Tattoo Horror Story

Something seems wrong with this girls' story. Eighteen-year-old Kimberley Vlaminck says she asked the tattoo artist for three small star tattoos on her face, but he evidently misunderstood her, and then she fell asleep while he was tattooing her. When she woke up, there were 56 stars on her face.
The tattoo artist says she definitely asked for 56 stars, and that it's simply a case of tattoo regret.
The Daily Mail, among others, has the story.
I imagine it would be hard to sleep while someone is tattooing 56 stars on your face, so I'm more inclined to believe the tattoo artist. Though he really should have made her wait a day, and write down specific instructions, before proceeding with a tattoo that extreme.
Posted By: Alex | Date:
Wed Jun 17, 2009 |
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She FELL ASLEEP while somebody was perforating her face a couple of thousand times???
Either (1) She's lying, or (2) She was heavily drugged at the time.
"Though he really should have made her wait a day, and write down specific instructions, before proceeding with a tattoo that extreme."
Yes, but wouldn't most tattoo artists go broke if they waited until their clients had sobered up before giving them the tats?
Posted by Big Gary in Cut and Shoot, Texas on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 07:34 AM
"Zondag trok ze samen met haar vader Diego, haar vriend en haar zus naar Tatoo Box in de Steenpoort in Kortrijk."
Translation:
Sunday she went with her father Diego, her boyfriend and her sister to the Tattoo Box in Steenpoort (that´s a street) in Kortrijk (small town).
"Mijn vader wilde die betalen. Omdat iedereen in onze familie toch een tatoeage heeft.'"
My father wanted to pay for it since everybody in my family has tattoos
"Toen haar familie en vriend een ijsje gingen halen, bleef Kimberley alleen achter op de tatoeagestoel."
When her family and friend went for an icecream, Kimberley was left alone in the chair.
Source:
http://www.nieuwsblad.be/Article/Detail.aspx?ArticleID=G062BFKCI
(Belgian/Flamish newspaper).
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Her whole story is BS in my opinion. Nobody can sleep through a tattoo. Specially in your face. The pain for one. And then the noise.
Impossible.
I think she thought a good laugh to have more stars and in her inbred mind forgot that these were real tattoos and not tha wash away ones.
And the proverbial shit hit the fan when daddy came back.
See link for pics of daddy in the slideshow.
Posted by Unfairly Balanced in Earth on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 07:41 AM
Be sure to click on the link to the Daily Mail story. It has photos of the "artist" and his disgruntled client. Each of them is quite a piece of work, if you ask me.
Posted by Big Gary in Cut and Shoot, Texas on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 07:42 AM
So has the link from the Belgian site

That´s were they came from.
And another thing. The girl claims she is so embaresed she doesn´t dare to go out.
However she has no problems to have her picture taken and spread all over Belgium, Europe and the rest of the world.
Posted by Unfairly Balanced in Earth on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 08:19 AM
I have to agree with Beasjt; the articles I've seen about this all suggest that she didn't come down with buyer's remorse until her father saw the tattoos. I can certainly say that if I fell asleep(?!?) in the chair and woke up with 53 more stars on my face than I'd requested, I wouldn't meekly pay the artist and leave.
Posted by Cobwebs on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 09:07 AM
I think the stars look nice but not appropriate for a permanent tatoo (particularly on the face).
Posted by floormaster squeeze on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 09:07 AM
There's a place here with a 72 hour waiting period. You draw up a contract with the image you want...where you want it, etc...then you can come back in 72 hours & get it done. They have a TON of business! Everyone wants one of their tattoos. They aren't losing business by making people wait!
Posted by Maegan in Tampa, FL - USA on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 09:12 AM
At the very least, I think that I'd want to have a document where my customers write down what they want and sign it. Then I'd have a record of what they wanted, in case something like this happened.
Posted by Accipiter in the Northern Hemisphere, unless They have lied. on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 10:07 AM
I think they look nice. She should keep them. It's more interesting than white scarring, like the artcile said she would have.
Posted by Sakano in Ohio on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 12:59 PM
Her story is not even remotely believable. She'd rather try to get the tattoo artist in trouble than admit to her father that she ASKED for this.
Posted by Cranky Media Guy on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 05:00 PM
I know a lot of people find it hard to believe anyone could sleep through a tattoo - but my boyfriend dozed off getting his tattoo done. Admittedly, his was on his shoulder, not his face, and he's pretty relaxed about pain (not in a kinky way though!), but still - it's possible.
And I do think they look kinda cool. But might look pretty silly when she's old, and will probably make getting a professional job tricky...
Posted by kat in perth, australia on Wed Jun 17, 2009 at 08:23 PM
Posted by Unfairly Balanced in Earth on Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 03:23 AM
@kat
Your back is something completly different than your face. Specially that close to your eyes. And shoulders are not that sensitive.
Besides that. Do you really believe she doesn´t notice he was working on another part of her face then, were as she claims she wanted them? She claims she wanted three next to her eyebrow. She must have a nerveless face not to notice he was working on her cheek or nose or chin or forehead. BTW the nose is very sensetive.
I have tattoos. Know that there are more painfull places and less painfull places on your body. And that can be just a millimeter apart.
But dozing off while being tatooed all over your face is simply impossible.
The noise alone that close to your ear would keep you awake.
In my opinion she is a liar and willing to put somebody else in a lot trouble to hide her own stupidity.
Posted by Unfairly Balanced in Earth on Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 03:35 AM
"not his face, and he's pretty relaxed about pain (not in a kinky way though!)"
Good thing you cleared that up for us. We were worried it was the kinky way.

Posted by Sakano in Ohio on Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 04:37 AM
I worked at a tattoo studio. If we had slots open for the day, you could have a walk-in appointment. More often, however, we were booked so you had to schedule your appointment.
Also, I saw a guy get a tattoo on the side of his head (had a mohawk and had a dragon tattooed above each ear). I never saw someone in that much pain. So, sleeping through a tattoo, especially on the face where there are a lot of nerves, not going to happen... unless she were drugged.
Posted by RainOubliette in Pennsylvania on Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 05:07 AM
Posted by Unfairly Balanced in Earth on Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 09:53 AM
Yup, it was an ad agency that set it all up.
The 3 stars that ought to become the first tattoo are the logo of the company.
What a massive waste of time.
Posted by Jerry S on Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 08:45 PM
Posted by franky on Thu Jun 18, 2009 at 10:54 PM
That offer is from 2 days ago. The germans are lagging behind.
Posted by Unfairly Balanced in Earth on Fri Jun 19, 2009 at 01:06 AM
Posted by urbanlegendshu on Fri Jun 19, 2009 at 05:21 AM
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