Rosto estrelado / Starring face

Kimberley Vlaminck, 18, claimed that she asked for only three stars to be tattooed near her left eye as a present from her father, Diego, who was upholding a family tradition of tattoos., but ended up with 56 stars on her face."When he started to tattoo me, I did not feel pain and I fell asleep. I awoke as he tattooed me on the nose and I saw what he had done. I counted 56 stars," she said.

"I cannot go out on to the street, I am so embarrassed. I just look ugly, a freak, mutilated." Miss Vlaeminck and her family are seeking damages worth US$13,000 to pay for laser surgery to remove the tattoos.

But Rouslan Toumaniantz, who runs the Courtrai tattoo parlour called The Tattoo Box, has denied the allegations and demanded payment of 50 euros for the stars.

Kimberley Vlaeminck, 18, acordou com 56 estrelas tatuadas em seu rosto, após ter pedido ao tatuador But Rouslan Toumaniantz, dono do salão de tatuagem The Tattoo Box, que fizesse apenas três pequenas estrelas em sua face, um presente de seu pai, Diego cuja família mantinha a tradição da tatuagem.

Kimberley diz ter adormecido e se surpreendido ao acordar com a cara cheia de estrelas, e diz se sentir horrível, sem coragem de sair às ruas, mutilada. Agora, ela busca indenização de US$ 13.000 para pagar cirurgia a laser a fim de remover as tatuagens.