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| Belgian girl's tattoo 'nightmare' | Belgian girl's tattoo 'nightmare' |
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| Police in Belgium are investigating a complaint from a teenager who says a tattooist peppered her face with stars after she asked for only three. | Police in Belgium are investigating a complaint from a teenager who says a tattooist peppered her face with stars after she asked for only three. |
| Kimberley Vlaeminck, 18, said she fell asleep during the procedure. | Kimberley Vlaeminck, 18, said she fell asleep during the procedure. |
| "I woke up when he was starting to tattoo my nose... I counted 56 stars, it is frightening," she said. | "I woke up when he was starting to tattoo my nose... I counted 56 stars, it is frightening," she said. |
| Tattoo artist Rouslan Toumaniantz, who is Romanian, said his client did not fall asleep and she got exactly what she had ordered. | Tattoo artist Rouslan Toumaniantz, who is Romanian, said his client did not fall asleep and she got exactly what she had ordered. |
| He rejects Ms Vlaeminck's claim he had misunderstood what she had asked for. | He rejects Ms Vlaeminck's claim he had misunderstood what she had asked for. |
| Mr Toumaniantz says his client was happy until her family saw her face | |
| "She was awake and looked in the mirror several times as the procedure was being done," said Mr Toumaniantz, who works at Tattoo Box in Kortrijk. | "She was awake and looked in the mirror several times as the procedure was being done," said Mr Toumaniantz, who works at Tattoo Box in Kortrijk. |
| He says his client only regretted the tattoos later. | He says his client only regretted the tattoos later. |
| "She agreed, but when her father saw it, the trouble started," Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws quoted Mr Toumaniantz as saying. | "She agreed, but when her father saw it, the trouble started," Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws quoted Mr Toumaniantz as saying. |
| The teenager has told Belgian media she wanted three modest stars tattooed near her eye and she awoke to "a nightmare". | The teenager has told Belgian media she wanted three modest stars tattooed near her eye and she awoke to "a nightmare". |
| Ms Vlaeminck has said she wants to keep the tattoos on her forehead but would have the rest removed. | Ms Vlaeminck has said she wants to keep the tattoos on her forehead but would have the rest removed. |