Posted on 06/16/2009 5:16:26 PM PDT by lewisglad
A teenage girl is suing a tattoo artist for £10,000 after she allegedly asked him for three stars on her face - but ended up with 56.
Eighteen-year-old Kimberley Vlaminck paid £55 for 'the graffiti that has ruined my life' in her Belgian home town of Courtrai.
Kimberley says the tattoos have ruined her life She claimed the Romanian tattooist who performed the artwork misunderstood her French and English.
She claims she fell asleep while he was doing his work... and awoke to 'this nightmare'. 'It is terrible for me,' said Kimberley. 'I cannot go out on to the street, I am so embarrassed. I just look horrible.' 'I think he didn’t understand what I wanted. He spoke only fractured English and French.
'But I explicitly said in my native tongue, French, and also in a little bit of English when he looked confused, that I wanted three little stars only near my left eye.' Rouslan Toumaniantz, who runs the tattoo parlour called The Tattoo Box in Courtrai, denies her claim. He said she knew 'exactly what she wanted'. He added: 'She was awake and looked into the mirror several times as the procedure was taking place.
'The trouble all started when she went home and her father and boyfriend threw a fit. 'They are saying things now like I doped her or hypnotised her. What rubbish!
'She asked for 56 stars and that’s what she got.' To remove the stars would require surgery costing £8,500. But even the most advanced laser techniques would, while removing the tattoos, leave deep white marks all across Kimberley's face. She has launched legal proceedings against Toumaniantz seeking damages, plus the money for the operation.
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“The fault, dear Kimberley, is not in our stars, but in ourselves...”
At least his prices weren't astronomical.
Hey Legs,
You care to weigh in on this? Can you sleep getting a tat?
NO!
If the constant stab-stab-stab didn’t wake you, if the manuevering and leaning of the artist didn’t wake you (they’re worse than dentists!), if the horrible smell of the antiseptic & ink didn’t wake you, the loud, mosquito-like whine of the tattoo gun would be enough to keep you up.
There’s no way.
I don’t think she looks that bad, all things considered; but now, instead of being someone with a unique tattoo, she’ll be recognized arouind the world as That Whiny Chick With Buyer’s Remorse.
LOL! I knew you’d be the one to ask!
(rolls eyes)
So, why were you getting a tatoo on your face anyway? Do something stupid, pay the consequences. Tatoos are one of the big indicators of how far down we have slid into the depths of liberallism.
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