LONDON - A British teenager had a full English breakfast tattooed onto his head -- including bacon, eggs, sausages, beans, and a full set of cutlery.

A tattoo artist is at work.

Nineteen-year-old Dayne Gilbey, from Coventry in central England, spent six hours under the needle of tattoo artist Blane Dickinson after answering an add for a willing victim.

"My friends and family keep asking me why I'm doing this," Gilbey explained after the brightly-coloured tattoo, which resembles a smiling face, was etched onto his scalp.

"For me it's just something different which has never been done before," he said, adding: "My Mum is really unhappy about it and threatened to throw me out but I don't think she'll go through with it."

Dickinson, who did the tattoo at his local pub, The Albion in the north Wales town of Conwy, said he was glad finally to have found someone who wanted the breakfast design.

"I first had this idea four years ago so I'm glad to have finally found someone brave, or perhaps unhinged, enough to do it," said the 32-year-old.

"I'm not charging Dayne, but this tattoo would normally cost around 350 pounds and must definitely be the most expensive breakfast he's ever had," he added.

For his next job, Dickinson says he is looking for a volunteer willing to have their own face tattooed on the back of their head.