TATT’S NASTY
I’m a tattoo-addict dubbed ‘dragon girl’ – I love my inkings but some call me an ‘alien’ and HISS at me in the street
A TATTOO addict dubbed 'dragon girl' loves to show off her inkings - but says she has been scoffed, coughed and HISSED at in the street.
Amber Luke, 26, is no stranger to stares when she is in public, however, she feels like an "alien" when strangers gawk at her.
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The self-professed "Blue-Eyed White Dragon" from New South Wales, Australia, claims she constantly faces "discrimination" due to her eccentric appearance.
She has spent more than £70,000 on what she calls "extreme" procedures and has nearly 600 tattoos.
The 26-year-old even had blue ink injected into her eyeballs during an excruciating 40-minute procedure that left her blind for three weeks.
But Amber says her unique look attracts more critics than admirers.
While enjoying a shopping trip in Westfield in Brisbane this week, she described how she felt "ostracised in public" by rude passersby.
In a heartfelt Instagram post, Amber wrote: "Humans are weird, man.
"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.
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"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."
Amber gave her followers an insight into a day in the life of an inked-up Aussie - that wasn't as glamorous as it may seem.
She continued: "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."
The 26-year-old urged her followers to not be "toxic" or "twisted" by making people feel "inadequate" and "not welcome" because of their tatts.
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She hit back at haters, adding: " I’m not sticking for it anymore, I’m not having it. If you wanna stare at me in public, I’ll stare back at you.
"If you wanna ostracise me in public, I’ll make you feel like the issue because you are.
"You wanna come at me, come right ahead."
Commenters praised Amber's vulnerability, saying she is "amazing" and a "role model" for other youngsters.
The social media star earlier opened up about how she had finally gained the "confidence to look however I want to."
Amber has undergone a tongue split, breast augmentation, cheek and lip fillers, pointed implants in her ears and a Brazilian butt lift.
She told how she began having issues with her body when she was 14, after being diagnosed with depression.
She then discussed how she developed a tattoo addiction at 16 and has "no regrets".
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Amber explained: "I'm not harming anyone, I'm doing what I want to do and if it makes me get up in the morning and be a happy person, then so be it."
She previously shared jaw-dropping images of what she used to look like with blonde hair and no visible body art.
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