BRUSSELS - A Belgian teenager has told police how she emerged from a tattoo parlor with 56 stars over one side of her face, rather than the three she had asked for, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
"I said this part, the top, is ok, but not the rest," Kimberley Vlaeminck from the city of Kortrijk, 56 miles northwest of Brussels, told Belgian broadcaster VRT.
The 18-year-old said she fell asleep during the procedure, and woke up in pain when her nose was being tattooed.
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A spokesman for Kortrijk prosecutors' office said police were investigating after a complaint from the teenager.
The tattoo artist said Vlaeminck had agreed to 56 stars.
"She agreed, but when her father saw it, the trouble started," Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws quoted the man as saying.
Vlaeminck said she wanted to keep the tattoos on her forehead but would have the rest removed.
(Well, if anyone can come up with a pic of Ms. Vlaeminck with these 56 stars on her face, please add it to thread. Thank you.) Also, I wanted to put my 2 cents in here- I don't know the proceedure for getting a tattoo in Brussels but unless the tattoo artist knocked her out with some sort of painkiller, it's almost impossible to fall asleep while getting a tattoo. Think of the pain! Especially on the face and forehead. I don't believe this person didn't know what she was doing.
"I said this part, the top, is ok, but not the rest," Kimberley Vlaeminck from the city of Kortrijk, 56 miles northwest of Brussels, told Belgian broadcaster VRT.
The 18-year-old said she fell asleep during the procedure, and woke up in pain when her nose was being tattooed.
Story continues below ↓
A spokesman for Kortrijk prosecutors' office said police were investigating after a complaint from the teenager.
The tattoo artist said Vlaeminck had agreed to 56 stars.
"She agreed, but when her father saw it, the trouble started," Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws quoted the man as saying.
Vlaeminck said she wanted to keep the tattoos on her forehead but would have the rest removed.
(Well, if anyone can come up with a pic of Ms. Vlaeminck with these 56 stars on her face, please add it to thread. Thank you.) Also, I wanted to put my 2 cents in here- I don't know the proceedure for getting a tattoo in Brussels but unless the tattoo artist knocked her out with some sort of painkiller, it's almost impossible to fall asleep while getting a tattoo. Think of the pain! Especially on the face and forehead. I don't believe this person didn't know what she was doing.
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so did I, but I was still shocked. 
