Many people have self-harm scars and worry about it. To help them, the tattoo artist Ryan Kelly started a Scars Behind Beauty project. This project helped many people. It all started when one day in February, a woman came into his parlor and told him about her battles with mental fitness and asked him to hide the scar. So, after completing it, he didn’t feel right charging her. He felt like it meant more to her than that.
Since then, word spread, and people like her started coming into his parlor weekly. Currently, about 300 persons are on the waiting list to cover up their scars.
Aoife Lovett was a woman with self-harm scars. When she was a teen, she fought depression and self-harmed. After she turned 19, she felt guilty about what she did and felt ashamed when she was around her family member. She also couldn’t find a job because of the scar. While she was finding solutions for it, she found Ryan Kelly.
Scroll down to see her scar coverup and other coverups as well. If you also struggling with self-harm or your friend, make sure to ask for help from Ryan.
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Aoife struggled with mental health for a few years. Thankfully she got better. But her scar always brought back memories she wanted to forget.
“It’s tough when you’re a couple of years clean from doing it, and you’re constantly reminded of what you did every day. It brings back rememberings of how you felt then.”
She decided to cover the scar with a tattoo, but all artists she met refused to work with scarred skin except Ryan.
Ryan Kelly is a tattoo artist willing to help people with self-harmed scars and didn’t hesitate to help Aoife. He is the creator of the Scars Behind Beauty project to help these people.
Ryan was able to put beautiful art over something hideous.
It gives her a new sense of freedom, and she gets her confidence back.
The project started after Ryan met this woman who asked for Ryan’s help for the same reason.
A random girl came in looking for a tattoo to cover up some scars. Ryan got talking to her, and she started to tell her story to Ryan.
After that, Ryan didn’t feel right charging her. It kind of sensed like it meant more to her than that.
Ryan is not the only person who did this excellent task. UK tattoo artist Poppy Seger has already helped many people.
Poppy said that Tattooing over self-harm scarring can be triggering. It can bring tears, memories, and flashbacks.
tattoo artist Whitney Develle has also done similar work in Australia
People complimented strongly to these artists’ incredible work.
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