In early April a South Carolina woman visited VH1's "Black Ink" tattoo shop in Harlem, New York to receive a cover-up. Unfortunately she claimed she was left with permanent scarring after the session, and now another visitor of the tattoo parlor is speaking out with her own horrifying account about her time there.

"They normally open it and set it up in front of you," thought 31-year-old Loni Tate when she arrived at Black Ink and her tattoo artist, Kelvin Cepeda, already had the gun ready. The Harlem native visited the shop after watching the tattoo artists on television, but didn't expect that she'd eventually be filing a lawsuit against the crew. Three days after Cepeda rushed to finish Tate's black and red ink because he had to leave for an "event", she remembered being in "excruciating pain." "I felt like my arm was on fire, like I'd been burned," she said.

Cepeda responded to her grievance by texting her and writing that she'd feel better in "a couple of days," but by then her arm began to swell and ooze, sending Tate immediately to the emergency room. Loni was hospitalized for four days due to the infection, and now she is suing the Black Ink shop for "unspecified damages." 

Ceasar Emanuel, who is the owner of the shop, caught wind of what was going on after Tate's story was shared on social media, and immediately responded to defend his company. "...My business has been in harlem over 5 years and never had hear anything but good about my business...some people will try to ruin you for a fast buck." Read the rest of his response in the gallery.

Source: NYDailyNews