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Julia gnuse most tattooed woman
Julia Gnuse (guh-NOO-see), commonly known by the nickname The Illustrated Lady, born in 1955, had 95% of her body (including her face) covered in tattoos and held 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, which can get as deep as third degree burns. A friend of Gnuse's who was a plastic surgeon had suggested she get her skin tattooed in a pale skin tone color, similar to the color of her scars. This was attempted but didn't turn out the way they had hoped.
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• She died at the age of 61.
![Julia Gnuse wearing a headband, pink underwear and covered her whole body with tattoos.](https://alchetron.com/cdn/julia-gnuse-5a9c5628-c040-4785-bb7b-fc7abe053f5-resize-750.jpeg)
The tattoos do not prevent the skin from blistering as they are purely aesthetic. Instead she decided to try colorful tattoos, consisting of a variety of themes including: her favorite cartoons, her favorite actors and even a self portrait. Gnuse has appeared on the tv show Ripley's Believe it or Not. She also had a small role in Aerosmith's music video for their song Pink.
![On the left, Julia Gnuse wearing piercings and covered her body with tattoos. On the right, Julia Gnuse wearing a black top, black shorts and covered her body with tattoos.](https://alchetron.com/cdn/julia-gnuse-a6cb6b25-d74b-4a6a-ad37-778a7571127-resize-750.jpeg)
In her last year she started to go through laser treatment to get all of her tattoos removed.
![Julia Gnuse wearing a black top, black shorts and covered her body with tattoos.](https://alchetron.com/cdn/julia-gnuse-f6d9882e-129e-4790-a86e-82bc4fb6bf8-resize-750.jpeg)
She lived in Foothill Ranch, California and died on August 11, 2016.
![On the left, Julia Gnuse covered her whole body with tattoos. On the right, Julia Gnuse with blonde hair and her face covered with tattoos.](https://alchetron.com/cdn/julia-gnuse-b3fb402c-8d92-448b-ab8e-c34234a6aed-resize-750.jpeg)
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![Julia Gnuse wearing piercings and covered her body with tattoos.](https://alchetron.com/cdn/julia-gnuse-54b9ee2b-83cf-4677-ad3f-65245507c15-resize-750.jpg)
![Julia Gnuse wearing piercings and covered her whole face and neck with tattoos.](https://alchetron.com/cdn/julia-gnuse-a9424d16-61eb-4817-80fc-a413489fb88-resize-750.jpg)