Julia Gnuse, commonly known by the nickname The Illustrated Lady, born in 1959, has 95% of her body (including her face) covered in tattoos and holds the Guinness Record for being the most tattooed woman in the world. In her mid 30s, Gnuse developed porphyria, a condition in which sunlight results in blistering of the skin. As the blisters often result in scarring, she began getting tattoos as a way to cover up the scars. However, the tattoos do not prevent the skin from blistering as they are purely aesthetic.She currently resides in Foothill Ranch, California.
Is afflicted with porphyria cutanea tarda, which causes skin blistering (and scarring) when exposed to sunlight. She used tattooing as a means of treating the blisters and covering the scars.
$950,000
