A story came out last week about a teen who was suing a tattoo artist for inking over 50 small stars on her face.  Kimberley Vlaeminck, who’s eighteen, says she requested only three small stars be tattooed to her face and that she fell asleep as the artist proceeded to work his magic.  Okay - that’s the first red flag.  As one who had a couple rebellious moments in her youth and is now the proud owner of a small cowboy hat on her ankle, I can tell you no one sleeps through it - especially when the needle is all over the face area.  Granted, it’s not unbearable, but it’s not comfortable either.  I’m not sure anyone believed that, except for maybe the girl’s father who happened to be furious when he saw his daughter post-tattoo.

The girl said she lied because her father was more than a little upset and felt she was going to be in big trouble if she owned up to it.  I doubt she anticipated international interest along with her face being plastered all over the world via the internet.  Unfortunately, she’s also risked the reputation of the tattoo artist who was only doing what was requested of him.  She chose to walk ten miles to tell a lie when two

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steps for the truth would’ve more than sufficed.  Either way, her father was bound to be upset.  I think it’s fair to say any young girl’s father would be upset upon discovering his little girl is now adorned with a tattoo (again, I know from experience).

So now this young woman has in essence gone from one threatening to sue to one who’s now at risk of being sued for the possible damage to the reputation of the tattoo artist.  My guess is he will surely be researching what legal remedies are available to reestablish his reputation, whether they’re civil or possibly even criminal remedies.

As bad it must have been to reveal her new look to her father, I’m wondering how exactly she’s going to explain these stars on a first date.  Surely it’s going to be distracting to look in her eyes over the dinner table when one’s so distracted by the stars that surround them.