Blind Rhyl mother gets full body tattoo

Fran Atkinson has endured 416 hours of needles over the last three years for a colourful body suit that she will never see.

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Meet the tattooed woman who will never see her body art

Tattoos might be becoming more fashionable - but it takes a lot of determination to decide that you're not going to offer up just an arm or a leg - but use your whole body.

That's exactly what Fran Atkinson from Rhyl went for. And now, eight years - and many inches of tattooists ink later, she's a living work of art. Whats more, she's hoping to make it into the Guinness book of records. Rob Shelley went to see for himself....

Blind Rhyl mother gets full body tattoo in record bid

Fran Atkinson has endured three years of pain for her body art. Credit: ITV News

Tonight on ITV Cymru Wales news at 1800 Fran Atkinson from Rhyl tells us why she's gone through three years of pain for the tattoos she will never see.

The mum-of-one says her husband and the tattoo artist have acted as her eyes, describing the details of her intricate artwork from her neck down to her ankles.

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