Michael J. Fox Gets His Very First Tattoo And It's Particularly Sentimental To Him

If you're not familiar with him, here's a little background on the man, the myth, the legend, Michael J. Fox, according to his website.

Michael was just a typical Canadian kid who wanted to pursue a professional hockey career growing up.

However, in the midst of his career taking off, and reaching super-stardom, Michael was diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease.

From that point on, Michael has taken pride in advocating and campaigning for increased research into the disease, and even put his budding career on the back burner to elevate his cause. His capacity for empathy and his connection to hope seems to have influenced his most recent venture.

According to Inked Magazine, he's the latest in a long line of celebrities to seek out the renowned Bang Bang NYC parlor for his ink.

The work was completed by an artist known as Mr. K, who is celebrated for his line work.

As the shop's owner, Keith "Bang Bang" McCurdy, told Inked, how heavily Fox's condition affects him depends on the day.

Fortunately, this happened to be a relatively light day.

It may seem like just a friendly sea turtle at first glance, but that chunk missing from one of its fins definitely suggests that there's a story behind it.

As Bang Bang explained, Fox (not pictured) met the turtle while he was swimming in St. John. Like the one in his tattoo, that turtle had a chunk missing from its fin and a scarred face.

This experience not only stayed with Fox throughout his life, but apparently inspired a transformation in the way he made his career decisions.

As Bang Bang said, "He signed a bunch of stuff, we took photos and he was great to us. He was really awesome and let us be fans for a moment."

Sharp-eyed readers likely noticed that Mr. K was holding a replica of the hover board Fox rode in Back To The Future Part 2 in that last picture, but that shoe might've looked familiar too.

According to the Michael J. Fox Foundation's website, the shoes do actually self-lace and were able to raise $6.75 million in an online draw for Parkinson's research when they first came out.

h/t: Inked Magazine

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