Scarred For Life: The Teen Who Asked For THREE Stars on Her Face & Ended Up With A Constellation

UK Daily Mail ^ | Last updated at 10:01 PM on 16th June 2009 | By Mail Foreign Service

[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.

[lewisglad]

[peace with honor]

no,no,no, looks good /S

[HighWheeler]

Whew. That’s going to leave a mark.

[Islander7]

Calling Miss Stew Pid, Miss Stew Pid, pick up the red courtesy phone.

[South40]

I’ve never gotten a tattoo but I find it hard to beleive she fell asleep during such a painful procecess.

[lewisglad]

[Secret Agent Man]

The tattoo guy should be sued.

The bad part of me thinks it is kind of funny. And also a great reason never to get tattoos in the first place.

[HighWheeler]

She fell asleep while letting a communication-challenged, pin-pricking artist have run over her face for all eternity???

[ClearCase_guy]

Well, this is Europe — maybe she should try to blend in by wearing one of those burkhas that are so popular over there.

[ROCKLOBSTER]

Now who's fault was it you got tattoos on your face?

Idiot!

[South40]

Call Stu and ask to speak with the Mrs.

[Secret Agent Man]

Is she actually wearing a ‘sexy’ belt buckle...?

Honey, if you have to tell everyone you’re sexy,.....

[Clock King]

Drugs.

[HighWheeler]

Yep, 56.

[lewisglad]

How about lots of makeup? Would that work and cancel it out...

[Wissa]

The tattoo guy should be sued.

Why? She got what she asked for and paid for.

[TheOldLady]

Doesn’t it look as if she has tape on her face where the stars are? Look at the bridge of her nose and at the top edge of the area where the jawline stars are.

[HighWheeler]

I wonder which 3 she wanted to keep?

[mamelukesabre]

They gave her a few too many pain pills and probably some valium as well.

Lights out.

[King Moonracer]

Kind of career limiting.

[Jeff Chandler]

[HighWheeler]

It’s there to draw the viewer’s eyes away from her face.

[armymarinemom]

But perhaps Tighe Barry shortened his last name from Barrymore?

I have never had a tat but have heard that around the eyes and nose really hurt. How did she sleep?

[mamelukesabre]

Swelling. fresh tats really irritate the skin.

[enraged]

Either a crappy pic or a photoshop job

[Secret Agent Man]

She says she asked for three. It’s a he said, she said. I don’t think he made her pass out or anything, but I don’t think she went in asking for all that. I’d be totally open to anything that proves otherwise to vindicate the tattoo guy. I know that a lot of people now videotape themselves doing work, or audio record it. To avoid such heresay problems. It is getting to that, I have a recorder with me at all times outside the house.

[Kozak]

Says it all...

[kcvl]

There is no way the girl didn't feel the pain of getting tattoos on her face! She couldn't have fallen asleep during that!

[Kozak]

She has a fine career ahead in the adult entertainment, or food service industry....

[Welsh Rabbit]

'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.'

I often encounter language barriers when I order from take-out ethnic restaurants, but the worst case scenario has been getting abalone instead of eel. With tattoos, you should probably be a bit more thorough in making sure you were understood.

[TexasCajun]

Stupid is as Stupid does!

[xp38]

Belgium has had a long history of language problems.

[USNBandit]

She says she asked for three.

Could have been worse......the Romanian tattoo guy could have properly understood the "three" part, but misunderstood the "star" part.

"I am not speaking French so good, but I think she said "penis."

[MattinNJ]

Too funny

[Secret Agent Man]

Good one...

[xp38]

I see this serving food and I walk out of whatever place hired her.

[JimSEA]

She “fell asleep”? Was stoned out of her mind, more likely and wanted this tattoo until buyer’s remorse kicked in.

[JoJo Gunn]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2273018/posts

[ikka]

It’s like Mike Tyson mashed with My Little Pony ...

[Welsh Rabbit]

Kind of career limiting.

Yeah. The number of stars doesn't really matter that much; facial tattoos are just a bad, bad idea. I've never known a girl with a facial tattoo, but judging from the guys I've met with tattooed faces, the message they generally send to the world is: I'm an ex-felon who is member of a prison gang...

[Wissa]

She says she asked for three. It’s a he said, she said. I don’t think he made her pass out or anything, but I don’t think she went in asking for all that. I’d be totally open to anything that proves otherwise to vindicate the tattoo guy.

His version is completely credible. Her version is implausible, considering the pain involved in getting the work done.

He denies that she was drugged and from what is reported in the story, she makes no claim to being drugged. Even without the pain, her falling asleep during the procedure doesn't make any sense. I'd expect that its not one of those humdrum, relaxing events that makes a person nod off when its happening. Maybe if you could find a few other people that slept through getting tattoos, I might change my mind. Short of that, I'm not aware of ANY support for her version of events.

[Chode]

no way in hell did she fall asleep while getting that tattoo...

[Abbeville Conservative]

LMAO...He did what she asked. Check out the pic. He tattooed the number 3 and it's made up of stars!!!

[aft_lizard]

Never have received tattoo other than my upper arms but I nearly fell asleep while getting my tat on my left arm. After awhile the pain was numbing and it didn’t bother me that much.

[Royal Wulff]

It looks like a three-fingered claw on her face.

[bannie]

Needs more cowbells.

[Wissa]

Never have received tattoo other than my upper arms but I nearly fell asleep while getting my tat on my left arm. After awhile the pain was numbing and it didn’t bother me that much.

I'll bet you would have gotten alert pretty quick if the artist started tattooing stars on your nose.

[bannie]

I'm votin' with you on this one.

It was cool that Daddy didn't like it (purpose, and all); but when boyfriend nixed it, she went into denial.

She is giving this tattoo artist some advertisement. None of us knew of him before this.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Lie down with a tatoo artist, wake up with as many tatoos as fleas.

[Zack Attack]

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