Asabi Barner suing Black Ink tattoo parlor from VH1 after botched ink job

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Asabi Barner, 37, of South Carolina got a tattoo at Black Ink tattoo parlor while visiting New York City
The parlor in Harlem specializes in tattooing dark skin and the shop's owner and artist have their own reality show called Black Ink Crew on VH1
Barner went to the shop last year to get a new chest piece to cover up an older chest tattoo
After the first day, Barner says the new tattoo started to puss and continues to be painful to this day
She is currently in the process for suing the tattoo parlor

Published: 18:48 EST, 14 April 2015 | Updated: 11:22 EST, 15 April 2015

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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.

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Scarred: Asabi Barner, 37 (pictured), is suing Black Ink tattoo parlor in Harlem, New York City for a chest tattoo that left her scarred

The damage: Barner says she went to the parlor after watching the reality show which features the shop on VH1

In pain: Barner said she trusted the artists, but came away with a tattoo that remains painful a year later

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.

Woman suing tattoo parlor featured on VH1 reality show

Reality stars: The owner and artists at Black Ink tattoo star in their own VH1 reality show, Black Ink Crew

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.

More than a year later, Barner says she has to apply a ice pack to the tattoo every day to relieve the burning and itching pain.

Photos of the botched tattoo show Barner's chest covered in raised scars that have left her uncomfortable in her own skin.

'In the intimate moments it creates a problem because you don’t have that confidence. I wasn’t overly confident before, but I felt good about myself. Felt good about my body, but it just changes you,' Barner told PIX 11.

Barner is currently in the process of suing Black Ink, claiming the shop is responsible for her pain through reckless, careless and negligent behavior.