# Will the woman who tatooed stars on her face have a normal life? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [June 27, 2009, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141 "2009-06-27T03:19:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![abbeytxs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/eb9ed0/32.png) [@abbeytxs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/abbeytxs)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/41 "2009-06-28T03:09:59Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > I doubt that the star tattoos on her face will impact her life nearly as much as her being the sort of person who has stars tattooed on her face. > > I mean, come on - maybe she is a lovely person. But at the very least she is a lovely person who doesn’t always think thru her actions. > > Regards, > Shodan She is 18. While legally an adult, I know an awful lot of 18 year olds who don’t think through their actions. Perhaps the long term result of all this is that she will be forced to grow up a little quicker. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/42 "2009-06-28T03:11:08Z")
And a lovely person doesn’t fraudulently make accusations against what appears to be an honest business man. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/43 "2009-06-28T05:07:14Z")
> [@cwthree](#): > > You’re thinking of [Dermablend](http://www.dermablend.com/skinconditions/tattoos.aspx), which makes heavy-duty concealer that can be used to cover birthmarks, port-wine marks, tattoos, and so forth. …which theoretically should do the job, but it won’t cover my dark purple tatt. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/44 "2009-06-28T05:10:48Z")
First impressions matter and by doing this she has has limited herself in jobs she can get and people who will date her. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/45 "2009-06-28T05:20:19Z")
I suppose she could always work for a tattoo parlor. ---
**Author:** ![mswas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e99b99/32.png) [@mswas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mswas)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/46 "2009-06-28T07:41:14Z")
I’m not sure what will make it harder for her to get a job, the tattoo or the fact that she’s retarded. ---
**Author:** ![Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/13edae/32.png) [@Cornelius\_Tuggerson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cornelius_Tuggerson)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/47 "2009-06-28T16:47:29Z")
She looks disgusting, probably on par with that guy who had his body taken over by a fungus and began resembling a tree. I would hate to be eating out with her at the next table. Would not hit, but would club that. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/48 "2009-06-28T17:26:55Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > …besides, she looks like a [Kat Von D](http://ceeme.onsugar.com/files/ons/211/2115360/42_2008/8b3185d6a714004d_kat_vond.jpg) wannabe… (Kat’s stars are way prettier and more subtle and artful, though!) OoOoo I like hers, and the little bit under her right eye. Now if that was the effect she wanted, she should have taken in the picture … But a lot of artists I know wont duplicate other artists tats on people. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/49 "2009-06-29T01:12:27Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > I suppose she could always work for a tattoo parlor. Oh come on, you have to have a little imagination. She could be a guitar player for KISS or a tour guide along the hollywood walk of stars. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/50 "2009-06-29T01:17:51Z")
> [@Ruby](#): > > And a lovely person doesn’t fraudulently make accusations against what appears to be an honest business man. I agree with the sentiment, and he was within his rights, but here is how it should have gone down: 18 year old girl enters 18 year old girl: I would like 53 stars on my face. tattoo guy: No. Seriously, it was a really bad move on his part. He had to know that this was going to come back to bite him in the ass. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/51 "2009-06-29T01:34:22Z")
Yah, but I saw some photos of this guy. I can believe it went down like this: girl: I would like 53 stars on my face. tattoo guy: tattoos on your face are the coolest thing ever. Let’s go! He’s a tattoo guy. Give him a break. He might offer half-off on a 2nd session ‘touch up’. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/52 "2009-06-29T01:52:17Z")
I’m looking at the photo of the tattoo artist and I am STILL not finding any lips. WTF are those things on his nostrils? Bottle caps? ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [June 29, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/53 "2009-06-29T02:27:45Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Honestly, I’m not a big fan of tattoos, but I don’t think that looks as bad as it’s made out to be. From a distance it’s going to look like a skin disease, particularly because people are not used to seeing stars tattooed there. > [@Merneith](#): > > Odesio, what would your therapist say about men who get fourteen lip piercings? When he snores it must sound like wind chimes. ---
**Author:** ![Lama\_Pacos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Lama\_Pacos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lama_Pacos)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/54 "2009-06-30T22:15:43Z")
I think it looks pretty, and I’m not even a big tattoo person. ---
**Author:** ![Time\_Stranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@Time\_Stranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Time_Stranger)\ **Post date:** [June 30, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/55 "2009-06-30T23:58:13Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > WTF are those things on his nostrils? Bottle caps? Those are nose plugs - they are for when you stretch a piercing to bigger and bigger sizes. Here’s the wiki link: [Stretching (body piercing) - Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stretching_(piercing)) There was a fellow around here that would sit at outdoor cafes that had stretched the area between his lower lip to a good inch or more and would smoke some sort of pipe through it. I’ve always wondered about how stretching cartilage areas affects the body over time (especially the septum) - when the body ages, what happens to the holes? Does the nose (or whatever) ever collapse? ---
**Author:** ![Gustav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Gustav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gustav)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/56 "2009-07-01T12:48:09Z")
> [@Superfluous\_Parentheses](#): > > The tattoo guy even offered to pay for half of the cost removal, before she decided to go public :rolleyes: Wait, why would he offer to pay for the removal BEFORE she went public? I would assume laser surgery costs a pretty penny? Is that standard practice for tattoo artists dealing with unhappy customers? Because that doesn’t really sound to me as a generous offer so much as the tattoo artist realizing he did a crappy job. ---
**Author:** ![Driver8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5a626/32.png) [@Driver8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Driver8)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/57 "2009-07-01T18:10:15Z")
> [@Sage\_Rat](#): > > [What did she expect? Incredible face revealed of the man who tattooed girl with 56 stars when she only asked for three | Daily Mail Online](http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1193384/What-did-expect-Incredible-face-revealed-man-tattooed-girl-56-stars-asked-three.html) > > The picture of her from far away, she looks pretty decent. The extra closeup one, I’d say that she’s not good looking enough to pull it off, I fear. The quote from the psychologist cracked me up: [QUOTE=Jules Clocher, a Belgian psychologist] The trauma this girl must be feeling is indescribable. She feels like a circus freak - and no wonder, because she looks like one. [/QUOTE] I wonder if they are that sensitive in their sessions: “I hear you’re feeling suicidal. It is no wonder: you’re a giant loser and there is no hope for you whatsoever.” ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/58 "2009-07-01T19:32:15Z")
All I have to say is, I thank my lucky stars (_ahem_) that I’ve never been drunk AND next to a tattoo parlour at the same time. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/59 "2009-07-01T19:38:25Z")
> [@PoorYorick](#): > > All I have to say is, I thank my lucky stars (_ahem_) that I’ve never been drunk AND next to a tattoo parlour at the same time. An ethical place won’t tattoo you if you’re drunk or obviously impaired. The girl’s impulsive, but she’ll live. An sales job would be tough, but as **WhyNot** says, she probably didn’t want one. And I don’t think the tattoo guy should have known better: my impression was that she only cooked up the “I only wanted three tattoos and fell asleep” story after her parents saw what she looked like, and flipped out. So she did a typical kid thing and blamed someone else, and made up a ridiculous lie. Which doesn’t speak well for her as a person at all. Perhaps she’ll learn a lesson from that. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2009, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141/60 "2009-07-01T19:52:24Z")
> [@JThunder](#): > > I suppose she could always work for a tattoo parlor. I hear that Burkas ‘r’ Us are hiring 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-the-woman-who-tatooed-stars-on-her-face-have-a-normal-life/501141.md?page=4)