Julia Gnuse, commonly known by the nickname The Illustrated Lady, holds the Guinness Record for being the most tattooed woman in the world,[1] having coverage of 95% of her body (including her face). Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records (and in previous U A tattoo is a permanent marking made by inserting ink into the layers of Skin to change the pigment for decorative or other reasons [2] Gnuse was born with porphyria, a condition in which sunlight results in blistering of the skin. Porphyrias are a group of inherited or acquired disorders of certain Enzymes in the Heme biosynthetic pathway (also called Porphyrin pathway 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[3] as they are purely aesthetic. Aesthetics or esthetics ( also spelled æsthetics) is commonly known as the study of sensory or sensori-emotional values sometimes called
She currently resides in Foothill Ranch, California. Foothill Ranch (FHR was a Census-designated place in Orange County, California, United States. [4]