Aaron Carter has added another piece of art to his growing face tattoo collection.
The singer, 32, recently got inked with his girlfriend Melanie Martin’s first name above his right eyebrow. Carter showed off the new design this week while getting his hair colored by hairstylist Brandon Peach, who posted a close-up look at the tattoo.
Carter became Instagram-official with Martin in January and has since posted many loving photos with her. “This relationship will NOT be derailed all aboard choo choo,” he captioned a recent selfie of them. The day after Valentine’s Day, he posted a photo of the pair kissing with a lengthy caption, revealing that Martin had moved into his home.
He also hinted that another face tattoo — the word “love” underneath his eye — was inspired by their relationship.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B7q6zS-p_ia/Besides the word “love” and Melanie’s name, the troubled star has tattoos of three crescent moons on his cheekbone. On the other side of his face, Carter has a huge tattoo of a Medusa face that spans from his hairline to his jaw, which he debuted in September at the height of drama with his brother Nick Carter and other family members.
At the time, the artist responsible for the massive tattoo, Herchell Carrasco, told TMZ that Carter actually wanted to cover his entire face in tattoos, but Carrasco declined the request.
“Before I tattoo anyone, I take into consideration their mental state,” Carrasco said about his experience tattooing Carter’s Medusa design in the singer’s home. “In Aaron’s case, I assessed the situation and I genuinely felt he was in a good place mentally to get tattooed.”
“[Carter] wanted to keep going and I had to stop him,” Carrasco added. “I couldn’t cover his whole face in a tattoo. I just couldn’t.”