Tattoos

[di marco]

i dont have any tattoos and i dont think ill get any done either. i think itd hurt way too much and id be scared that in 10yrs or so time that i wouldnt like it as much as i did when i got it done

[Abbie]

I dont think I could ever have one, cos I know be being the type of person I am I wont like it in the future and regret it, but thats just me, I know Im always changing my mind and cos of that reason I would never have one

[samantha nixon]

I had this done today & I thought it hurt.

I prepared myself for really bad pain though & it wasn't as bad as I thought it was going to be, but was still abit painful!

Bearable pain, although, I don't want another now!

Thats really nice, I love stars on wrists I think they look really good

[SarahWakefield]

I did want them abit thicker, but i'm quite pleased with these one's, they hurt enough!

It's annoying me now though, they are all scabby and flakey!

[samantha nixon]

I think they look thick enough how you have them, they look nice

[SarahWakefield]

Thanks!

[Perdita]

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.
Enlarge Scarred from life: Kimberley Vlaminck shows her tattooed face. The 56 stars will cost £8,500 to remove
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.

He was questioned by police earlier this year but they decided it was a civil matter and that there was nothing they could do.
Jules Clocher, a Belgian psychologist, said: 'The trauma this girl must be feeling is indescribable. She feels like a circus freak - and no wonder, because she looks like one.'


Make sure you don't fall asleep and that your tattooist absolutely understands you.

[di marco]

ive just read that story. and im wondering whether shes telling the truth or not. how could you not realise that you were having 56 stars tattooed onto your face instead of 3?

at least she doesnt look as bad as the guy who did it lol!

[Siobhan]

She asked for 3 stars.. how could she fall asleep when it was only 3??? it doesn't take long to do and who falls asleep getting a tatoo anyway???

[Hollie-x]

I just read this on www.bodyjewelleryshop.com another forum that I'm on cos i'm into piercings and that (just got my tongue done on saturday )

And I think tbh that she has gone in, asked for that doing, seen that her dad has gone ballistic and so lied about it so she didn't get done. Thing is, there is no way he would have carried on tattooing if she had fallen asleep because you move suddenly in your sleep all the time and so those stars would no way be as neat as they are. Plus I just doubt, if he had any common sense that he just wouldn't have done it. He also had no reason to do so many without prior permission so why would he?