00:00I'm about 90% covered in tattoos.
00:03I feel like I'm a walking piece of art.
00:05I've spent about $32,000.
00:09I want to give my mom one last look
00:12of me without tattoos before I'm fully tattooed.
00:15I'm feeling really excited about the transformation today.
00:19I'm looking forward to seeing it one last time.
00:21At least it's not permanent.
00:25I'm nervous.
00:26Wow.
00:30What do you think your mom's going to say?
00:33I'm sure she'll like the tattoo look better, honestly.
00:35Yeah.
00:40Oh my gosh.
00:41I lost count on how many tattoos I had.
00:49I go by body parts now.
00:50Like arms, legs, stomach, armpits.
00:56So I have a rose on my hand.
00:58This is one of my first tattoos I got.
01:00It's for nothing is impossible with God.
01:03This does right here as well for some fillers.
01:05And then put some more clouds in to go along with that.
01:09My name is Terrell Nickerson.
01:11I'm 29 years old and I'm about 90% covered in tattoos.
01:17I have my feet left and two gaps on my legs.
01:22So I'd say about four spots left on my body before I'm 100% covered.
01:25I got my first tattoo when I was about 18 years old.
01:29As soon as I graduated high school, I got my first one.
01:32I've spent about, I lost count around like $32,000.
01:36And then ever since then, yeah, I just stopped counting.
01:39I feel like I'm a walking piece of art because of my tattoos.
01:45This is who I am.
01:46This is what I love.
01:47I just love expressing myself.
01:50My mom, she didn't want me to get face tattoos at all.
01:52I feel like now though, she's used to it.
01:55And so now it's like, yeah, this is who he is.
02:01I decided to do this cover up today because I want to give my mom one last look of me
02:06without tattoos before I'm fully tattooed.
02:09Looking forward to seeing it one last time.
02:11At least it's not permanent.
02:16Hi. Hi.
02:17I'm Terrell.
02:18I'm Jeannie.
02:18This is my assistant Monica.
02:19I'm Terrell.
02:20Nice to meet you guys.
02:21Come on in.
02:22I'm feeling really excited about the transformation today.
02:25If I liked it, then I'll get some pictures to store it as memories because we're not doing
02:31no laser surgery or anything like that.
02:32You want to come over and take a seat?
02:34Let's get started.
02:35I'm excited.
02:36You're excited?
02:37Yeah.
02:38I'm excited.
02:39Yeah.
02:40I think it's going to be so different.
02:51I'm sure everybody who knows him is going to not even recognize him.
03:02Have you ever had anybody give you complete about your tattoos and just be rude and judgmental?
03:07Yeah.
03:08I have a lot of people like that, especially on social media with the comments they post
03:12under my videos about, you know, just judgmental things like, oh, he's got out of prison.
03:17He don't got no job.
03:18You know, people saying he messed up your face, things like that.
03:22Keyboard warriors.
03:23Keyboard warriors.
03:24Right.
03:25Exactly.
03:26Having tattoos doesn't affect your ability to do, you know, be a doctor, be a nurse or,
03:29you know, do things like that.
03:30If I have people come up to me in the grocery store and like, wow, I love your face, I love
03:34your work.
03:35Or, you know, asking me questions like, did that hurt?
03:37How bad did that hurt?
03:38And so really it varies on the person.
03:40I'm nervous.
03:50I think it turned out pretty dang good.
03:53I feel like I could have done better, but I think it's amazing.
03:56I'm anxious, honestly.
03:58I'm ready to see the transformation.
04:00I'm ready to see what I look like without tattoos.
04:06Whoa.
04:07Wow.
04:14Wow.
04:15I don't like it.
04:20I don't remember looking like this.
04:24But I had hair when I was young too, like long hair.
04:27So with the ball look too and no tattoos, I look weird.
04:30Like a naked mole rat.
04:32Sorry.
04:33I do though.
04:36I really, really liked his reaction.
04:38I feel like that was true to what I thought it was going to be.
04:43I'm just like, wow, but I don't like it.
04:46I like the tattoos.
04:47I mean, clearly I like tattoos anyway, but it just doesn't feel like him.
04:51And I've only known him for a few hours now.
04:53What do you think your mom's going to say?
04:55I'm sure she'll like the tattoos look better, honestly.
04:57Yeah.
04:58I feel like anybody even knows you would say that.
05:00Yeah.
05:01We've known you for what?
05:02A few hours.
05:03Right.
05:04Yeah.
05:05I know.
05:06You did a good job though.
05:07I like it.
05:08It was fun.
05:09Yeah.
05:10Yeah.
05:11Yeah.
05:12How did you feel when Terrell first started taking tattoos?
05:15They were okay at first.
05:17And then once he got it on his face, I thought that was drastic.
05:21That was a little bit too much, but you know, I kind of got used to it.
05:26I miss Terrell without the tattoos.
05:29Oh my gosh.
05:40Terrell.
05:41Now that's the Terrell member.
05:46I love it.
05:49How do you feel?
05:50You want your tattoos back?
05:52Yeah.
05:53Especially with the bald look, just too naked.
05:55But you look handsome.
05:59Yeah, we can keep it like that all the time now.
06:02Do you prepare this?
06:05Yes, I do.
06:06I do.
06:07Yes, Terrell.
06:08I don't feel like myself.
06:10It's just too naked.
06:12I don't want to look normal now.
06:14Turn around again.
06:16Let me see.
06:17Wow.
06:18Yes.
06:19I love it, Terrell.
06:20You look nice like my son.
06:22You got your baby face.
06:24This was very fun.
06:27First time experience for me.
06:29I loved it.
06:30My mom's reaction?
06:31I was more shocked than her.
06:32Like, she said she likes this look.
06:34You know, when I first revealed myself, I didn't think she would like this.
06:37Cause I don't know.
06:38I just, I like the tattoo look way better though.
06:40I'm surprised she said she likes this look better.
06:42Does it hurt at all to hear her say something like, oh, there's my son.
06:46No, because this is, this, well, not this, but my tattoo look is how I am now.
06:53This is her son now.
07:03We have two trans kids.
07:04Anyone can be whoever they want.
07:06I'm just owning it.
07:08Our family is seen to be very unconventional.
07:13So I had kids and I can't be hot anymore.
07:16Like moms are hot too.
07:17People say I look like a thug, but I love thugs.
07:20I take that as a compliment.
07:21I'm bored of people thinking that I cannot be intimate.
07:25I'm a young, single, hot piece of disabled booty.
07:29I feel like I'm going to look at myself and be like, who is that?
07:33Life is way too short to be hiding.
07:39It is my story.
07:41It is my truth.
08:03I'm just one meals to get five minutes full of our tryقتfather.
08:04That's a lot of food.
08:05There we go.
08:06There's a lot of food up to all the
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