http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/tatdisease1.html
- APRIL 29--A California man who sought to have an obscene tattoo covered up is now suing a parlor for allegedly botching the procedure and leaving him with a "flesh-eating virus," according to a lawsuit filed this month. Last June, Michael Machetti, a heavily tattoed motorcycle enthusiast, went to Bull's Eye Tattoo Studio seeking to have a neck tattoo reading "Fuck You" covered up with a comparatively tamer "666" tat. . . But, Machetti alleges, the tattoo artist used unsanitary equipment that infected him with a flesh-eating virus.
There's more information & a pic at the above website...