Tattoos: "Furniture" You Can Never Sell
Society
| June 16, 2009
| Tim
Can you remember a bad piece of furniture you had in college? What if it followed you around for the rest of your life? Or what if you had to dress now like you did when you were younger? Tattoos are like that: once acquired, you're kind of stuck with them. Thanks to the miracle of the tattoo machine, a drunken or ill-considered impulse can almost instantly become your lifelong companion.
 According to the Daily Mail, Kimberly, left, says she got 56 star tattoos instead of 3 by mistake. The tattoo artist says nonsense: she asked for it, knew what she wanted, but blamed him when her family freaked out at the results.
Though they're often completely convinced they are, kids aren't very smart. They do all sorts of things which will appear stupid in retrospect, when they're older. (Sometimes, only several hours older.) This poor girl, because of a bad decision (either to fall asleep with a man who spoke a different language was tattooing her, or to ask for what she got) will go through her entire life as a freak. Yeah, I know, people shouldn't judge, etc. But nothing screams "White trash!" and/or "Poor judgment!" like a face full of ink. No amount of political activity and protected-category-ism for the modified and inked will negate that unfortunate first impression.
It's enough to tempt even this small-government conservative to favor a law requiring a waiting period before "getting ink done." Ten years, I think, should allow ample time for consideration.
You'd think it would occur to some of these teens that things that are permanent might require about 5 extra minutes of thought before doing them. We've raised a generation that doesn't usually have to experience the consequences of their actions (because mom, dad, teachers, etc shoulder the consequences for them). Unfortunately that doesn't work with a tattoo. Lesson learned the hard way. I had a friend in college that had a tasmanian devil on her belly. It looked like a deformed birth mark after she got pregnant. Now she's stuck with it. Things to think about before you rebel against your parents.
I do have agree with this sentiment, from Michelle. I do have 6 tat's myself but every one of them where thought about very seriously before I had them done. I am appalled at the lack of thought people apparently use before 'getting ink done' nowadays. It was a different time when I went under the 'needle', the artist had told me over and over again that I had to really consider what my tat's would look like when I got older, so consider them and more importantly their placement VERY carefully. Then again, tat's wheren't the IN thing that they are now. I can understand people getting them done on areas that can be easily hidden, (most are surprised at the amount of tat's I have) but today they are done on a whim, and on area's sometimes very hard to hide. You can easily see that these people will grow to regret them in due course. Tattoo's aren't just throwaway fads, they are for life!!
sorry but calling her a freak is abit beyond just because she got a tattoo and yer a very obvious spot may not look all that good to you but some people actually like lots of tattoos and find them very attractive yer it was not right of her to lie about what has happened but how do any of us know the truth we dont only survellince from the actual footage of her getting a tattoo done would tell us that cause no way could u falll asleep getting a tattoo done on your face, my point - still no need to call her a freak.
Stupid a few hours later, you say. But what if you're completely miserable because the thing you desperately want a face tattoo but don't do it in case you change your mind later? Every day's existence is then regret and pain. (That was me, btw.)
Isn't it just as valid to be what you are and live what you are?
This particular girl's regret was the anger from her father and boyfriend. She was happy, we're told, when she left the studio. So if her father had beamed at her and told her he was proud; and if her boyfriend had hugged her closely and told her she was the sexiest girl in the world, would she still regret it?
If it is the reactions of others that most often cause regret, isn't the right advice to live your own life and roll with the punches?
ok seriously there is no way that you can tell me that if you were asleep and the tattoo artist started tattooing your nose, that you wouldnt feel any main and wake up. i dont care what anyone says about "some people think lots of tattoos are attractive," this one is seriously ugly.
its her fault she was stupid enouph to want them, now she has to live with them. if it was my choice, i wouldn't even let her get them removed or what ever she plans on doind. stupid stupid stupid choice! LIVE WITH IT!
on the other hand, who the hell does this "artist" think he is? if someone came to me and wanted that done, i would make them show me proof of either working in a tattoo shop or proof that she is financially set FOR LIFE. he oviously has no morals and that makes him the shitties artist. BE PROFESSIONAL!
thats just my oppinion and i am a tattoo artist.
But the 18-year-old has finally confessed she did not fall asleep, that she wanted all the stars and was 'fully aware' of what Toumaniantz was doing.
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Miss Vlaminck told a Dutch TV crew: 'I asked for 56 stars and initially adored them.
'But when my father saw them, he was furious.
'So I said I fell asleep and that the tattoist had made a mistake.'
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1194910/Teenager-Kimberley-Vlaminck-56-stars-tattoed-face-finally-comes-clean.html">source
Sarah -sorry but calling her a freak is abit beyond
She used the same word, actually;
She said after the tattooing: 'It is terrible for me. I cannot go out on to the street. I look like a freak.'source
Re: "Freak." You know, it's odd. Isn't the whole point of extreme body modifications to look like, um, a freak of nature? (I'm not talking a little butterfly on an ankle here.) I mean, seriously, look at the guy who tatoo'd this woman.
"In contemporary usage, the word 'freak' is commonly used to refer to a person with something unusual about their appearance or behaviour." (Wikipedia)
"one that is markedly unusual or abnormal" (m-w.com)
Why would one plaster one' face over with metal and ink except to become "markedly unusual or abnormal"? It's not exactly a technique for blending in, is it? If the word for that is "freak", and the desire is to look completely inhuman, then why is the inference out of bounds? Yes, it's unpleasant. But so are the appearance of many of the modifications. (Indeed, isn't that the point?)
People want to have it both ways.
Look, I'm not calling for bashing the modified. But if you wish to look inhuman, lets not get all freaked out (so to speak) if someone points out you now look, well, inhuman. You want people not to judge you by your skin? Then why are you modifying such? There's a very deep contradiction going on there.
(It makes sense not to judge people by looks they haven't chosen. But when someone modifies their own appearance, aren't they saying they're now putting what's inside on the outside? In a way, hope not: if so, a lot of people's insides must be very dark and twisted.)
Well tattoos are no longer completely irreversible. Probably as a result of that, people are being a little more careless with them. I have four tattoos and gave myself a rule about getting them: if I still wanted my tattoo a year or two after the original impulse or idea of it, I would get it. That gave me sufficient time to plan it, map it out and/or dismiss it as a bad idea.
The girl lied about falling asleep. She asked for the stars and when her father didn't approve she said she fell asleep. Then she threatened to sue the artist even though she requested the tattoo.
She is of legal age, she made a bad decision and now she has to live with it.
She can have them lasered off at her own expense. There are excellent laser tattoo removal technicians and doctors who can make it appear as though the tattoo was never there to begin with.
On another note, there is no such thing as a "tattoo pen."
The girl lied about falling asleep.
She sure did, Allison.
There are excellent laser tattoo removal technicians...
I've heard they leave some ink behind — is that still true? Either way, these people should seriously consider it.
On another note, there is no such thing as a "tattoo pen."
Quite right! Corrected. And thank you!
from a tattooers perspective to me there is no way this girl could fall asleep i am a very well respected tattooer in md and have never heard of any such thing doing such a heavy mod to someone who probably has none or not so many tattoos is unheard of she made a dumb mistake and now has to pay the price i am heavily tattooed almost 90 percent tattooed but would never think of tattooing my face freak is not the word but idiot fits the description alot better she got what she deserved......sorry to be so harsh
Tattoos are an art form. Agreed that people should seriously think about what they are doing before they do it. In my opinion, if we live in a world that judges everyone by what they look like or if they have tattoos..what kind of world are we living in? Just because someone has a tattoo that you may not like dosnt mean that they regret it. I think it was petty of this girl to lie about the tattooist, if she wanted them step up and say ya i got this tattoo and you know what...God loves me and my tattoos! She is no different from you or me! Im young and have tattoos and i wouldnt change them for the world!!
i think it shouldnt be a age limit. If she was dumb enough to get all them stars on her face she should have to accept how she quna excepted. She shuold of made sure that he new EXCATLY what she wanted before she let him put the ink on her face. It was her fault letting him do all that without saying nothinq. When he drew it out on her face she should have been sure thats what she wanted.
she's an idiot with the pain how do you not know!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She can have it laser removed over about a years time, no big deal. Stop your crying...
I'm not gonna lie, I think her stars are seriously cute. However, even if she did fall asleep, a tattoo artist always shows the client exactly what is going to be done before doing it, or at least the ones who've done all seven of mine have. I'm pretty sure there's a law about that or something, and even if there isn't, most artists are good about CYOA.
and also to be quit honest the tatto artist has no blame in the childs dicison so dnt blame the artist blame the kid
i think this is the lil girls fault and i guess when she saw her face and didnt like the results she blamed the artust but if ur getting tatted how are u not going to feel what theyre doing to u i mean come on
as being a tattoo artist you must take some pride in your own self and the artist must thing this is crazy . If the studio that we work in if we think there idea in to strange especially when they are young we tell them to come back in 6 to 8 months and they never do. The artist is to blame,it is idiost like that, that destroys the art opf tattooing.
mane shes a walking work of art and arts beautiful. if she likes them thats all that matters. take pride mane fo real.
Alright i have to get my 2cents into this article because i think its just rediculous this girl. I am a profesinal motorcycle stunt rider so in my line of work everyone has tattoos from head to toe. This girl cracks me up and so does everyone that says you will never know the real truth of the story, well I think i can solve this mystery. Have you ever got a tattoo? depending on the area its a very hard process to sleep thru especially if you are getting a tattoo on your face. And if you were only going to get 3 small stars how would you have the time to fall asleep anyways. I have sleeves and i know with that experience in the INK department if i decided to get ink on my face i damn sure wouldnt be sleepin. Your going to tell me she fell asleep getting a tattoo on her nose. I call bullshit. And from the looks of her i dont think she has many if any other tattoos. Quit giving artist a bad name for your bad decisions. Sometimes the retarted need to be reminded they are retarted with a stamp on their forehead, unfortunatly for her she go the retard stap across half her face.
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You'd think it would occur to some of these teens that things that are permanent might require about 5 extra minutes of thought before doing them. We've raised a generation that doesn't usually have to experience the consequences of their actions (because mom, dad, teachers, etc shoulder the consequences for them). Unfortunately that doesn't work with a tattoo. Lesson learned the hard way. I had a friend in college that had a tasmanian devil on her belly. It looked like a deformed birth mark after she got pregnant. Now she's stuck with it. Things to think about before you rebel against your parents.
Posted by: Michelle on June 16, 2009 06:30 PM