Tattoo Snafu

A woman is suing a Brooklyn dermatologist over an "unorthodox tattoo-removal procedure" that went, as the Post puts it, "horribly awry." Brooklyn derm doctor Morris Westfried allegedly talked Veanka McKenzie into using chemicals from China (uh oh!) to remove the tat, but what's left now is a black scar after her skin collapsed. McKenzie's tattoo was a "palm-sized, heart-shaped tattoo" and while the doctor might be at fault for a terrible tattoo removal job, Gothamist has to think anyone getting a palm-sized tattoo is partly responsible at the core. This is why people should not drink in the East Village - you never know what piercing or tattoo you'll wake up with - and the Tasmanian Devil is sooo hard to remove.

The woman who was involuntarily tattooed by a hot manhole is suing Con Ed. Newsday has a multimedia feature on the tattoo culture in NYC called "Bright Lights, Ink City." And How Stuff Works has a How Tattoo Removal Works entry.