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Teen Wakes Up Covered In Stars

Posted by samzenpus on from the you-got-something-on-your-cheek dept.

According to Kimberley Vlaminck, she wanted to get three star tattoos, giving her an unhirability score of 1. Instead, she got a score of 10 with 56 stars on her face and a good lesson in why you should never fall asleep at the tattoo parlor. The artist, Rouslan Toumaniantz, says Kimberly "got what she wanted" and is only complaining now because her dad got angry and her boyfriend wanted a girl with stars in her eyes, not all over her face. "It is horrible," said Kimberley. "He has turned me into a freak. I can't go out on the street now without people looking at me." She is suing for £10,000.

18 comments

  1. Fell asleep? by oldspewey · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Somebody please help me understand this. How exactly do you sleep through the process of having 56 tattoos carved into your face?

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    1. Re:Fell asleep? by interval1066 · · Score: 1

      I agree, its hard to see how anyone can fall asleep while getting zapped with a tattoo gun. The process is not painless. Even giving 1 minute per star that's 55 minutes she sat there asleep with a tattoo gun punching stars in her face. I don't buy it.

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  2. Fell asleep? by Bocaj · · Score: 2

    Fell asleep my @55. She passed out is more likely. Tattooing hurts, it's not something you fall asleep during.

  3. Buh!? by MadnessASAP · · Score: 1

    So she went to a tattoo parlor where she admits that she new the artist couldn't understand her. Choose to get the tattoos anyways, fell asleep during it and now wants to complain that she didn't get what she wanted?!? Fuck off!!

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  4. looks good by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    does anyone else think that the stars actually look good?

  5. Why is she upset? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Dude I don't know what you guys say but I think but she is still pretty cute with the stars. Sure her dad might be pissed but ANY tatoo will get that reaction from a father. The stars across the jaw are the only ones that bother me, but come on what do expect from a French artist? The guy should lose his license due to bad taste.

  6. NFW by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I have two tattoos and know of people that have had tattoos put in area's that have bone in close proximity. There is no way you can fall asleep because you are constantly fighting the urge to push the artist away that is poking you with a very sharp instrument that vibrates. Also you usually have to find a happy place to put your mind at, so you can keep still and not move while they do their work.

      The Artist usually makes a template to work from and places it on your skin, asks you if that is what you want, then starts going to work filling in parts at a time.

      If the girl fell asleep it was after she knew what she was in for and was wasted off her ass, which if true, the artist shouldn't have done the work in the first place.

     

    1. Re:NFW by Nefarious+Wheel · · Score: 1

      If the girl fell asleep it was after she knew what she was in for and was wasted off her ass, which if true, the artist shouldn't have done the work in the first place.

      I'd mod you up if you weren't posting AC. This is the first place I've read that speaks of tattoists as artists with a set of ethics.

      I'd never have one myself (nobody dislikes needles like a diabetic) but if my daughter showed up like that I'd (a) believe the artist should lose his license for the reasons you stated, and (b) do everything in my power to convince her she looks fantastic that way, starting with a hug.

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    2. Re:NFW by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'd never have one myself (nobody dislikes needles like a diabetic)

      Funnily enough my local tattoo artist is a diabetic. Maybe he just enjoys poking someone else with a needle from time to time !

    3. Re:NFW by stevied · · Score: 2, Interesting

      It's probably utterly un-PC to say it, but at her age you can get away with pretty much anything and still look bloody cute -- she *does* look fantastic. I think I'd be inclined to gradually start having them lasered off, though. It might hard to grow old gracefully otherwise ..

      And yes, how /do/ you "fall asleep" while getting a tat? How much of exactly what do you have to take? Enquiring minds want to do know :/

  7. I fall asleep while drilling my SKIN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Even if you wanted only 3 tattos you are a freak. Nice lesson there. And they say boys are more immature than girls.

  8. I call Lies! by pinkushun · · Score: 1

    No doubt she passed out either drunk or drugged, either way tattooists shouldn't allow people under any influence to be chopped, common medical sense. Then again that news site looks *very* credible, with anon reporters and all

    1. Re:I call Lies! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Oh it's real. It was on the TV news over here in belgium where it happened. Apparently people are required to fill in a form with the description of the tattoo beforehand and sign it but this wasn't done in this case. The tattoo artist is claiming she was happy with the result until she saw her fathers response which seems more likely to me. But still, who gives an 18 year old girl who walks in off the street a tattoo covering half her face ?

    2. Re:I call Lies! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Excellent point - just saw this on the news (in the Australian outback). Smells like a stunt to me.

      Aren't tatoos red and inflamed after they've just been done? My guess: henna & a publicity desire.

    3. Re:I call Lies! by stainlesssteelpat · · Score: 2, Informative

      I'm pretty heavilly inked, while I could never fall asleep during a tattoo I dated a chick that did. Some women have incredibly high pain thresholds and this chick may have been one of them. However, There are almost no artists that don't work off stencils first so the customer can see what they're going to be wearing. I've only ever had one artist work freehand on me and it looked good in the end but I was fucking nervous while he was doing it. The Tattoos on this bird are real, you can see how they've scabbed up so they're probably 2 days old in the photo, maybe a little more. Also the bruising on the face is consistant with other fresh facial tat's I've seen on some of my mates. I reckon she was trashed (and therfeore the artist would have breached his code of conduct over here in Oz, not sure about belgium though) or got in trouple from her old man and is trying to bullshit her way out of it. My monies on the latter. Most tattooists I've met or been cut by have a strong set of ethics and are extremely proud of their work, to the extent that that's whay they call themselves professional tattoo ARTISTS. That aside i reckon they look good on her, but in twenty years she'll look like an ex con after they've faded. Then again she'll look like shit after laser removal, that shit leaves nasty scars.

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    4. Re:I call Lies! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      However, There are almost no artists that don't work off stencils first so the customer can see what they're going to be wearing. I've only ever had one artist work freehand on me and it looked good in the end but I was fucking nervous while he was doing it.

      Stars are pretty simple, I'd see how they might figure there's no risk with that.

  9. she actually got what she asked for... sort of by rarel · · Score: 1

    Am I the only one seeing that she got a tattoo of a 3, made with little stars ?

    1. Re:she actually got what she asked for... sort of by Scragglykat · · Score: 1

      LOL! She DID get a "3" star tattoo... good grief!