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Teen: I wanted three star tattoos on my face, not 56 | Seen and Overheard
 

Home > Blogs > Seen and Overheard > Archives > 2009 > June > 19 > Entry

Teen: I wanted three star tattoos on my face, not 56

Typically customers are happy when a business gives them something extra.

Not 18-year-old Kimberley Vlaeminck.

The Belgian teenager is suing Romanian tattoo artist Rouslan Toumaniantz, claiming he put 53 extra star tattoos on her face after she fell asleep.

Talk about being ungrateful. Kids these days.

Vlaeminck claims she went into Toumaniantz’s shop for three tattoos and ended up with 56.

“I closed my eyes and didn’t feel any pain,” Vlaeminck said in a Sky News segment aired by FOX News. “I fell asleep and was woken up from the pain on my nose when he was busy applying a big star.”

Vlaeminck is seeking 10,000 Euro (about $13,931 in U.S. currency) to have the constellations removed.

You can almost make out the Big Dipper.

Toumaniantz of course has a different version of the story.

He claims Vlaeminck was all for the stars, adding that he has a witness to prove it.

Trouble came when Vlaeminck’s angry father showed up.

“From that moment it was bad for her,” he says in the video. ” Before she was just doing what she wanted to do.”

But not wanting an unhappy customer, Toumaniantz has agreed to split the cost to have Vlaeminck’s tats removed, the New York Daily News reports.

What do you think? Comment below.

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By jim

June 19, 2009 10:50 AM | Link to this

It is not possible to get a tattoo, especially on the face, and not feel it. She is suffering tattoo remorse.

By ohgodno

June 19, 2009 11:12 AM | Link to this

Who would want stars tattooed on their face anyway? I’m sure daddy showed up threatening to whip someones butt and daughter-freak played the victim.

By BMP

June 19, 2009 11:25 AM | Link to this

Boy, nothing makes me sleepy like a needle injecting ink into my face!;-)

By Dumb people

June 19, 2009 11:28 AM | Link to this

IF she’s uder 18 I would sue him and ground her for life.;)

By jett

June 19, 2009 12:33 PM | Link to this

Hey, Dumb People, the blog says she is 18. I have a tattoo, it hurt getting it. No way, no how did she fall asleep.

By jk

June 19, 2009 12:45 PM | Link to this

If she wanted all of the tattoos she sure wasn’t thinking of ever getting married. Who would marry a freak.

By Festus

June 19, 2009 12:49 PM | Link to this

She should have to pay double, now there is a reason for someone to look at her face. Part of the lawsuit should also make the artist and victim(?) to be fixed so they don’t procreate,

By Tattoo Star

June 19, 2009 12:56 PM | Link to this

She’s even got stars on her hoodie. And only ink virgins will believe she actually dozed off. A tragic case of tattoo regret.

By i hate you all

June 19, 2009 1:16 PM | Link to this

ur all bellends

By Cracker's Ink

June 19, 2009 1:46 PM | Link to this

People have actually been known to fall asleep during a tattoo. Never on the face that I hae heard of, but some people find them relaxing and the sound of the machine will put them to sleep.My husband actually expereinced this giving a tattoo once before!

By duh

June 19, 2009 1:46 PM | Link to this

Play the video, the girl is not the freak you see without playing the video! The freaky looking person is the tatoo artist.

By Really?

June 19, 2009 2:16 PM | Link to this

Wouldn’t have hurt more around the eye then on the cartilage way up on her nose? And there are more tiny stars on the lower half of her nose, I would imagine that the big star that she claimed woke her up would have been done before those tiny ones? I really do think this is tattoo regret…

By flipper

June 19, 2009 2:35 PM | Link to this

I think it goes well with all the damn piercings. Once you go weird you can never go back, dummy.

By Kaii

June 19, 2009 2:46 PM | Link to this

LOL. Oh yeah, Nothing makes me tired as much as having Ink injected into my face. I highly doubt any sane tattoist would put 56 stars on someone’s face when they asked for three cos you know, they might notice

By Piercing Guru

June 19, 2009 2:51 PM | Link to this

right, this is stupid. a)it is not possible to fall asleep during a tattoo, i gont my chest piece yesterday i was in agony. b) anyone who has ever had a tattoo knows that before the tattoo artist begins, he puts a general trace of the design on you and then gets to work, therefore she must have seen it. c)this is just idiotic. she didnt look like she has the feintest clue what was going on, again, as anyone will tell you, do some f**king research before you let someone scar you for life. i COMPLETLY and WHOLE HEARTEDLY back the tattoo artist. know what your getting into, dont make up bullshit as a scam. f**king immature little girls.

By jibjab

June 19, 2009 3:00 PM | Link to this

Hmm…I don’t see the Big Dipper, all I see is Uranus.

By freak

June 19, 2009 3:11 PM | Link to this

He’s obviously a freak. He should be arrested.

By karl

June 19, 2009 4:41 PM | Link to this

@duh, If You bothered to even watch the video, You would see that she posed for a picture afterwards. If it was even possible to fall asleep while getting that many facial tattoos(not likely) the last thing the “injured party” would do is agree to be added to the shop portfolio.Grow a brain.That spoilt little daddys girl lost her nerve and is blaming the artist. What a pity she isn’t able to look at her own reflection, if she did then she would see who is obviously to blame here.And as for You branding the tatToo artist(note spelling)as the freak, who would have thought that somebody into tattoos and body piercing would do it for a living?duh!

By Tattooed Freak

June 19, 2009 5:10 PM | Link to this

I have fallen a sleep while being tattooed. Though it was on my leg not on my face. I think that would keep me awake.

By Michelle

June 19, 2009 5:36 PM | Link to this

Here’s a thought - don’t go to a foreign country where you aren’t fluent in the language and get ANY tattoo.

By Ronjon

June 19, 2009 6:33 PM | Link to this

Only idiots get tattooed.

By Truth

June 19, 2009 6:46 PM | Link to this

I got a small musical note behind my ear and I fell asleep. It does happen. To that extent? I don’t think so.

By angela

June 19, 2009 7:14 PM | Link to this

i have 4 tattoos and it hurt i don’t see how in the heck this girl “fell asleep” yeah that’s just ridiculous. get over it. you are just screwed.

By No tattoos

June 19, 2009 7:58 PM | Link to this

Ronjon’s comment is a little harsh, but he’s on the right track. What’s with this tattoo craze? Even women are getting big, ugly looking tattoos on their arms. They make an otherwise attractive woman look unattractive. Please ladies, ink is for canvas, not skin.

By oscar

June 19, 2009 7:58 PM | Link to this

i think those star look nice but 56 is way to much !!! how would u ever fall asleep … Well to me i think she just lieing and joking ,Maybe she wanted those 56 star but when it was finished it look bad on her so that why she seeking for the money …

By hello

June 19, 2009 9:13 PM | Link to this

to get those stars as perfect as they were shaped it would have had to be outlined on her face, so clearly she new she was getting them. she is a little brat who cant stand up to her father. and its absolutely pathetic that she would go and blame the tattoo artist!!! getting tattooed on the face its pretty much impossible to fall asleep… grow some balls lovey and take some responsibilty…

By bobbie

June 20, 2009 12:29 AM | Link to this

I got a tattoo on my neck and fell asleep during it. it didnt hurt at all, so i can see her falling asleep while she was getting her tattoo. however, before the artist starts, they draw the design on you. so you definitely know what you are getting before it is on your body permanently

By Mark

June 20, 2009 2:09 AM | Link to this

Why are so many of you people on here judgemental, not in relation to this case, but if somebody wants to mark their skin with ink, then you shouldn’t judge them as being idiots. If we were all the same, life would be very dull.. Regarding this case, we’ll never get to the bottom and only the two parties concerned will ever knkow the truth. The lesson from this is of course as Michelle on the 19th.

By hbee

June 20, 2009 4:32 AM | Link to this

Duh. She was probably drunk, decided facial tattoos were cool and then woke up with a wicked hangover and a tattoo she didn’t like. It would’t be the first time. I bet In a few weeks they will issue an apology because she’ll finally admit to her father she was lying. Come on, its so obvious

By Reeducateyourself

June 20, 2009 4:36 AM | Link to this

…I have a hundred plus hours of tattooing, and yes, I have fallen asleep getting tattooed, I have also spent countless hours in a tattoo shop and can tell you from experience that the sheer amount of terror most people experience when getting their first tattoo is enough to keep them up at night. If you think about if from a physiological perspective your body, when it feels anxiety, like say when u are about to get your first tattoo…on your face…for example would automatically react in one of two very specific ways, you’ve heard of them, fight or flight. Both of these responses are designed to increase awareness in response to perceived danger… So I don’t know about u , but it’s my opinion that unless she’s Ghandi or Yoda, or some sort of reincarnated hybrid of the two that has somehow thwarted the constraints of her physical body (see bulls**t) then there is no way she is going to sleep through multiple hours of tattooing on her face… especially her first time at bat… watch the vid, an amateur could tell she’s lying, she can’t get out one sentence without punctuating it with a long stare off into space, and I don’t even speak her language. But go ahead, let them keep spoon feeding that propaganda to you, but u know as well as I do that daddy’s little Vicodin girl is so busted. BTW three stars that size might take 20 min, not even long enough for the adrenaline to wear off.

By ickle_miss

June 20, 2009 4:40 AM | Link to this

i have never had a tatoo myself but have been with others when they have had it done . Theres no way you could ‘fall asleep’ through it NO WAY !! i also think if she dosent speak english if she didnt want them body language would have spoken for itself !!!

By jay

June 20, 2009 5:05 AM | Link to this

i’m a little inclined to believe the tattoo artist i’ve had my arm tattooed and thats pretty painful so i find it very very hard to believe she “fell asleep” and and onlu woke up after he was done and the fact that the alleged last tattoo is complete dosent help her case i think daddy got pissed and she thought “Oh no i didnt really want it i uhh…uhh fell asleep Yea while i was getting ink burned onto my face w/ a needle and i didnt wake up until he was conveniently done with it all”

By jay

June 20, 2009 5:06 AM | Link to this

i’m a little inclined to believe the tattoo artist i’ve had my arm tattooed and thats pretty painful so i find it very very hard to believe she “fell asleep” and and only woke up after he was done and the fact that the alleged last tattoo is complete dosent help her case i think daddy got pissed and she thought “Oh no i didnt really want it i uhh…uhh fell asleep Yea while i was getting ink burned onto my face w/ a needle and i didnt wake up until he was conveniently done with it all”

By Peter in Rotterdam

June 20, 2009 9:48 AM | Link to this

Yesterday on Dutch TV she was interviewed on the programme “De Zomer Draait Door” (The title being a Dutch language word-play -The Summer Goes Crazy/Continues). The interviewer told the cameraman to stop filming, but he didn’t. This is what was said: Jakhals Lex: Turn off the camera. Your dad was mad, eh? Kimberley: Yes (grins). Jakhals Lex: But you liked them at first didn’t you?” Kimberley: They’re nice, but not for someone like me. Jakhals Lex: Ok, so you thought they were nice? Kimberley: Yes, I thought they were nice Of course they broadcast it and now she is saying they twisted her words.

By Nikky

June 20, 2009 10:06 AM | Link to this

well i think its s**t i just got a big one on my neck and i couldnt fall a sleep iv got over 400 now and i couldnt fall a sleeep

By Mshell

June 20, 2009 2:46 PM | Link to this

I had ink done when I was 16. My mom signed and looked away. It was on my shoulder blade. Ink on the face yeah right you fell asleep. Quit your crying!

By Marco Polo

June 20, 2009 5:23 PM | Link to this

Girl deserves to look like a monster. Did it to herself, no one else to blame.

By Zoe

June 21, 2009 6:00 PM | Link to this

she didn’t fall asleep she fainded from all the pain in her face because the inkt went too deep in her skin!

By you people suck!!!

June 24, 2009 11:25 AM | Link to this

let her do her. she was a idiot for doing it on her face like that. she clearly knew exactly what she was doing.

By quarce

February 25, 2010 1:43 AM | Link to this

я так считаю: отлично… а82ч

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