Meet Australia’s most tattooed dad who has 99 per cent of his body covered in ink – as he reveals his message to haters
- Brett Cross has 99 per cent of his body tattooed including his head and face
- He started getting inked at the age of 24 and soon became ‘addicted’ to tattoos
- His wife Dorothy has supported his tattoo journey and urged others not to judge
Australia’s most tattooed dad has revealed the moment he became addicted to getting inked and now has 99 per cent of his body completely covered.
Brett Cross, 43, who lives in Charleys Forest near New South Wales’ South Coast got the name of his wife Dorothy inked on his back for the first time at the age of 24.
After his first tattoo, the father-of-three fell in love with the art and now even has ink sprawled across his face and head.
After a grueling 750 hours of work done and barely a spare area of skin left, Mr Cross is now hoping he can beat the stigma surrounding tattoos.
Brett Cross (pictured with wife Dorothy) has 99 per cent of his body tattooed
Despite the excess of tattoos, Mr Cross said his role as a printing machinist was never compromised
Just a month after getting his first tattoo, Mr Cross was desperate to get more.
‘If you’re going to keep getting them, go big or go home,” the tattooist said when I went back to him,’ Mr Cross told Seven News.
He told his wife that he wanted to be ‘covered in them’ but she said to just have them in places that would be hidden under his shirt.
Soon enough his back, shoulders and parts of his arms were totally covered.
‘I’m addicted I realised’, he said.
Mr Cross said it wasn’t long before his wife was on board and started encouraging him to get more tattoos on his legs.
It took six sessions and 150 hours to get his legs completely inked.
The father said despite his excessive amount of tattoos, his office where he worked as a printing machinist didn’t mind.
He was also picking up his 14-year-old son Michael from school and said none of the other parents looked twice.
He got his first tattoo at the age of 24 and within 12 years his head and face was unrecognisable
Mr Cross decided to ink his head just 12 years after his first tattoo but his wife refused to let him.
He said she was concerned about how he would sustain a job and how others would judge him.
After a year of refusing, Dorothy eventually agreed and within a few sessions Mr Cross’s head and face was unrecognisable.
He changed jobs and started running a nail salon from his home.
Mr Cross’s son who is now 24 wasn’t interested in tattoos as a young child but now has a full sleeve and his 12-year-old daughter Anamae is yet to make up her mind.
Brett Cross (pictured with seven-month-old Bastien and 12-year-old Anamae) has spent about 750 hours under the needle to tattoo his body from head to toe
The 43-year-old said there was stigma surrounding his tattoos but most of the reactions he received were positive.
People would sometimes stare at him, but Mr Cross said he enjoyed it and used tattoos as a way to ‘express his individuality’.
Dorothy said although she was skeptical at first, she has learnt to love her husband’s tattoos.
‘I love him, so I didn’t care how he looked. We get lots of stares in the shopping centre, but I’m oblivious to it now,’ she said.
She urged people not to judge a book by its cover and said her husband was a ‘friendly giant’ who everyone loved.
The father-of-three now runs a nail salon from his home offering manicures and pedicures to women