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There's drunken nights out - and then there's waking up Magaluf with a Harry Potter scar tattooed on your forehead.

While Potter fans go to extreme lengths to embrace the boy wizard, they seldom go as far as having the lightning bolt tattoo which JK Rowling followers know all too well as a reminder of their holiday.

Well, maybe after a butter beers they do.

Now the bizarre permanent skin marking has been reported on Facebook by Magaluf Box Office , who note that after the young woman, who is reportedly British, got her tatt, another holidaymaker followed suit.

The first image of the young lady looking understandably concerned was captioned: "Only in Magaluf."

The following day the image of a man aping the marking was posted, reading: "Only 24 hours later a male then goes to the same tattoo shop drunk with his friends and gets exactly the same."

The scar was worn with pride in the books - and by Daniel Radcliffe in the films - after he was involved in a head-to-head with Voldemort.

And although He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named was feared by all, young Harry escaped with just the jagged mark as a memory of the momentous clash.

Although it's unclear whether the tattoos really are real and permanent, there is something of an outbreak in Harry copycats, as this young woman in Ayia Napa shows.

Last week, to celebrate the launch of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child in the theatre, a tattooist was giving diehard fans their own Harry souvenirs in the form of ink.

Ashley Ross at 252 Tattoo in Cleveland, Ohio hit the headlines after inking Harry paraphernalia onto aficionados, including Harry's bolt and glasses and even his pet own Hedwig.

Tattoos of heroes are commonplace, even if they're fictitious characters.

In February, a student who admits she is obsessed with EastEnders character Ian Beale ended up with a massive tattoo of him on her thigh.

Amazingly, Amber-May Ellis, 21, said she didn't regret getting the large inking of the character's face, depicted in his homeless phase, including a scraggly beard, beanie hat and scratches on his face.

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