I'll pay for half those star tattoos to be removed, says the man who engraved 56 on 18-year-old girl's face




The tattooist embroiled in a row with a teenage girl who claims he tattooed 56 stars on her face when she only asked for three has said he will help pay for them to be removed.

Rouslan Toumaniantz said today that Kimberley Vlaminck 'absolutely' agreed she wanted 56 stars tattooed on the left side of her face.

But now the 18-year-old is suing Toumaniantz, claiming she had asked him for only three stars - and had fallen asleep during the procedure, waking up to a nightmare in her Belgian hometown of Courtrai.
A distraught Kimberley Vlaeminck speaks on her mobile phone at home in Belgium today - the 56 tattoos still healing across her face

A distraught Kimberley Vlaeminck speaks on her mobile phone at home in Belgium today - the 56 tattoos still healing across her face

Toumaniantz - himself covered from head to foot in tattoos and piercings - said he would help pay for half of the treatment to remove the tattoos.

'I maintain that she absolutely agreed that I tattoo those 56 stars on the left side of her face,' he told newspaper La Derniere Heure.

'A witness, a woman who was present, has already been questioned by police, and she confirms it.

'But be that as it may: Kimberley is unhappy and it is not my wish to have an unsatisfied client. There is a way to remove the tattoos with the help of a laser. I accept to pay for half the cost.'

Enlarge Star power: Kimberley Vlaminck displays her tattooed face. The 56 stars will cost £8,500 to remove - and even then will leave her face covered in scars

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

Toumaniantz claimed Kimberley was happy with the work when she left his shop in Coutrai but changed her mind when her father saw the stars.

'She's 18 years old, she's an adult,' he said. 'I don't regret it. To tell you the truth, this has given me some publicity.'

Kimberley is suing Toumaniantz for £10,000 after she paid £55 for 'the graffiti that has ruined my life'.

She claimed the Toumanaintz 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 yesterday. 'I cannot go out on to the street, I am so embarrassed. I just look horrible.'
Rouslan Toumaniantz
Kimberley says the tattoos have ruined her life

Denial: Rouslan Toumaniantz, who runs the tattoo parlour, says Kimberley asked for 56 stars
Enlarge Rouslan Toumaniantz's tattoo parlour in Courtrai, Belgium, where Kimberley's face was tattooed

Rouslan Toumaniantz's tattoo parlour in Courtrai, Belgium, where Kimberley's face was tattooed

'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.'

Toumaintz, who runs the tattoo parlour called The Tattoo Box in Courtrai, said Kimberley was awake and actually looked in the mirror several times during the procedure to see how it was going.

He said she knew 'exactly what she wanted'.

'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 Toumanaintz 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.'

Toumanaintz said from now on he will get written consent from clients before he begins tattooing.




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I'm sorry but there is absolutely no fucking way in hell you fall asleep while someone is tattooing your face unless you are anesthetized. I've got friends with tattoos on their head and from what I understand you can feel your entire skull vibrating.

face tattoo is a face tattoo, she got more for her money.

She fell asleep mentally when she decided to get a face tattoo.. she just hates it now and doesn't want to pay.

Boy it would be nice to have a loser pays lawsuit system so this gentleman wouldn't be out any legal fees because this moron is suing him for her idiocy.

That's exactly what I was thinking. No freaking way. She was either really drunk or just regretted it afterwards.

she's lying..there is not one tattoo artist in the world will let you fall asleep on the chair..also her whole story reeks of horseshit

yeah i side with the tattoo dude..therres no way he does all of those stars for the fuck of it

but looking at his picture, i don't know if i'd fully believe that

absolutely brilliant!!

but its the wrong side of her face

She's totally lying. I've never had, nor seen a tattoo done that wasn't pre-drawn or at least outlined on the skin first and okayed before the gun was started up.

wtf, did mario cum on her face?

People are stupid

this is why edzeppe will never be on my foe list

Just when Im on a Mario Galaxy frenzy, fuckin perfect timin

I've never gotten one tattoo and this was the first thing I thought when reading this article...

Well actually the first thing I thought was...

Spoiler: show

lulz

Was the second... Meh... I' d hit that!?

It crossed my mind but only after I read she was 18. I would not take her home to my Jewish mother, however.

lulz.