A WOMAN is now unrecognisable thanks to a massive ‘glow up’ involving nine tattoos and seven piercings – as she went from a ‘Karen’ to ‘Megan Fox’ after getting divorced.

Marissa Pool, 29, became deeply unhappy and “lost herself” when she became convinced she had to look a certain way to be a good wife and mum.

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But when she divorced from her husband, in a mutual split, she wanted to be more true to herself.

An alternative music lover, she started to embrace the style of clothes, hair and make-up she’d admired but never dared to try herself.

She swapped her “Karen cut” for long, dark locks, and ditched her frumpy cover-ups for a grungy black figure-hugging get-up.

The mum-of-two, who has been told she looks like Megan Fox, then started to get inked and now has nine tattoos – including the logo of her favourite band ‘Bring Me The Horizon’ on her chest.

She also now has her septum, upper-lip, nostril, tongue and belly button pierced and the transformation has knocked years off her.

The patient care technician from Williamsport, Pennsylvania, USA, said: “My mental health was at an all time low.

“I got wrapped up playing a role of what was expected of me as a wife and mother and wasn’t prioritising how I looked or any aspect of my life.

“I met my ex when I was just 17.

“When you get older you change into a different person and your values and beliefs change.

“I lost myself for a while like a lot of women do.

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“Now I feel like I can be myself, I’m so much happier and more confident.

 “People tell me I look like Megan Fox all the time and it’s honestly so flattering.

“I’m not sure I see it myself but I’ve always admired her and it’s very humbling!”

Marissa and her ex-husband officially split in January 2022 after marrying in March 2016, and having kids, aged two and six.

She added: “It was mutual. We were two different people and our children deserved better. We couldn’t be together.”

Marissa then started her transformation journey and “changed from the inside out”.

She said: “I was finally able to be myself.

“I decided if I…