00:0090% of my body is covered in tattoos, but for one day, we're going to cover them all up.
00:05How do I feel about seeing myself with no tattoos?
00:08I really have no idea what to expect.
00:12Okay, Michelle, are you ready?
00:14You are going to freak out when you see yourself.
00:17Oh, my God.
00:19That is so weird.
00:21I think my family is going to be shocked.
00:23Let's see how they react.
00:25Whoa, that's crazy.
00:28This doll up here, I got her because I thought she looked like me.
00:32So we're here at Alt City Tattoo in Boca.
00:35This is my studio.
00:37The back is the piercing section.
00:40This is pretty much all my area.
00:43I would describe myself as not only a tattoo addict, but just an addict for everything that I like.
00:50Every single thing that I like, I overdo it, and I just get completely addicted.
00:55This is the part I took out of the iguana myself.
00:58My name is Michelle Pitanato.
01:00I have probably over 90% of my body covered in tattoos, and today we're going to be covering them up.
01:08The last time I saw myself with no tattoos was probably around 10 years ago.
01:14It's hard for me to see myself the way other people see me because I see myself every day.
01:20I was just never normal.
01:24You are who you are.
01:25I just do what I like, and I just happen to, I guess, not be the norm for everybody.
01:32Covering up all my tattoos today, I have no idea what to expect.
01:37Michelle?
01:38Hi!
01:39How are you? I'm Jill.
01:40I'm ready to get started.
01:42So, what do you think? Are you nervous?
01:45I'm a bit nervous.
01:47How do you feel? What are you thinking in your head about the process?
01:51I'm really excited to see it.
01:53I can always wash off the makeup, so I'm just like, I have no idea what to expect at all.
02:00The technique I'm going to be using today is going to be with an airbrush.
02:03I'm going to pour makeup into the machine and spray it on.
02:08The thing that gets the most reaction is my eyes, of course.
02:12Once I got my eyes done, nobody even noticed anything else.
02:16It's all they talk about.
02:17Okay, Michelle, are you ready?
02:19I'm ready!
02:23I feel like I'm going to like it, just because it reminds me of when I was 20.
02:33I was really happy right around the time I was having my kids from 18 to 22.
02:43I was really content, and I didn't have tattoos, and I just was normal.
02:51We're going to be white like her.
02:54Yeah, absolutely. So I think we're almost done here.
02:57I cannot wait to see myself.
03:00Oh my God, you are going to freak out when you see yourself.
03:04You look completely transformed.
03:06Yeah.
03:07Okay, Michelle, you ready for the big reveal in front of the mirror?
03:10I am ready.
03:11Here we go.
03:13Keeping me wait.
03:14Here we go.
03:16Oh my God.
03:19That is so weird.
03:28That is so weird.
03:31Wow.
03:33I definitely miss my tattoos.
03:37But I like it, though.
03:39Because, like I said, it's like I went back in time.
03:44I think I look fatter.
03:48You did such a good job, dude.
03:51Wow, it's like I'm younger and older at the same time.
03:55I can't wait to show my sister.
03:59She's going to freak.
04:02My daughter is just going to probably laugh.
04:05I actually really love it, and I don't know what I was thinking.
04:12But I love the tattoos, too.
04:14It's like I just like both of them.
04:16When I first met her, she had about three or four tattoos.
04:19I'm a little nervous to see her without the tattoos again.
04:22It's been a while.
04:23I can't really imagine what she'd look like, honestly.
04:28All right, they're outside.
04:30I've been waiting for this all day.
04:32So let's see how they react.
04:38That's crazy.
04:41I was nervous.
04:43It's so weird.
04:45You're so pale.
04:46I know, I look like I stepped out of Twilight, right?
04:48Oh, my gosh, yes, you look like that vampire.
04:52And look, you can see my leg muscles.
04:56I'd rather the tattoos.
04:57I'd rather the tattoos, too.
04:59I would rather the tattoos, yeah.
05:01You just look like milk that was expired.
05:03It's expired.
05:05I'm surprised that they like the tattoos better.
05:10It made me feel really good and, like, loved, you know?
05:14I love my family.
05:16This experience has made me understand that I don't need my tattoos to make me feel better.
05:24Appearances don't matter.
05:26It's who you are on the inside, and it doesn't matter what people think of you.
05:30All right, time to wash this off.
05:33Get back to the real me.
05:35Get rid of this expired milk look.
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