The Tale of the Sleeping Tattoo Girl

Buyers remorse?  You decide!  Kimberley Vlaminck says she only wanted three stars tattooed on her face, but that the tattoo artist didn’t quite understand her.  So how did she come to look the way she now does?  She says she fell asleep

From the Daily Mail:

The tattooist embroiled in a row with a teenage girl who claims he tattooed 56 stars on her face when she only asked for three has said he will help pay for them to be removed.

Rouslan Toumaniantz said today that Kimberley Vlaminck ‘absolutely’ agreed she wanted 56 stars tattooed on the left side of her face.

But now the 18-year-old is suing Toumaniantz, claiming she had asked him for only three stars – and had fallen asleep during the procedure, waking up to a nightmare in her Belgian hometown of Courtrai.

Kimberley Vlaminck - Can sleep through facial tattoos??? - Daily Mail photo

Now, I don’t have any tattoos.  I don’t really want any at this time.  If someone wants ‘em then I say have a blast

I do know a few people with tattoos, though.  None of them can possibly conceive of falling asleep during the proceedure.  Imagine your face being repeatedly punctured by a needle – an electrically driven needle that’s forcing ink under your skin.  Now imagine trying to fall asleep while that’s happening.  I call BS on this one.

Rouslan Toumaniantz - Tattooist - Daily Mail photo

Also from the same Daily Mail article:

Toumaniantz claimed Kimberley was happy with the work when she left his shop in Coutrai but changed  her mind when her father saw the stars.

FYI – Here’s the artist in question.  Rouslan Toumaniantz sure looks like he knows about the tattoo / body modification / piercing industry.  I think he’s telling the truth, but they probably wouldn’t let me on the jury.  He’s even offered to cover 50% of the removal costs even though she’s suing him for more than just those costs.

There is a better man than I.  I might have offered to help with the removal, but the lawsuit would have voided those offers immediately.