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Tattoo goes blotto
Ink in blood vessels
By KIERAN CROWLEY and DOUGLAS MONTERO
Last Updated: 7:11 AM, June 9, 2011
Posted: 2:31 AM, June 9, 2011
She wanted one tattoo, not two!
A Chelsea beauty who recently ordered up a
tattoo for her left arm got one more tag than
she bargained for -- a revolting ink blot beneath
her skin.
Melissa Tabatabai, 29, first thought the odd mark
below her tattoo -- the script of the word
"peace" in Farsi -- was just a post-procedure
bruise.
But that's "until it didn't get any better," said
Tabatabai, a freelance writer.
In fact, the ink -- a new brand in use by the parlor
-- actually seeped below the skin and into the
capillaries, she said.
"It's supposed to look like a dove but it looks
like a big bruise because the ink spread!" she
cried.
"It's not going away. It's permanent. I'm just in
shock," she said, adding that the area around
her veins is in intense pain.
Soon after she realized what happened, she
confronted the artist at Rising Dragon Tattoo
parlor on West 14th Street.
The parlor admitted to her that they've had
"problems" with Eternal Ink.
"They said that this batch was too highly
concentrated," she said.
"If my artist had problems with it, why did he keep
using it?" she said.
She demanded a refund, but the artist refused.
Instead, he offered to pay for her to go to a
non-physician laser tattoo-removal facility on
Long Island -- but Tabatabai said she'll only
trust a doctor to do the painful procedure,
which would take as many as 12 sessions at up to
$700 a pop.
Darren Rosa, the owner of Rising Dragon, said
the artist mistakenly used the ink for "outlining"
-- which goes deeper into the skin -- and not
"shading."
"The outliner needle created a pathway for the
ink to move into her capillary bed. It's not
unheard of," he said.
He says the ink should carry a warning label,
and insists his staff is now using the ink for the
right purpose.
Tabatabai is considering a class-action suit.
"We're investigating what actually occurred
here, said her lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia. "Her arm
is now permanently disfigured because of this."
There are numerous other similar cases in New
York and around the country, and Ovadia said
she's investigating to see if they are related.
Ink in blood vessels
By KIERAN CROWLEY and DOUGLAS MONTERO
Last Updated: 7:11 AM, June 9, 2011
Posted: 2:31 AM, June 9, 2011
She wanted one tattoo, not two!
A Chelsea beauty who recently ordered up a
tattoo for her left arm got one more tag than
she bargained for -- a revolting ink blot beneath
her skin.
Melissa Tabatabai, 29, first thought the odd mark
below her tattoo -- the script of the word
"peace" in Farsi -- was just a post-procedure
bruise.
But that's "until it didn't get any better," said
Tabatabai, a freelance writer.
In fact, the ink -- a new brand in use by the parlor
-- actually seeped below the skin and into the
capillaries, she said.
"It's supposed to look like a dove but it looks
like a big bruise because the ink spread!" she
cried.
"It's not going away. It's permanent. I'm just in
shock," she said, adding that the area around
her veins is in intense pain.
Soon after she realized what happened, she
confronted the artist at Rising Dragon Tattoo
parlor on West 14th Street.
The parlor admitted to her that they've had
"problems" with Eternal Ink.
"They said that this batch was too highly
concentrated," she said.
"If my artist had problems with it, why did he keep
using it?" she said.
She demanded a refund, but the artist refused.
Instead, he offered to pay for her to go to a
non-physician laser tattoo-removal facility on
Long Island -- but Tabatabai said she'll only
trust a doctor to do the painful procedure,
which would take as many as 12 sessions at up to
$700 a pop.
Darren Rosa, the owner of Rising Dragon, said
the artist mistakenly used the ink for "outlining"
-- which goes deeper into the skin -- and not
"shading."
"The outliner needle created a pathway for the
ink to move into her capillary bed. It's not
unheard of," he said.
He says the ink should carry a warning label,
and insists his staff is now using the ink for the
right purpose.
Tabatabai is considering a class-action suit.
"We're investigating what actually occurred
here, said her lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia. "Her arm
is now permanently disfigured because of this."
There are numerous other similar cases in New
York and around the country, and Ovadia said
she's investigating to see if they are related.
Catfight lawsuit
By KIERAN CROWLEY
Last Updated: 11:49 AM, April 21, 2011
Posted: 2:19 AM, April 21, 2011
Reality-TV performer Samantha Swetra will file a
civil lawsuit against HBO actress Paz de la
Huerta as early as today.
Swetra's lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, said the suit
will allege that de la Huerta assaulted Swetra
at the Boom Boom Room in Manhattan last month.
The two actresses were at The Standard hot
spot on Washington Street on March 20 at 4 a.m.
when de la Huerta allegedly began cursing and
threatening Swetra, who was hanging out with
Lindsay Lohan.
"I'm a real actress on HBO! She's a fake-actress
publicity-seeker!" de la Huerta sniffed to cops
when nabbed for assault.
An apparently intoxicated de la Huerta was seen
stumbling that night, her breasts popping out of
her low-cut top, a witness said. She allegedly
pummeled Swetra with her fists and smashed a
glass on her.
By KIERAN CROWLEY
Last Updated: 11:49 AM, April 21, 2011
Posted: 2:19 AM, April 21, 2011
Reality-TV performer Samantha Swetra will file a
civil lawsuit against HBO actress Paz de la
Huerta as early as today.
Swetra's lawyer, Stephanie Ovadia, said the suit
will allege that de la Huerta assaulted Swetra
at the Boom Boom Room in Manhattan last month.
The two actresses were at The Standard hot
spot on Washington Street on March 20 at 4 a.m.
when de la Huerta allegedly began cursing and
threatening Swetra, who was hanging out with
Lindsay Lohan.
"I'm a real actress on HBO! She's a fake-actress
publicity-seeker!" de la Huerta sniffed to cops
when nabbed for assault.
An apparently intoxicated de la Huerta was seen
stumbling that night, her breasts popping out of
her low-cut top, a witness said. She allegedly
pummeled Swetra with her fists and smashed a
glass on her.