A tattoo-obsessed mum-of-two is preparing to ink her entire body by her 40th birthday. Alex Derbyshire, 38, from Bolton, Greater Manchester, has spent thousands of pounds on her inkings and around 200 hours being tattooed from head to toe - and she's not done yet.
Alex's fascination with body modification began during childhood, reports the Manchester Evening News. As soon as she turned 18 - the legal age to get inked in the UK - she began her body transformation with a subtle Celtic design on her lower back.
During the following years, she added another 16 small inkings around her body - all of which could easily be concealed by clothing.
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