LOS ANGELES (AP) - Britney Spears appeared in a tattoo parlour in California's San Fernando Valley with her head shaved completely bald.

Video on KABC-TV showed the newly shorn Spears with tiny tattoos on the back of her neck as she sat Friday night for a new tattoo - a pair of red and pink lips.

"She just wanted something real small on her wrist, something dainty," Max Gott, the tattoo artist at Body and Soul in Sherman Oaks, told the TV station.

"She got some cute little lips on her wrist."

Derrik Snell, who works at the tattoo parlour, said Spears showed up without notice and stayed for about 90 minutes as about 60 fans, photographers and gawkers gathered outside.

"She seemed fine," Snell said.


"I didn't really notice (the hairdo) at first, she had a hood on when she showed up."

Before heading to the tattoo parlour, Spears grabbed an electric clipper and shaved her own head at a San Fernando Valley salon Friday night, CNN reported.

"I tried to talk her out of it. I said: 'Are you sure you're not having a bad day and tomorrow you'll feel differently about it?' salon owner Esther Tognozzi told the network.

"Why don't we wait a little bit?"'

"She said: 'No, I absolutely want it shaved off now.' Next thing I know, she grabbed the buzzer and she went to the back of my salon and she was shaving off her own hair," Tognozzi said.

The appearance came the same day as reports on TV and websites that Spears, who has drawn criticism for her recent partying and sloppy behaviour, had briefly checked into rehab.

Larry Rudolph, Spears' manager, couldn't be reached for comment.

Syndicated entertainment TV show "Extra" first reported Spears had entered a treatment facility. Celebrity website TMZ.com then said the singer had entered a treatment centre but had checked out one day later. Neither revealed their sources.

People magazine's website, citing "a source," said Spears had gone in and out of rehab and identified the facility as Eric Clapton's Crossroads centre in Antigua, in the Caribbean.

"Access Hollywood" then said the reports weren't true but didn't cite a source.

A woman who answered the phone at Crossroads said she couldn't confirm or deny anyone's presence at the facility.

Angelique Uram, a Spears fan who stood on the tattoo parlour's sidewalk for Friday night's spectacle, was aghast at the singer's new look.

"We could see her in the mirror and her head is completely shaved," she told KABC.

"It looks terrible."

Police arrived to control the crowd and helped Spears' bodyguards guide her into a waiting SUV, her head covered by a hooded sweatshirt.

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yeah saw this on the news yesterday....what a retard!

comeee onnn be nice

she's rebelling against the media world and their constant critique of her life and look

by fueling them to critique her 1000 times more?? not a great way to rebel if you ask me.

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Originally posted by LiGHT78 by fueling them to critique her 1000 times more?? not a great way to rebel if you ask me.

No, it's a message to the world...

"Fuck you I don't care what you think of me."

It's extremely drastic, yes, but this girl has been in the spotlight since 17... you and I don't know what kind of pressure she constantly has on her back...

Blame the crack.

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Originally posted by Mrs Haus Also I noticed you work for the Canadian Forces so depending on if your an Officer or an NCM (non-Commissioned Member) and your now in Kingston by the looks of it so your no longer on your basic training where you get paid peanuts. So like I said depending on if your an NCM or Officer and your rank, you probably make at least $50,000 a year but most likely more. And depending on if you live at CFB Kingston your cost of living is probably very low as well, but even if you weren't cost of living in Kingston isn't that bad. Its only $30 which is cheaper than most nights at Stereo. Most of us on here who post about Stereo have put out probably hundreds and hundreds of dollars clubbing there just this year alone, and have never really complained for the most part. I know I sure as hell have.

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Originally posted by Marcus007 No, it's a message to the world... "Fuck you I don't care what you think of me." It's extremely drastic, yes, but this girl has been in the spotlight since 17... you and I don't know what kind of pressure she constantly has on her back...

i guess so...but it's kinda counterproductive when all she'll get from it is even more publicity...it was breaking news on cnn yesterday ffs...

now she'll just have to answer a trillion questions about it and have even more paparazzi following her....but i guess if it wasn't about shaving her head it would be about something else.

I kinda dig what she did
Go Britney

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Originally posted by the_devil I kinda dig what she did Go Britney

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Originally posted by Mrs Haus Also I noticed you work for the Canadian Forces so depending on if your an Officer or an NCM (non-Commissioned Member) and your now in Kingston by the looks of it so your no longer on your basic training where you get paid peanuts. So like I said depending on if your an NCM or Officer and your rank, you probably make at least $50,000 a year but most likely more. And depending on if you live at CFB Kingston your cost of living is probably very low as well, but even if you weren't cost of living in Kingston isn't that bad. Its only $30 which is cheaper than most nights at Stereo. Most of us on here who post about Stereo have put out probably hundreds and hundreds of dollars clubbing there just this year alone, and have never really complained for the most part. I know I sure as hell have.