Getting a tattoo is much like a visual projection of your inmost thoughts and feelings. A symbol of who you are. It is also an invasion of ink into your body, which – if not done right – could have a devastating impact on this Canadian model recently found out. Catt Gallinger recently decides on for a sclera tattoo, which effectively means coloring the whites of your eyes with ink, and paid a heavy price for it, she almost lost her eye.

The 24-year-old model took to Facebook to share photos of the tattooing gone wrong, which subsequently went viral. Gallinger had undertaken the procedure in August, trusting her then-boyfriend Eric Brown – a body modification artist – to safely conduct the procedure of coloring her eyeball purple. It was reportedly meant to contrast with the green of her eyes. Unfortunately, though, because of “undiluted ink, over injection, not enough/smaller injections sights”, the process took a nasty turn that resulted in multiple hospital visits and almost cost the model her eye.

Gallinger, who apparently has 25 tattoos on her person already, took to social media to spread awareness about how a sclera tattoo can go wrong if not properly researched or executed in the proper way. Responding to the post, which had already been shared nearly 5,000 times at the time of writing with thousands of reactions, many have commented how ridiculous this process is, Gallinger told TIME that body modification was something that she was always interested in and that many of her friends had successfully gotten sclera tattoos without any ill effects.

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