 6, 2010 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Bobby Bank, Getty Images)
A tatooed Dayak tribesman from West Kalimantan in Borneo island participate in a protest by members of indeginous tribe in Jakarta on January 12, 2011. The group denounces University of Indonesian sociologist for allegedly offending the Dayak tribe in a remark in December regarding sexual practices made while he was a witness in a pornography case trial of an Indonesian rock star. The sociologist research on several Indonesian tribes and Dayak people stating that sex without marriage is acceptable has caused negative perception of the Dayak people according to the protesters. (Romeo Gacad, AFP / Getty Images)
People display their tattoos during the third Sydney Tattoo and Body Art Expo on March 11, 2011. The expo, billed as the largest tattoo convention in the Southern Hemisphere, has over 320 tattoo artists including 110 internationals and over 60 retail vendors. (Greg Wood, AFP / Getty Images)
A picture taken on February 8, 2011 in Panmaung Village, in Myanmar's remote northwest, shows an ethnic minority Chin woman (R) bearing a facial tattoo. Ma Htwe recalled the day of agony she suffered, more than five decades ago, when her face was etched with the intricate tattoo that still lines her papery skin like a spider's web. With the practice ceasing two generations ago, Ma Htwe is now among a smattering of women left alive who bear the tattoos. When they die, the ancient tradition will die with them. (AFP / Getty Images)
A man poses with his tattoos at the 19th International Tattoo Convention in the central German city of Frankfurt am Main on April 15, 2011. Tattoo artists from the whole world present the newest techniques, designs and colour creations over the weekend. (Boris Roessler, AFP / Getty Images)
Steve Chambers adds to is collection of over 200 tattoos during the Ink For Heroes event on June 18, 2011 in Catterick, England. Ink For Heroes is a charity event to raise money and awareness of the soldiers that get injured during service, with all proceeds going to both 'Help The Heroes' and 'The British Legion'. Injured soldiers can also get tattooed for free during the event. (Bethany Clarke, Getty Images)
British tattoo artist Karma Webb poses during the Nepal Tattoo Convention in Kathmandu on April 22, 2011. Some 57 tattoo artist from 10 different countries participated in the convention. (Prakash Mathema, AFP / Getty Images)
A Cuban girl exposes her tattoo covering part of her right hemithorax, in Havana on July 22, 2011. (AFP / Getty Images)
A tattoo artist shows off his Batman tatoo that he received at a stand at the 21st International Tattoo Convention Berlin on December 3, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. The annual tattoo trade fair runs from December 2-4, 2011. (Adam Berry, Getty Images)
Canadian model Rick Genest aka Zombie boy presents a creation by French designer Thierry Mugler during the Men's fall-winter 2011-2012 ready-to-wear collection show on January 19, 2011 in Paris. (Francois Guillot, AFP / Getty Images)
Iris (R) from Taiwan presents her tattoos at the international tattoo convention in Frankfurt/M., western Germany, on March 31, 2012. More than 650 tattooers from around 20 countries present their skills during the event running until April 1, 2012. (Boris Roessler, AFP / Getty Images)
Bulgarian Genislav Naidenov shows his tattoos and piercings during an annual international tattoo contest in the Bulgarian capital Sofia, Sunday, May 4, 2008. Over the past few years tattoos have become popular among teenagers and there are many new tattoo studios around the country. (Petar Petrov, AP)
A man displays his tattooed face at a tattoo convention in Beijing Saturday June 16, 2007. Hundreds attended the opening of the three-day China 2007 Tattoo Show in Beijing Saturday. The show, the third to be held in the Chinese capital, features tattoo competitions, stage performances and on-the-scene tattoos. (Greg Baker, AP)
Madam Lazonga, left, who is a tattoo artist in Seattle Wash., gets a cool look from Barbara Chapman, Denver Colorado, after it was announced that Ms. Lazonga had been chosen "most beautifully tattooed female" by the American Tattoo Club at their third world convention at the Hotel in St. Paul on Jan. 28, 1978. (AP)
A Sak Yant thai ancient art of method of tattoo is done during the Singapore Tattoo Show where tattoo artists and industry members converge for the trade show and exhibition on Friday Jan. 9, 2009 in Singapore.(Wong Maye-E, AP)
Thailand's Yanisa Suayvicha, left, and Walanlak Kumngern show the tattoos on their backs during the annual Tattoo Festival in Bangkok, Thailand, Monday, Oct 25, 2010. (Sakchhai Lalit, AP)
U.S. artist known as "The Enigma" hammers a nail into his nose during an international tattoo convention called the Inka Tattoo Festival in Lima, Saturday, Nov. 24, 2007. The Enigma, whose birth name is Paul Lawrence, is a sideshow performer and musician who has undergone extensive body modification, including horn implants and a full-body jigsaw-puzzle tattoo. (Martin Mejia, AP)
Full-body Tattoo shown in Tokyo, Japan. Undated photo. (AP)
Rie Gomita from Osaka, Japan shows off her tattoos at the International London Tattoo Convention, in east London, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. The convention, held till Sunday Sept. 27, brings together the world's best tattoo artists from the US, Australia, Canada, Japan and UK as well as piercing specialists, fashion designers and fans of skin art. (Lefteris Pitarakis, AP)
A woman shows off her tattoos at the International London Tattoo Convention, in east London, Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. The convention, held till Sunday Sept. 27, brings together the world's best tattoo artists from the US, Australia, Canada, Japan and UK as well as piercing specialists, fashion designers and fans of skin art. (Lefteris Pitarakis, AP)
One of the more than 500 exhibits that make up a new exhibit at The Mariners' Museum in Newport News, Va., shows Bob Shaw displaying the work of tattoo artist Bert Grim in this undated photo. The exhibit, "Skin Deep... The Art of the Tattoo," chronicles the history and culture of the art of tattooing. (The Mariners' Museum / AP)
In this Friday, Oct. 15, 2010 photo, a woman shows tattoos on her back at a tattoo fair in Beijing, China. (Alexander F. Yuan, AP)
A man is tattooed during "Tattooame," a tattoo exhibition where professionals show their designs and tattoo visitors in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday Nov. 26, 2010. "Tattooame" is being held from Nov. 26 to Nov. 28. (Natacha Pisarenko, AP)
Die Farbe laeuft am Samstag (31.03.12) vom frisch gestochenen Tattoo auf dem Ruecken eines Besucher der 20. Tattoo-Convention in Frankfurt am Main herunter. Rund 650 Tattoo-Kuenstler aus 20 Laendern zeigen auf der Tattoo-Messe ihre Werke und Bilder. Besucher koennen sich die Koerperkunst auch gleich stechen lassen. Foto: Thomas Lohnes/dapd
A man displays his tattoo, depicting Hindu elephant headed god Ganesha during the second International Tattoo Convention in Katmandu, Nepal, Sunday, April 29, 2012. Tattoo artists from 15 different countries are participating in the three-day event which concludes Sunday. (Niranjan Shrestha, AP)
It's been dubbed the Adlington shroud a T shirt bearing a ghostly image of Jesus.Terry O'Neill had his entire back inked with a Christ tattoo, and woke the next morning to find it had left a perfect imprint on the white T shirt he wore for bed.Pals call it the Adlington shroud, after the town near Bolton, Greater Manchester, where he lives.From left, Tattoo artist Jay Abbott, Terry O'Neill who had a Jesus tattoo and Alan Caldbank at Psycho Monkey, Adlington with the Adlington Shroud.
Venezuelan Emilio Gonzalez poses before the opening of the Expotattoo Venezuela 2013 in Caracas, on January 24, 2013. The event will be held in Caracas five more days. (Juan Barreto, AFP / Getty Images)
Matt Gone who is known as The Checkered Man poses for a photo at the 3rd annual Venezuela Tattoo International Expo in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. As many as 300 tattoo artists from a variety of countries are expected to attend the 4-day event, sharing their skills including under the skin implants and body piercings. (Fernando Llano, AP)
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