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A father with a bold, hangover-style face tattoo has revealed that people think he's a bad parent because of the unique inking.

Luke Morrison-Williams, 47, from Cannock, opened up about being judged, denied entry to pubs, and even being branded unemployable.

The huge black pattern, which he got in 2009 aged 32, is positioned to curve around his right eye and is similar to a well-known design that one of the characters in the Hangover films got during a wild night out.

He revealed that elderly people look at him like he'll 'mug them' and he gets 'pointed at' in supermarkets.

The father-of-one recalled: 'I'm quite heavily tattooed so it's just an extension of that - I knew I was going to get some pushback, but it's been quite full on. I've not been allowed into pubs or served because of the way I look.'

However, he is not ashamed of his unique choice and insisted that he would never change it.

Mr Morrison-Williams, who has been a recovery worker for 20 years, said it comes in handy for his job and is actually a help rather than a hindrance. 

He helps people who have struggled with homelessness and addiction, as well as troubled youths and offenders.

Mr Morrison-Williams explained the tattoo makes him more relatable to people with 'troubled pasts'. Although, there have been times he's been refused entry to clinics as people struggle to believe he is a member of staff, not a patient. 

The 47-year-old said: 'I work with any kind of addiction, including heroin addiction, I give out methadone scripts.

'It helps because I'm more relatable to some of the people we work with. They've come out of prison and see me and gravitate towards me because they see me as more equal than someone in a shirt and tie.

'It seems to be a big opinion out there that if you've got face tattoo, you're unemployable - but it's just a bit of ink on your

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