Tattoo trauma teen to sue parlour

Brussels, june 17
A Belgian teenager said on tuesday that she would sue a tattoo parlour for covering half her face with stars while she was asleep. Kimberley Vlaeminck, 18, was left sporting 56 black stars of various sizes on the left side of her face, from nose to ear and brow to chin. The young housewife said she had gone to the tattoo parlour in the Western town of courtrai and asked for three small stars on her face. She said she also hoped to have her starry appearance reversed by laser treatment, which would cost thousands of euros. Tattoo artist Rouslan Toumaniantz denied that his client had fallen asleep. "she was awake the whole time, I don't use hypnosis or drugs. She agreed to it. The problems started when her father and his friend saw the tattoos," he told the paper. - AFP