He now has more than 10,000 around the world including some in Chicago, Australia, and Ireland who are flying here to be tattooed by Pfaff. When he first started a business Facebook page on Dec. His mantra is to pay it forward and due to his generous heart and charitable contributions, Pfaff has grown into somewhat of a legend. Pfaff agreed to sell the girlвЂ™s homemade bracelets in his shop and has so far given her about $200. 'Live your dreams and donвЂ™t let anything ever stop you,' said Pfaff, cradling a horsemanship trophy that was given to him by a little girl from Chelmsford who needed help paying for her horseback riding lessons because her mother is severely ill and undergoing expensive medical treatments. By selling T-shirts, Pfaff said he was able to raise the money to build 95 percent of his business. After losing his apartment and car, experiencing a bad relationship, losing a close friend to cancer, and being hospitalized, Pfaff managed to get his life on track and opened his shop with the help of some friends who found him a space to rent, and donated paint, supplies and furniture.

He had applied more than 200 tattoos on friends but had trouble finding work. Growing up in Billerica, Pfaff said he always wanted to be a tattoo artist but it wasnвЂ™t until he was in his 30s that he purchased $3,000 in tattoo supplies and started to teach himself the craft вЂ“ beginning with fruit and working up to tattooing friends in his garage. After turning his life around, Pfaff put pen to paper and began writing his life story entitled The Man in the Mirror, which tells how he went from near death to living his dream.

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