Body Art Beyond Limits: World's Most Tattooed Teacher Goes Under The Knife To Remove Nipples And Belly Button

A man who is rumoured to have the most tattoos in the entire world has spoken about his fulfilling career as a teacher. Here's his story.

Teacher with the world's most tattoos

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Sylvain H. Laine, 37, has more than 60 tattoos worth $57,000 on his body, and he even had his nipple and belly button removed to make room for more. The Parisian primary school teacher, model, and performer, who began getting tattoos 10 years ago at the age of 27, even has ink on his gums and eyeballs. In 2012, Sylvain relocated to London to teach at Dulwich College.

He was dressed in suits and ties and going through a personal crisis because he had no idea what to do with his life.

While in Brixton, he saw that his HSBC banker had a tattoo on his neck. He then saw a man in a McDonald's with tattoos on both sleeves. Sylvain's eyes were opened by this, and he was inspired to begin his tattooing journey.

Sylvain finished the first layer of his body covering in Paris, which took him three and a half years to complete. His second tattoo layer is now complete, and he plans to add a third and fourth. Sylvain understands that he will eventually cover himself in darker tones and turn completely black when he is 80 or 90 years old. Because of this, he considers tattoos to be infinite.

The teacher even had his belly button and nipples removed

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In addition to getting tattoos, Sylvain also had his belly button and nipples removed to provide a cleaner canvas for tattoo artists. Sylvain views his entire body as a single tattoo that gradually takes the form of a large body suit over his skin. Sylvain calculates that the sum of all of his tattoos and modifications has been ?56k.

Sylvain has never felt that getting inked has had an impact on his career. Currently instructing 29 students between the ages of seven and eleven, Sylvain has been a teacher for fourteen years. The kids are unaffected despite his striking appearance; they are more concerned that he is a young male teacher in France than they are about his tattoos.

Sylvain discovered that it takes the kids two minutes, the parents two days, and the grandparents two weeks for them to accept him. His sister and father were very understanding of his choice.

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At first, his mother was wary, but after realising it was a career, she warmed to it. Sylvain doesn't encounter hatred in his daily life or on social media. For him, the strangest aspect of online dating is how women actively try to seduce him because they believe he is dangerous and criminal because of his tattoos.

He frequently gets comments that are overtly sexual in nature, such as "I need you" and "I'd love to touch it so much, it's so beautiful." If you want a tattoo, Sylvain advises waiting a while to make sure it's the right decision for you without letting it affect your career or personal life. He's never regretted getting inked.

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