A WOMAN who has spent the last 17 years amassing a collection of more than 40 tattoos decided to cover them up after people kept telling her she would look better without them.

Model, photographer and artist Heidi Lavon regularly shows off her inked-up physique on her social media pages.

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But doing so also means she sometimes gets negative comments from viewers too – with one of the common statements being that she would be more attractive if she didn’t have so many etchings.

So, in response to the comment, Heidi decided to use some thick make-up to cover up her tattoos, and see what she’d look like if she hadn’t gone down the path she’d chosen.

She began by covering up her sleeves, and the tattoos on her hands, before moving on to her neck, chest and face.

Her stomach was next, before Heidi clicked her fingers and showed exactly what she would look like if she didn’t have any tattoos on the top part of her body.

“NO!” she concluded her video by shouting.

But her followers were largely divided as to whether Heidi looked better with or without her tattoos.

“Way better without,” one person wrote, while another agreed: “yeah better without.”

“I prefer without!” someone else commented, as another wrote: “I like the tats but honestly I do kinda agree.”

“I prefer the tattoos,” someone else argued.

“wrong….with tattoos baby ..for sure,” another person agreed.

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And a third person mused: “You seem happier with your tattoos. So, therefore you look better with them.”

Someone else agreed, writing: “Whatever makes you happy makes you look best… except crocs I hate crocs.”

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