Jan Bearman surprised her family and decided to get her first tattoo at the age of 80 after her daughter Shelley died in 2011 . She has returned to the tattoo parlour twice on her birthday to have more tattoos inked in memory of her daughter and other children . The mother-of-two said she was'shocked' when a customer told her that he had been given permission by his doctor to get an image of his own face tattooed onto his body as part of Jan said that she feels as though her tattoos are a memorial , and she is able to carry her daughter with her .
Jan Bearman surprised her family and decided to get her first tattoo at the age of 80 after her daughter Shelley died in 2011 . She has returned to the tattoo parlour twice on her birthday to have more tattoos inked in memory of her daughter and other children . ABC2 's Tattoo Tales followed Jan as she went in for her third tattoo . Jan said that she feels as though her tattoos are a memorial , and she is able to carry her daughter with her .