Teen Admits She Asked For 56 Tattoo Stars On Face

Last week, an 18-year-old Belgian girl claimed that a Romanian tattoo artist mistakenly put 53 tattoo stars too many on her face. Kimberley Vlaeminck, who said she wanted three stars near her eye, sued the tattoo artist for $14,000 for the cost of removing the tattoos, while Rouslan Toumaniantz maintained Vlaeminck wanted all 56 stars. Now the teen has confessed to her misguided desire: "I asked for 56 stars and initially adored them. But when my father saw them, he was furious. So I said I fell asleep and the that the tattooist made a mistake." As for Toumaniantz, he said the hubbub gave him publicity, but he will require clients to sign consent forms. It's unclear whether Vlaeminck is getting the tattoos removed, but if she does, it could take a while—as local dermatologist Dr. Jonathan Zizmor told us, "If you come in and say take it off in one time, it doesn't make a difference on the size. You have to come in multiple times so it goes away. Sometimes on certain colors it doesn't work well."

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By Jen Chung in News on June 23, 2009 1:32 PM

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RoDogg

Another stupid girl who blamed a man for her mistake, stupid b-i-t-c-h.

themsthebreaks

they will look like shooting stars across her face.

nyorker555

Picture those tats on her face when she's 50.

robingee

Come on, there are creative fields she could be in with those face tattoos. Who says she's going to be a corporate lawyer? As long as she is in an area that is progressive and artistic and she persues a career like that. Let's not be a bunch of fuddy-duds.

Dan Wong 71

STOOOPID GIRL!

Dan Wong 71

STOOOPID GIRL!

r1b2

I dearly hope my kids never hate me enough to become this stupid.

r1b2

With one pathetic gesture, she's ensured a life of disappointment from here on out.

Mr Mel

These are the Tattoos you can see. Imagine what's on the rest of her.

NannyState

Clearasil?

canadian bacon

excellent!

pissflaps

http://www.churchofelduce.com/

babyhitler

it's probably a defense mechanism for her so she doesn't get sold into the skin trade. She's from the eastern bloc and as we all know from the movie TAKEN and LILLA that women in those countries get triple stacked.

wooden_shoes

...She's not from the Eastern Bloc

Snoopy

Come on people the story ended on an up note. Her boyfriend realized finally that the girl he fell in love with is a total fucking asshole. Therefore no marriage and no more procreating additional assholes.

ed_Extinct

Tyson seems thrilled that there's another person as dumb as he is: http://www.popcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/tyson-tattoo.jpg

kellas

Fox news is going to have a field day with this. While watching the "news" channel under duress last week, they covered the story in length for two days in a row!

Felix Hoenikker

A teenage girl lied, you say!?!

felixthecat2

WTF???? Did you see picture of the man who did the tattoos on her?

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/06/17/article-1193384-055E4FE3000005DC-456_306x481.jpg

Nyctini11

I'd hit that ;-)

NOT

Steven

I wonder if the tattoo artist will sue her now for trying to ruin his name or business.

felixthecat2

video of girl with stars on my face, LOL

http://i.abcnews.com/Entertainment/popup?id=7860681&contentIndex=1&start=false&page=

felixthecat2

wait on her face, LOL.

felixthecat2

wait on her face, LOL.

valeriob

This reminds me of this great Japanese video I saw one time where these guys all gathered arou.....

Gothamist_Cynic

LMAO. She's never going to be hired for a job with those tats on her face.

jpeditor

She doesn't need a job. She can get amnesty as an illegal, and collect welfare. All she needs is hope and change.

schadenfreudian mensch

Or a career as a heavy weight boxing champion which I'm sure she's well on her way though she needs a little more tribal tats to go along with those stars.

Jen S

Not true! She can have a long and rewarding career in telemarketing.

AvenueHebrew

Even if it were just the 3 stars she claims to have wanted, nobody but a strip club would have taken her.

It's a fact, kids: Facial tattoos are only a good idea when you're already in prison.

Dirk

There should be a mandatory 3 day waiting period so people can mull over their tattoos choices.

ANGRYGOD11

That should cut down 90% of the business.

whitecastlerock

I fell asleep reading this article

hotstepper

i will poo on her face 56 times.

LaLuneEstMorte

That made me laugh out loud in the office!

MT

LOVED your Dr. Z interview!

Cautious Pessimist

Well that was a brilliant plan she came up with. Because I know I always fall asleep to the soothing, calming pleasure of having a fucking needle being driven into my face thousands upon thousands of times.