{"id":19408,"date":"2025-03-26T11:21:46","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=19408"},"modified":"2025-03-26T11:21:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T11:21:46","slug":"grandma-reveals-what-she-looked-like-before-full-body-tattoos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/findpath.xyz\/?p=19408","title":{"rendered":"Grandma reveals what she looked like before full body tattoos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Many people like to get body modifications such as tattoos to express their individuality. However, some people are completely against these kinds of things. Kerstin Tristan<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>was one of the latter till 2015, when one incident changed her mind for good\u2026<\/strong><\/p><div class=\"311fe198f191a864c1efcdfa9efedfdf\" data-index=\"3\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1782571\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n\n<\/div>\n\n<p>56-year-old Kerstin Tristan is a mother and grandmother. But her hobbies vary a little outside of what might be considered the \u2018norm\u2019 for a grandmother. She likes body modification art, mostly tattoos.<\/p>\n<p>She has her entire body covered in tattoos at this point, and to dedicate herself to this level, she had to spend a lot of money. But she did not always love tattoos so much. In fact, she\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/brightside.me\/articles\/a-grandma-spent-her-life-savings-to-tattoo-her-body-despite-critics-saying-she-is-too-old-815168\/?utm_source=brightside_fb&amp;utm_medium=square_cards&amp;utm_campaign=announcement_links&amp;fbclid=IwAR3w5faPdxNpvpqSH078LLRY8ve7zn76k6XaQGpgmcpWqDAp1rEWVN6Z7m0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">revealed<\/a>\u00a0that till 2015, she actually hated tattoos. What changed her mind about them? It was in the same year that she got her first one, which completely shifted her view on the practice.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-4\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1740936854075-0\" data-google-query-id=\"COTfl67Qp4wDFefUEQgdcPgJMA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/23025349265\/teknobura2025_0__container__\">\u201cI simply just wanted to try something new. We all live just once, and I thought that at my age, something real has to come,\u201d she shared.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Since 2015, she has managed to spend 30,000 euros (approx. US $32,000) on modifying her body with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.newsner.com\/tag\/tattoo\/\">tattoos<\/a>\u00a0alone. But thankfully, she has gotten a lot of attention and love because of her actions.<\/p>\n<p>Her Instagram\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tattoo_butterfly_flower\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">account<\/a>\u00a0has over 190,000 followers, and her TikTok\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@kerstintristan?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">videos<\/a>\u00a0have\u00a0millions of views.<\/p>\n<p>She is not shy to show off her looks! She posts pictures of herself showing off her entire body on Instagram. But she did not always look like this, just a decade ago, she was tattoo-free and looked completely different. She\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/Cuct1onLmSD\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">sometimes posts comparison photos<\/a>\u00a0for people to see the drastic change.<\/p>\n<p>The German-based influencer has images of vibrant roses on her legs, a leopard print tattoo on her shoulders, and several detailed portraits on her arms. These tattoos happen to be among dozens of others on her entire body.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-9\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1585115\" data-uid=\"12e53\">\n<div id=\"mgw1585115_12e53\">\n<div class=\"mgbox\">\n<div class=\"mgheader\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-c48f346e1f486dd1a1f2f39a36ecce28\" class=\"newsner-c48f346e1f486dd1a1f2f39a36ecce28 newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>She loves how she looks now,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12303777\/Grandmother-56-spent-25-000-tattooing-body-look-like-beautiful-meadow.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">saying<\/a>, \u2018\u201dWhen I look at myself in the mirror, I see a beautiful meadow full of flowers that one has to love.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And she is not the only one who loves her look, one fan\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/femail\/article-12303777\/Grandmother-56-spent-25-000-tattooing-body-look-like-beautiful-meadow.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cA beautiful work of art.\u201d While, another person wrote,\u00a0\u201cWow stunning photo.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-160446 entered lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/09\/03153113\/Skarmavbild-2024-12-03-kl.-16.31.00.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"586\" height=\"593\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2023\/09\/03153113\/Skarmavbild-2024-12-03-kl.-16.31.00.jpg\" data-ll-status=\"loaded\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Credit: Instagram \/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/tattoo_butterfly_flower\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">tattoo_butterfly_flower<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Expressing yourself is not something that should end with age. If anything, Kerstin is a wonderful example of how age should not define how you choose to express yourself to the world. What do you think of her tattoos? Let us know in the comments.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\"><\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people like to get body modifications such as tattoos to express their individuality. However, some people are completely against these kinds of things. 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