With the help of tattoo artist Ryan Kelly and his project Scars Behind Beauty, which he started in order to help people with self-harm scars, this 19-year-old is now able to move on with her life.
Read more 19-year-old Aoife had been struggling with mental health throughout the years, and even though she got better, the scars brought back memories she wanted to forget
“It’s very hard when you’re a couple of years clean from doing it and every day you’re constantly reminded of what you did. It brings back memories of how you felt then”
Aoife wanted to cover up them with tattoos, but all artists she reached out to refused to work with scarred skin. Except one
Ryan Kelly, a tattoo artist that started Scars Behind Beauty project, didn’t hesitate to help her out
He was able to put something beautiful over something “ugly”
“It gives you a new sense of freedom and you get your confidence back”
Ryan launched the project Scars Behind Beauty in February when another woman contacted him for the same reason Aoife did
“A girl just randomly came in looking for a tattoo to cover up some scars and I got talking to her and she started telling me her story”
“At the end of that, it didn’t really feel right to charge her. It kind of felt like it meant more to her than that”
Ryan is not the only one dedicated to this great task, Poppy Seger is a tattoo artist from the UK who has helped many people already
Image credits: Poppy
“Tattooing over self harm scarring can be triggering. It can bring tears, memories, flashbacks” says Poppy
Image credits: Poppy
And Whitney Develle has done similar work in Australia
Image credits: Whitney Develle
People were reacting strongly to these artists’ great work
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