Woman Suing Black Ink Over Botched Tattoo Job

A New York City tattoo parlor at the center of a VH1 reality series just got a serving of drama - but not the kind that makes for good publicity.

A woman from South Carolina is suing Harlem tattoo parlor Black Ink, claiming an artist there did a botch job on a chest piece that left her disfigured and in pain.

The Harlem tattoo parlor's owner and artists star in their own reality show, Black Ink Crew, which has had three seasons.

Asabi Barner told PIX 11 that she visited New York last year and decided to stop by the parlor to get a new tattoo to cover up a unicorn and horseshoe piece that she got when she was 18.

She said she had watched the parlor's reality show and trusted the artists, who specialize in tattooing on dark skin tones.

Barner left the shop happy with her 'phenomenal' new chest tattoo of fruits and vegetables to represent her career in the culinary industry.

But the next day she was still in pain and then noticed that the tattoo started to puss and ooze in the area around her left breast.

Back home in South Carolina, Barner asked a local tattoo artist what was wrong and the artist said that her skin had been 'overworked' in an attempt to bring out a white color in the tattoo. She also went to a plastic surgeon to see if the tattoo could be remedied, but the doctor said any procedure would only leave a bigger scar.

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