Does This Star-Faced Teen Have a Case?

June 16, 2009

Fire up your BS detectors, because you're going to need them for this story. A teenage girl is suing a tattoo artist for inking 56 stars on her face. Kimberley Vlaminck claims that she asked for only three, and that she fell asleep during the tattoo process. Now she's seeking damages of nearly $15,000 to pay for laser treatments to remove the ink. Not so fast, says tattoo artist Rouslan Toumaniantz. "No way could I have tattooed so many stars on her face against her will," he protested. Check out her photo and tell me, do you think she has a case? Or is this merely a case of after-the-fact regret?

Photo by Geishaboy500

Bella Poll Tattoo

74 Comments

3 years 30 weeks

How do you know she isn't telling the truth. Who are you all to call her a liar? You wouldn't like it if it had happened to you and then people just laughed and called you names.

potterlove 3 years 40 weeks

That's total bull man! Facial tattoos hurt SO MUCH. Trust me. So that girl not feeling an extra 53 tattoos? I don't think so. There isn't any mention of her taking any pill or whatnot. So complete bull. She probably just regrets it after she saw how it looked.

3 years 47 weeks

Ok their is no way she has a case, first of all- there is no way to fall asleep during a tattoo without something in your system, and it cant be alcohol otherwise you would bleed like crazy!! secondly- even if she had took something and the tattoo artist FELT like wasting his time and put 53 more stars on her face, she has no case because of the fact she was under the influence of a substance so the lawyer will just eat her alive on the stand. poor little gummy bear, but honestly it doesnt look that bad, i just wouldnt want to have it on my face for the rest of my life!!

Renees3 3 years 48 weeks

this is so funny. Really who would believe that? But I do want to say it IS possible to fall asleep. I have a friend that fell asleep while his back was being worked on. I personally was WIDE awake during allmy tattoos but I always fall asleep in the dentist chair, even during my root canal. Anyway, hope the tattoo artist doesn't get screwed.

lizlee89 3 years 48 weeks

one thing is if you say you fall asleep. but what motive would the tattoo artist have to do so many when you don't want it? sounds like a scam...

fashion_doll24 3 years 48 weeks

I really think she's just regretting an impulsive decision and making the entire story up. She was all over the news here (in Belgium) with her story, although claiming to be to embarrassed to show her face outside.... Yeah right! 15 minutes of fame, anyone? Also, she claims the tattoo parlor guy didn't understand her, because she only speaks Dutch and he spoke French. If that would really have been the case, I would say: get yourself out of there!!! Who would let someone tattoo them if they didn't understand them in the first place????

smaine07 3 years 48 weeks

WOW.. that is insane. Anyone that has ever gotten a tattoo knows that they are not comfortable, and definitely not something that puts you to sleep. Quite the contrary actually, it makes your adrenaline start pumping which keeps you awake.. And I would imagine on the face would be pretty painful.. And yea, why would the artist waste his or her time doing 53 more stars? Ridiculous is what this is..

chatnoir 3 years 48 weeks

I want to see the receipt for the work she had done. that should tell the story.

chatnoir 3 years 48 weeks

I want to see the receipt for the work she had done. that should tell the story.

jenbrown 3 years 48 weeks

There is NO WAY she fell asleep during a TATTOO session!!! One of the stars is on her BROWBONE!!! Another is right under her eye on the fleshy part of the skin.....It woul dhave HURT like HELL....I have 3 tattoos and the one on my hip hurt so much I was almost in tears. Now maybe, I'm a bit weak....but I've heard the closer to the spinal cord the more the tat hurts....plus the thinner your skin is the more it hurts!!!! Maybe in Belgium they have different laws about being drugged or drunk while getting a tattoo??? She obviously got her ass chewed by daddy when she got home and tried to blame it on the artist!!!!

jenbrown 3 years 48 weeks

Symphonee 3 years 48 weeks

That's a time consuming tattoo so there is no way the artist would have finished it if she didn't ask for it. That looks like a good 2 to three hour job. No way you fell a sleep that long. He has to hold your face steady for goodness sake

ModernGraceKelly 3 years 48 weeks

I have to comment again, I think she should have at least chosen a color and not black ink. A light color...It reminds me of the cartoon character Jem, only not pretty. She also could be a KISS fan now. It reminds me alot of those.

divinedebris 3 years 48 weeks

This is really funny, I've had stars tattooed on me- the foot. And it hurt. I'm sure any tattoo on your face would kill and I honestly doubt the girl would fall asleep during and not wake up at all. Many posters have given reasons I support, she's lying no two ways about it.

risqueredhead 3 years 48 weeks

Maybe if she was getting a tat on a meaty area (butt, upper arm) the pain would be low, but on your face, the skin is thin. Plus the fact they look like they were stenciled on first, and the monetary issue.

Smacks83 3 years 48 weeks

Shevonne, I've heard of it happening due to drugs/alcohol but her dad took her to the tattoo shop himself (so if he didn't notice that his daughter was whacked out of her mind then she still deserves to suffer the realities of what she did).I agree with weffie, what artist would lose that much money (time/ink supplies) without taking the agreed upon cash up front? If you paid for three, I doubt the artist would tack on an extra 50 out of the goodness of his heart.

Smacks83 3 years 48 weeks

Shevonne, I've heard of it happening due to drugs/alcohol but her dad took her to the tattoo shop himself (so if he didn't notice that his daughter was whacked out of her mind then she still deserves to suffer the realities of what she did). I agree with weffie, what artist would lose that much money (time/ink supplies) without taking the agreed upon cash up front? If you paid for three, I doubt the artist would tack on an extra 50 out of the goodness of his heart.

chow 3 years 48 weeks

total bs. theres no way in hell you can fall asleep while being tattooed. and if i were taking my daughter to get her first tattoo, i'd probably stay with her the entire time.

3 years 48 weeks

I knew a girl who had this huge Superman tattoo on her chest. She got super drunk and passed out, and woke up with it. If the girl was intoxicated or on drugs, I can see it plausible.

3 years 48 weeks

I have 13 tattoos and they all hurt! Some were less painful then others but no matter what there is ALWAYS pain involved in a tattoo. i couldn't imagine falling asleep during ANY TATTOO, especially not one on my face... this story smells fishy to me!! i hope she dont win this case!

weffie 3 years 48 weeks

Tattooists take cash up front, if she only paid for 3 stars there's no way he'd waste his time.

mo_ri_ah 3 years 48 weeks

I have enough to know that they hurt like hell, so NO ONE, except River Phoenix's character in My Own Private Idaho, falls asleep during a tattoo session. Face = OUCH