According to this article, Kimberley Vlaminck, an 18-year-old from Belgium, is claiming that she fell asleep while having her face tattooed, only to wake up and find 56 stars permanently inked on her face.  You can see her “after” photo here.  She is now suing the tattoo artist claiming that he “misunderstood” what she wanted.  She claims she only wanted 3 stars.

The tattoo artist claims that she is merely experience buyer’s remorse and is only upset because her boyfriend dumped her after he saw the tattoo.  While the artist, make sure you check out his picture here, maintains Ms. Vlaminck asked for all 56 stars, and he has a witness to prove it.  Still, he doesn’t want an unhappy customer, so he has offered to pay for half the cost for the procedure to remove them.

I certainly am no expert on receiving tattoos on the face, but how do you fall asleep while someone is using needles on your face?    It would seem to me that the process would involve some discomfort — enough to keep you awake.  If the needles weren’t enough to keep you awake, you would think that the interest in making sure that the tattoo was turning out right would keep her up.  This isn’t some private tattoo that only she and her significant other would see.  It’s on her face.

I don’t care how tired you are, or how certain you are the person permanently marking your body knows what you want, you just have to pay attention.   Even assuming she’s telling the truth, all she would have had to do is say “Dude, I said three.”  Of course, that requires you to believe that she was telling the truth…